Nima Kiann, the Glossary
Nima Kiann (نیما کیان; born January 26, 1970) is an Iranian-born Swedish ballet dancer, choreographer, visual artist, and dance scholar.[1]
Table of Contents
43 relations: Ahmad Pejman, Alexander Rahbari, Aref Ensemble, Artistic director, Azerbaijanis, École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower, Ballet, Ballet dancer, Central Asia, Choreography, Dance research, Dance troupe, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ferdowsi, Gothenburg, Gothenburg opera house, Hossein Alizadeh, Impresario, Iran, Iranian National Ballet Company, Kyrgyzstan, Les Ballets Persans, Lia Schubert, Majid Derakhshani, Middle East, Mohammad Shams, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Parviz Meshkatian, Peyman Soltani, Principal dancer, Rafiga Akhundova, Repertoire, Shahram Nazeri, Shamss Ensemble, Soviet Union, Sweden, Tajikistan, Tehran, Tirgan, Turkey, University of London, Visual arts, Zohreh Jooya.
- Iranian choreographers
- Iranian male dancers
- Swedish choreographers
- Swedish male ballet dancers
Ahmad Pejman
Ahmad Pejman (احمد پژمان.; born 1935), also spelled as Ahmad Pezhman, is an Iranian contemporary classical composer who resides in the United States.
See Nima Kiann and Ahmad Pejman
Alexander Rahbari
Ali (Alexander) Rahbari (علی (الکساندر) رهبری; also as "Alī Rahbarī",; born 1948) is an Iranian composer and conductor who has worked with more than 120 European orchestras, including the Berlin Philharmonic and the Mariinsky Opera.
See Nima Kiann and Alexander Rahbari
Aref Ensemble
The Aref Ensemble (in Persian: گروه عارف) was a Persian classical music ensemble.
See Nima Kiann and Aref Ensemble
Artistic director
An artistic director is the executive of an arts organization, particularly in a theatre company or dance company, who handles the organization's artistic direction.
See Nima Kiann and Artistic director
Azerbaijanis
Azerbaijanis (Azərbaycanlılar, آذربایجانلیلار), Azeris (Azərilər, آذریلر), or Azerbaijani Turks (Azərbaycan Türkləri, آذربایجان تۆرکلری) are a Turkic ethnic group living mainly in the Azerbaijan region of northwestern Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan.
See Nima Kiann and Azerbaijanis
École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower
The Ecole Supérieure de Danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower (formerly Centre de Danse International Rosella Hightower) is a dance school created by the prima ballerina Rosella Hightower in 1961 in Cannes, on the French Riviera.
See Nima Kiann and École supérieure de danse de Cannes Rosella Hightower
Ballet
Ballet is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia.
Ballet dancer
A ballet dancer is a person who practices the art of classical ballet.
See Nima Kiann and Ballet dancer
Central Asia
Central Asia is a subregion of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the southwest and Eastern Europe in the northwest to Western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north.
See Nima Kiann and Central Asia
Choreography
Choreography is the art or practice of designing sequences of movements of physical bodies (or their depictions) in which motion or form or both are specified.
See Nima Kiann and Choreography
Dance research
Dance research is the study of dance, including dance history, ethnochoreology, dance theory, dance anthropology, and dance science.
See Nima Kiann and Dance research
Dance troupe
A dance troupe or dance company is a group of dancers and associated personnel who work together to perform dances as a sport, spectacle or entertainment.
See Nima Kiann and Dance troupe
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
See Nima Kiann and Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Ferdowsi
Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi (ابوالقاسمفردوسی توسی; 940 – 1019/1025), also Firdawsi or Ferdowsi (فردوسی), was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh ("Book of Kings"), which is one of the world's longest epic poems created by a single poet, and the greatest epic of Persian-speaking countries.
Gothenburg
Gothenburg (abbreviated Gbg; Göteborg) is the capital of Västra Götaland County in Sweden.
Gothenburg opera house
The Gothenburg opera house (Göteborgsoperan) is an opera house at Lilla Bommen in Gothenburg, Sweden.
See Nima Kiann and Gothenburg opera house
Hossein Alizadeh
Hossein Alizadeh (August 23, 1951) (حسین علیزاده) is an Iranian musician, composer, radif-preserver, researcher, teacher, and tar, shurangiz and setar instrumentalist and improviser. Nima Kiann and Hossein Alizadeh are artists from Tehran.
See Nima Kiann and Hossein Alizadeh
Impresario
An impresario (from Italian impresa, 'an enterprise or undertaking') is a person who organizes and often finances concerts, plays, or operas, performing a role in stage arts that is similar to that of a film or television producer.
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI), also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
Iranian National Ballet Company
The Iranian National Ballet Company (سازمان باله ملی ایران) was Iran's only state ballet institution until the Islamic revolution of 1979 and also the most known and recognized of all dance companies in the Middle East.
See Nima Kiann and Iranian National Ballet Company
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan, officially the Kyrgyz Republic, is a landlocked country in Central Asia, lying in the Tian Shan and Pamir mountain ranges.
