Masoumeh Jalalieh

is a choreographer, performer, and visual artist based in Vienna. Her practice spans physical theater, contemporary dance, and visual arts, including graphic design and illustration. Rooted in a lifelong engagement with art, she was raised among the canvases and colors of her father and brother, shaping her early creative sensibility.

Her work explores the body as a vessel of memory, ritual, and resistance—an elemental language through which she investigates time, space, ambiance, and transformation. “The body,” she says, “is a complex collection of all elements of nature. I observe and study these through movement to communicate my imagination in the most ultimate language we possess.”

Jalalieh’s performances have toured internationally, with presentations at Sophiensaele Berlin, , STUK Leuven, Kaaistudios  and Les Brigittines Brussels, and WUK Vienna. She has collaborated with numerous artists across disciplines and led workshops at ImPulsTanz, Tanzquartier Wien, and beyond. Her work is deeply interwoven with the cultural and ritual fabric of her homeland: “I carry myself, my family, my ancestors, and history with me—and thus communicate my country and its people through my artistic statements.”

She studied graphic design and trained in mime and contemporary dance, cultivating an interdisciplinary approach that bridges art, craft, and science. In 2023, she co-founded Carpet of Time association, a Vienna-based platform for contemporary performance, dance, film, and hybrid art forms.