Publications About Persian Dancing

Magazine articles, academic articles, book chapters, and other items

Tajikistan, The Land of Dance — part I. Written for the “Gilded Serpent”, 2009
Tajikistan, The Land of Dance — part II. Written for the “Gilded Serpent”, 2009.
Love and Pomegranates, Artists and Wayfarers on Iran. Robyn wrote the chapter on music master Morteza Varzi.
Dance in Iran: Past and Present. Robyn wrote the chapter about regional dances of Iran.
Enveloping Ambipositions in Suleimaniye Kurdish, South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable Conference, May 1985.
Ergativity in Suleimaniye Kurdish,
Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference, November 1985.
Performer – Audience Relationships in the Bazm, Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference, November 1986 (with Morteza Varzi, Margaret Caton, and Neil Siegel).
Contemporary Contexts for Iranian Professional Musical Performance, Middle Eastern Studies Association Annual Conference, November 1986 (with Neil Siegel).Contexts for Iranian Professional Musical Performance, Los Angeles CityRoots Festival, May 1987 (with Neil Siegel and Morteza Var
Ballooning on Mars: A Description of the TITAN Mars Balloon Model and a Discussion of Initial Results, July 1987 (with Thomas Heinsheimer).
Mars Balloon System Study, Space Future Forum (in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the launch of Sputnik), Moscow, USSR, October 1987 (with Jacques Blamont, James Burke, Louis Friedman, Thomas Heinsheimer,
Harold Masursky, Bruce Murray, et al.).
Exploration of Mars by Balloon: Two Leading Concepts, COSPAR Conference, Espoo, Finland (with Jacques Blamont, Thomas Heinsheimer, Vladimir Linkin, Bruce Murray, et al.) (July 1988).
Bound Clitic Objects of Independent Adpositions in Suleimaniye Kurdish. Middle East Studies Association Annual Conference (November 1988).
Concepts for Autonomous Flight Control for a Balloon on Mars (with Thomas Heinsheimer and Neil Siegel), NASA conference, Huntsville, Alabama (November 1988).
Presenting Ethnic Dance on the Stage, 1992 UCLA Dance Ethnology Forum.
Chub-bazi, an entry in The Encyclopedia of Iran (1993).
Dance in Iran, an entry in The Encyclopedia of Iran (1993).
Iranian Music Culture in Los Angeles (with Neil G. Siegel), World Music Institute, New York (to appear).
The Exquisite Art of Persian Classical Dance, First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 15, number 2, Spring 1996, pages 6-8.
Jamile — The Goddess of Persian Dance, First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 16, number 1, Winter 1997.
Status and Preservation of Iranian Dance: Cultural Factors Influencing the Iranian Attitude Concerning Dance. Paper presented at the 1st International Conference on Middle Eastern Dance, 16-18 May 1997, Orange Coast College, California.
Review of the book Crowning Anguish, an autobiographical memoir by a 19th-century Persian princess.First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 16, number 3, 1997, page 37.
Presenting Ethnic Dance on the Stage. Material first presented at a 1992 UCLA Dance Ethnology Conference. The version was first published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 17, number 3, 1999, pages 10-13.
Book review: “Irangeles”, “An Introduction to Iranian Culture”. First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 15, number 3, 1996.
Concert review: “The Gold of Xian”. First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 18, number 3, 2001.
“Spirituality in Iranian Music and Dance: Conversations with Morteza Varzi“. First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 18, number 2, 2001.
“Introduction to Dance in Iran, part I“. Published on Bhuz.com, July 2001.
“Introduction to Dance in Iran, part II“. Published on Bhuz.com, July 2001.
Book review: “New Food of Life: Ancient Persian and Modern Iranian Cooking and Ceremonies“. First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 18, number 2, 2001.
Book review: “Suri and Co.: Tales of a Persian Teenage Girl“. First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 18, number 2, 2001.
Concert review: International Music Academy. First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, 1996.
Concert review: “Khedi at Orange Coast College“. First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 17, number 3.>
Viloyat Akilova: An Uzbek Dance Legend, an Uzbek Dance Heritage.
First published in “Habibi, A Journal for Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance and Arts”, volume 19, number 3 (part I), and volume 19 number 4 (part II).