Shima Mahdavi

Education: BA (Drama/Acting) Soureh Fine Art’s University, Tehran 2004
Skills: Butoh, Modern and Contemporary dance, Yoga, Kathakali, Bharatanatyam…

Dance performances (As dancer)

2005- DingoMaro by Mehdi Saki, 23th FADJR International Theatre Festival, Iran
2006- Orpheh, by Mohsen Hosseini, 24th FADJR International Theatre Festival, Iran
2006- Leili va Majnoon, by Ali Maleki, Choreographed by Parvin Hadinia
2007- Suddalayadi, by Mehdi Farajpour, 11th International Theatre Festival, India (cuttuck)
2007- Suddalayadi, by Mehdi Farajpour, Representation for “Indian international festival”  
2008- Purappad, “kathakali” by Evoor Rajendran Pillai, International Center for Kathakali
2009- Sarry “a brief kathakali dance”, by Evoor Rajendran Pillai
2009-Performing a  Bharatanatyam item, Kamani Auditorium
2010- Performing a kathakali dance in ICCR Auditorium
2010-performing a kathakali dance in international Festival of classical dance in India Habitat centre

As Actor, Dancer & Choreographer:

2004- Rooze tavalodat ra be yad aar (Remember your birthday), by Mohhamad Abassi
2004- My last tape, by Mehdi Farajpour
2009- Mulla nasruddin, by Asghar Dashti 

Film/ Video experiences:

2004- Actor; Gasoline, a short film called by Ehsan Fooladifard
2004-Actor; Khasan, a short film by Morteza Ali Abbas Mirzaei
2005-Actor; Roo to kon unvar (look the other side), a short film by Yaser Entezami
2005-Actor; Karegarn Mashghoole Karand (Work on progress), film by Mani Haghighi
2006-Director assistant; Mashroote, a Performance Art by Mehdi Farajpour
2007-Actor; Anarcho-Syndicatism, an animation by Sina Ataeian
2008-Director assitant; Parasite, a film by Ali joodi