Rana Gorgani

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Rana Gorgani (born around 1986) is a French-Iranian dancer and former actress. Born in Germany to an Iranian mother and a Kurdish father, she grew up in France. She performs in the Sufi dance tradition and is one of the world’s few female whirling dervishes. She acted with the Conservatoire de Paris in the 20th arrondissement. At 24, she decided to devote herself to dance and founded l'Oeil Persan (The Persian Eye), the first European dance company dedicated to Persian dance. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she began teaching Sufi dance online through Zoom workshops.