Documentation reaching us from passed millennia of the Empire, whether in sculpture, engravings, miniatures or frescoes, is consistent with a strong tradition of music and dance.Particularly in sixteenth century palace decorations and ancient illustrated manuscripts through the Timurid, Safavid and Qajar Dynasties, until the early 20 th Century, it has been fascinating to analyze and re-discover dance language and style very much. Iranians have called this language “Rakhse Miniature” (Miniature Dances) as a category I painstakingly put together from research in ancient cities like Shushtar, Esphahan, Shiraz and Kerman The empire, due to frequent changes in ruling dynasties never developed a longstanding tradition as found in India or China over the same periods.
