Rebelling against the current Iranian regime’s prohibitions of all forms of art, Nasim Lootij left Iran in 2006 to settle in France. In Paris, she studied dance at the Université Paris 8, the RIDC and the CNSMDP, collaborated with French choreographers and created Lalaï (2012) and Bouyé Jouyé Mouliân (2015).
Settled in Montreal in 2016, she founded the collective Vâtchik Danse in collaboration with dramaturge Kiasa Nazeran. Together they created Moi-Me-Man (2017) and La Chute (2019) and L’Inconsistance (in process) drawing inspiration from the art and socio-political history of Iran, current political issues, and German expressionism aesthetics.
Nasim has also choreographed for films and plays, performed for dance companies such as Ample Man Danse (2021) and Kondition Pluriel (2021-2022), and taught children and adults.