Maria Tarokh

TRAINED: OCD Dance Commons, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, Ballet Afsaneh.

Maria is a British Iranian Choreographer, Movement Director & Dance Artist. She is trained in

ballet, contemporary and classical Persian dance. She is a company dancer with Ballet

Afsaneh, Southwest Dance Hub and NDP Circus. Maria has performed and taught at theatres,

festivals and events across the UK and Europe for the past 14 years. She has worked as an

Actor and Movement Director in theatre and circus - performing lead roles at Edinburgh

Festival and touring across the UK and France with NDP Circus.

Maria is Artistic Director of Company Sheherazade, which uses contemporary dance and

classical Persian dance to tell stories of the diaspora and challenge the narrative on

displacement. She runs movement workshops with refugees and asylum seekers in

Gloucester. Based in Devon, she is Co-Director of Totnes Festival - working with theatre,

circus, and dance on site-specific projects. She speaks French, Spanish and Farsi and has an

MA in Middle Eastern Studies from SOAS. Credits and partners include: EdinburghFringe,

Gloucester Guildhall, Hay Festival, Brit Awards, Shakespeare’s Globe, Dance Umbrella, Leeds

Playhouse, Counterpoint Arts, Kala Sangam, Strike A Light.