Ziba has wide performing experience in both the UK and Iran. She has been dancing all her life and professionally for around 10 years.

She has performed for numerous high-profile organizations including the British Museum, Magic of Persia, the Iran Heritage Foundation, Afghanaid, the Afghan Human Rights Organization, Ely Cathedral and the Iran’s Children’s Charity. She has also appeared on Manoto TV at Shab-e Yalda and Mehregan. She regularly performs at private events in the Iranian and Afghan communities, but also at mainstream community and cultural events, particularly with Cambridge City Council. She works closely with the London-based Iranian music ensemble Ahoura. Ziba also appears once or twice a year at Planet Egypt in London. All her performances are improvised and she uses live music whenever possible.

‘you take the music to a whole new level’ (an Iranian musician).

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