Feature interviews with Dr. Javad Mashreghi, President of the Canadian Mathematical Society, and Nima Kiann, Director and Choreographer of the Iranian National Ballet Company.

Dance has been an inseparable element of Persian culture for thousands of years. Dance depictions on pottery excavated from prehistoric sites attest to the antiquity of this art. However, ritual dance, the precursor to Iranian royal court dances, can be traced back to the cult of...