Shirin Abedi has won the Inge Morath Award

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DMJX alumni Shirin Abedi is the 2023 recipient of the Inge Morath Award handed out by the Magnum Foundation. Shirin Abedi receives the award based on her poject May I Have This Dance? that she started at DMJX during her Photo 1 study in the spring 2019.

The crew learns a choreography designed by a former student of the Iranian national ballet company. After the revolution, he pursued an architecture career. Meanwhile he teaches ballet to the new generation of dancers in Iran. Photo from Shirin Abedi’s prize winning project May I Have This Dance?

With the award, Shirin Abedi receives a $7,500 production grant to support the completion of her long-term documentary project, May I Have This Dance? that she has continued to work on since her graduation from DMJX.

Sometimes Yasamin dances on the rooftop of her home. Many Iranian women dream of singing and dancing under the sky of their homeland. Photo from Shirin Abedi’s prize winning project May I Have This Dance?

May I Have This Dance? is about the social change in Iran on the basis of a subculture in which dance is elementary to life. The dancers show a peaceful resistance to a patriarchal and fundamental society. By this, they represent a whole generation, who reclaims their desired future.