Masoumeh Jalalieh (IR/AT)

is an Iranian choreographer, performer, and dancer based in Vienna. Her artistic practice explores the intersections of movement, ritual, and embodied knowledge, engaging with themes of cultural memory and political resistance. She has created works, including B-or der, Time Paranoia, Decline, Bish az pish, and Carpet of Time, which have been presented at venues such as Sophiensæle Berlin, STUK Leuven, Kaaistudios, Les Brigittines Brussels, Pasinger Fabrik Munich, and WUK Vienna. Jalalieh has collaborated with artists such as Hooman Sharifi, Bára Sigfúsdóttir, Robert Steijn, Peter Jasko, and Daniel Zimmermann, and has led workshops at ImPulsTanz and Tanzquartier Wien. From 2017 to 2020, she was a principal performer with Jan Martens’ GRIP company and toured with Bára Sigfúsdóttir’s piece being across Europe and Iran. She has received grants, including the Startstipendium for Performing Arts Vienna and Danceweb. In 2023, she founded the association Carpet of Time and began curating the festival Cook, Eat, and Clean. Her long-term project and research Carpet of Time continued through residencies at Leveld (Norway), Tanzhaus Zürich, and ALDES! (Italy) in 2025.
www.omaartstudio.ir