Les Ballets Persans
Les Ballets Persans (سازمان باله ایران) is the successor company and the recreation of the former Iranian National Ballet Company (سازمان باله ملی ایران).
See Nima Kiann and Les Ballets Persans
Lia Schubert
Lia Schubert (1926–2016) was a dancer, choreographer and instructor who was born into a Jewish family in Vienna. Nima Kiann and Lia Schubert are Swedish choreographers.
See Nima Kiann and Lia Schubert
Majid Derakhshani
Majid Derakhshani (Persian: مجید درخشانی) (born 13 September 1957 in Sangesar, Imperial State of Iran) is an Iranian musician and composer.
See Nima Kiann and Majid Derakhshani
Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
See Nima Kiann and Middle East
Mohammad Shams
Mohammad Shams (محمد شمس., born 1954 in Tehran) is an Iranian composer and conductor.
See Nima Kiann and Mohammad Shams
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov (18 March 1844 – 21 June 1908) was a Russian composer, a member of the group of composers known as The Five.
See Nima Kiann and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Parviz Meshkatian
Parviz Meshkatian (Persian: پرويز مشكاتيان; May 15, 1955 – September 21, 2009) was an Iranian musician, composer, researcher and university lecturer.
See Nima Kiann and Parviz Meshkatian
Peyman Soltani
Peyman Soltani (پیمان سلطانی, Peymân Soltâni; born 17 January 1971 in Iran) is a Persian composer, orchestra conductor, instrumentalist and critic.
See Nima Kiann and Peyman Soltani
Principal dancer
A principal dancer (often shortened to principal) is a dancer at the highest rank within a professional dance company, particularly a ballet company.
See Nima Kiann and Principal dancer
Rafiga Akhundova
Rafiga Haji gizi Akhundova (Rəfiqə Hacı qızı Axundova; 7 August 1931 – 6 February 2024) was an Azerbaijani ballet dancer, ballet master and People's Artiste of the Azerbaijan SSR (1970). Nima Kiann and Rafiga Akhundova are 20th-century ballet dancers.
See Nima Kiann and Rafiga Akhundova
Repertoire
A repertoire is a list or set of dramas, operas, musical compositions or roles which a company or person is prepared to perform.
Shahram Nazeri
Shahram Nazeri (translit,; born 18 February 1950) is a contemporary Iranian tenor of Kurdish origin from Kermanshah, Iran, who sings Sufi music, classical and traditional Kurdish and Persian music.
See Nima Kiann and Shahram Nazeri
Shamss Ensemble
The Shamss Ensemble is a musical group that performs traditional Sufi and classical Iranian music with the Tanbour, Daf (frame drum), Ney and various other percussion instruments.
See Nima Kiann and Shamss Ensemble
Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.
See Nima Kiann and Soviet Union
Sweden
Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe.
Tajikistan
Tajikistan, officially the Republic of Tajikistan, is a landlocked country in Central Asia.
Tehran
Tehran (تهران) or Teheran is the capital and largest city of Iran as well as the largest in Tehran Province.
Tirgan
Tirgan (تیرگان, Tirgān), is a early summer ancient Iranian festival, celebrated annually on Tir 13 (July 2, 3, or 4).
Turkey
Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly in Anatolia in West Asia, with a smaller part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe.
University of London
The University of London (UoL; abbreviated as Lond or more rarely Londin in post-nominals) is a federal public research university located in London, England, United Kingdom.
See Nima Kiann and University of London
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms such as painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, photography, video, filmmaking, comics, design, crafts, and architecture.
See Nima Kiann and Visual arts
Zohreh Jooya
Zohreh Jooya (زهره جویا) is a singer from Mashhad, Iran.
See Nima Kiann and Zohreh Jooya
See also
Iranian choreographers
- Afshin Ghaffarian
- Amir Hosseinpour
- Farzaneh Kaboli
- Helly Luv
- Mohammad Khordadian
- Nima Kiann
- Sarkis Djanbazian
- Shahrokh Moshkin Ghalam
Iranian male dancers
Swedish choreographers
- Alexander Ekman
- Birgit Åkesson
- Birgit Cullberg
- Carina Ari
- Carl Dahlén
- Cristina Caprioli
- Efva Lilja
- Elsa-Marianne von Rosen
- Else Fisher
- Giovanni Bucchieri
- Graham Tainton
- Gun Lund
- Ivo Cramér
- Jefta van Dinther
- Jennie Widegren
- Jessica Iwanson
- Kari Sylwan
- Katrin Sundberg
- Lia Schubert
- Louis Deland
- Mats Ek
- Nima Kiann
- Piotr Giro
Swedish male ballet dancers
- Anders Selinder
- Antoine de Beaulieu
- Carl Dahlén
- Christian Johansson
- Ivo Cramér
- Jean Börlin
- Louis Deland
- Mats Ek
- Matz Skoog
- Nima Kiann
- Per Erik Wallqvist