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 & modern dance in the UK, I trained at Alonzo King Lines Ballet & ODC Dance Commons in San Francisco. I now work across dance and theatre, having spent the last 6 years working on theatrical productions alongside dance. I am a Lead Facilitator on Theatre Royal Plymouth’s Our Space programme & a company dancer for Swift Dance Company, Ballet Afsaneh and Salaam Salaam Theatre. 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 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. 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. 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 the Doorstep Arts, Hay Festival, the Brit Awards, RSC, Shakespeare’s Globe, Strike a Light, Kala Sangam, Migration Matters and Counterpoints Arts. I have performed at venues such as Richmix, the 02 arena, and The Vaults. 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