Biography
Armin Hokmi works with dance and choreography. He began in 2009 as a performer in the independent theater scene in Iran and later continued to work and study abroad in multiple performative practices and mediums. He holds a B.A. in acting from Norwegian Theatre Academy and has received his M.A. in Solo/Dance/Authorship at HZT Berlin. Armin is an associate artist at Montpellier Danse 2024-2026. As a dancer and performer he has worked with artists such as Mette Ingvartsen, Kasper Ravnhøj, Hooman Sharifi and Phillip Zarrilli, among others.
Armin’s dance and movement language is an interplay between a sense of familiarity with known forms, and practices that elude recognition, cultivating a horizon where different references converge and contrast . Captivated by dances that have been neglected and deemed unworthy of historical significance,his choreographic practice navigates through time and space, changing through a constant unfolding of the dance into new trajectories.