https://www.mariatarokh.com/contact daily 0.75 2022-03-18 https://www.mariatarokh.com/about daily 0.75 2026-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6234b22c32426868943451a2/b0f4b7a4-f5b3-4537-9626-38966713ae5b/Maria+13-min.jpg About - DANCER. CHOREOGRAPHER. director. I am a British- Iranian freelance Dancer, Choreographer, Movement Director and Director based in Devon. Trained in ballet, contemporary and classical Persian dance, I have performed and taught at theatres, festivals and events across the UK and Europe for the past 14 years. Alongside training in ballet, contemporary & modern dance in the UK and France, I trained at Alonzo King Lines Ballet & ODC Dance Commons in San Francisco. I now work across dance and theatre. I am a Lead Facilitator for Theatre Royal Plymouth and New Adventures Young Dance Company and the Our Space programme. A 2nd generation immigrant to the UK, I have worked extensively with refugees and asylum seekers and fully believe in the power of the arts to transform and empower people and places. I am the Artistic Director of Company SHE - a touring dance company. We are an associate company of Exeter Northcott Theatre. Alongside our touring productions, we run SHE Moves in Exeter - a dance programme for refugee and asylum seeking women and global majority girls. SHE Moves aims to enable refugees and asylum seekers to experience the joy of movement. We provide free dance training for girls aged 12-21 in contemporary, hip hop and commercial dance. I founded Company SHE to explore the experience of migration through dance performances & installations. CROWN is CS’s flagship production, over three years in the making. LAYLI, an adaptation of the classical romance, Layli & Majnun, is currently in development. Recent movement director credits include the Olivier nominated, Royal Shakespeare Company’s production of ENGLISH - a pulitzer prize winning play by Sanaz Toosi. Co-director for The Body Measures Time at Theatre Royal Plymouth. Recent choreography credits include Exeter Northcott’s production of Romeo and Juliet. I have a specialism in classical Persian dance, having trained with Ballet Afsaneh and Farima Berenji, a Sufi Master from Simorgh Dance Collective. I am a Co-Director of NDP Circus - working with theatre, circus, and dance - combining site-specific workshops, residencies, and performances at heritage sites across the UK & Europe. Overall credits and partners include Doorstep Arts, Hay Festival, Brit Awards, RSC, Shakespeare’s Globe, Strike a Light, Kala Sangam, Migration Matters, Counterpoints Arts, Persia Theatre, Exeter Phoenix, Beyond Face & Exeter Northcott Theatre. I have performed at venues such as Richmix, the 02 arena, and The Vaults. 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