Life of underground Iranian dancer captured in Desert Dancer
According to Wales Online Welsh actor Tom Cullen has a leading role in a new British film about Iranian teenagers who defy the authorities to stage a dance event in the desert. The movie, called Desert Dancer, is directed by Richard Raymond who is making his full-length debut.
The film is based on a true story about Iranian Afshin Ghaffarian (in picture above) who taught himself to dance using YouTube, despite such activities being forbidden in his country. He and a group of others then planned a concert in the wilderness to avoid being caught.
The Bafta-nominated Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto is heading the cast and is working with acclaimed choreographer Akram Khan, whose work featured in the Olympic opening ceremony at London 2012. Pinto, 27, said she had no professional experience of dancing before she began rehearsals for the film, but there was a strong tradition in her native India. Khan said dance training had been tough. “It’s been intense, it’s eight hours a day, six days a week, for almost 12 to 14 weeks now. Even for a professional dancer it’s a gruelling routine,” he said.
Nazanin Boniadi, an Iranian-born, London-raised actress is acting in the movie as Parisa Ghaffarian.
Reece Ritchie, whose roles have included TV drama White Heat and big budget film Prince Of Persia: Sands Of Time, will star as Afshin Ghaffarian.
Filming – due to take place in the UK, the Middle East and north Africa - began last week, with the movie expected to be released next year.
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