Tanin Torabi

Tanin Torabi is an Iranian contemporary dance artist and curator based in Iran and Ireland. She is working in the realm of performance, choreography, and film, exploring the connection between the three. Torabi holds an MA in Contemporary Dance from the University of Limerick and a BA in Sociology. Torabi's dance films have screened in more than a hundred dance film and film festivals worldwide and have received numerous awards in categories like "Creative Vision Award", "Best Artist Film", "Jury Award", "Best Inspirational Film", "Best Inspiring Woman in a Film", "Best Experimental Film", "Best Cinematography" and "Best Documentary", to name a few. Tanin's works have been described as rebellious, creative, inspiring, unbearably elegant and affecting, emblematic and poignant, empowering to women, and with clarity and an exceptional ambition that is layered with a complexity of personal and cultural nuance, by festival directors.