Each piece I create is a ritual, a dance through the ephemeral veil separating the timeless from the transient. 

Rana Gorgani

Welcome to the world of

"Woman, Life, Freedom".
"زن، زندگی، آزادی".

In every whirl, a defiance; in every step, a declaration. We dance not just to move, but to shake the foundations of what confines us.

در هر چرخش، نفی؛ در هر قدم، اعلامیه. ما نه تنها برای حرکت، بلکه برای لرزاندن .پایه‌های محدودیت‌هایمان می‌رقصیم

Step into a space where the spiritual essence of Sufi dance weaves seamlessly with the contemporary spirit, creating a tapestry that resonates with the soul of today. My art is an odyssey through the tranquility of motion, a dialogue between the sacred whispers of ancient traditions and the dynamic pulse of the present. It is here that the spiritual journey unfolds, inviting you into a world where every spin is a meditation, every movement a prayer.

In this realm, each whirl transcends time, serving as a bridge between the mystical and the modern. Inspired by the depth and breadth of spiritual exploration, my work blurs the lines between the dancer and the divine, the temporal and the eternal, guiding you on a voyage beyond the realms of the seen.

Step into a space where the spiritual essence of Sufi dance weaves seamlessly with the contemporary spirit, creating a tapestry that resonates with the soul of today. My art is an odyssey through the tranquility of motion, a dialogue between the sacred whispers of ancient traditions and the dynamic pulse of the present. It is here that the spiritual journey unfolds, inviting you into a world where every spin is a meditation, every movement a prayer.

In this realm, each whirl transcends time, serving as a bridge between the mystical and the modern. Inspired by the depth and breadth of spiritual exploration, my work blurs the lines between the dancer and the divine, the temporal and the eternal, guiding you on a voyage beyond the realms of the seen.

Rana Gorgani Derviche tourneur

Step into a space where the spiritual essence of Sufi dance weaves seamlessly with the contemporary spirit, creating a tapestry that resonates with the soul of today. My art is an odyssey through the tranquility of motion, a dialogue between the sacred whispers of ancient traditions and the dynamic pulse of the present. It is here that the spiritual journey unfolds, inviting you into a world where every spin is a meditation, every movement a prayer.

In this realm, each whirl transcends time, serving as a bridge between the mystical and the modern. Inspired by the depth and breadth of spiritual exploration, my work blurs the lines between the dancer and the divine, the temporal and the eternal, guiding you on a voyage beyond the realms of the seen.

Celebrate the essence of being, where the art of Sufi dance transcends mere performance to become a profound reflection on our shared humanity and our quest for connection with the divine. In the dance of the soul, we find not only a reflection of our innermost yearnings but a celebration of the infinite possibilities that lie within the confluence of spirit and contemporary life.

Welcome to the portal of discovery, where the sacred dance begins. Here, in the embrace of Sufi tradition and modern expression, we journey together towards the heart of spirituality, uncovering the essence of existence itself.

Rana in the media

Podcast

In Press

resmusica.com

Novembre 2025

Sufi’s Saraband in Geneva: the universal musical deluge of Keyvan Chemirani

lecourrier.ch

Octobre 2025

Sufi airs at the Blue City

ICE-CREAM (p.57)

May 2025

Rana Gorgani, when the Sufi dance becomes sacred art 

Hyphenonline.com

April 2025

Not just for dervishes: how (and where) to give whirling a whirl

Le Télégramme

January 2025

Lagueux: Ranagorgani, the dervish woman turned heads at the Grand Pré

Exil

July 2024

4 days of summer in a magical place in the South of France.

Le courrier de l'atlas

Jun 2023

The White Night 2023 in Paris and the Paris region

Le Monde

January 2023

Turning, it’s pure energy : initiation to the (destabilizing) dance of whirling dervishes

La terrasse

December 2022

SAMÂ’ the exiled light of Pierre Thilloy in the staging of Frédéric Fisbach: a striking performance by the dervish Rana Gorgani

L'orient-Le jour

July 2022

Crazy piano, spiritual dance and electroacoustic improvisations soon in Baalbeck.

Nova radio

Octobre 2021

Feminine Sufism with Nawal’s Sufi Gospel and the whirling dervish Rana Gorgani

Courrier international

Jun 2021

Video: Rana Gorgani, So That Women Dervishes May Turn

Les Chemins du Sacré

April 2022

The experience of beauty

arabnews

February 2021

Rana Gorgani: Sufi Dance in the Feminine

Liberation

January 2021

The Body in Trance (4/7) Dervishes and Whirlings, Top or Not to Be

LA DEPECHE

December 2019

Cahors. Rana Gorgani and the whirling dervishes

ELLE

February 2021

Rana Gorgani, the female Sufi dance

DNA

January 2018

Rana: the magical mirror of the Sufi dance 

inexplore.com

Jun 2014

Explore its mysteries