In Iran is het verboden om te dansen. Ondanks de gevaren besluiten Afshin Ghaffarian en haar vrienden een underground dansgroep te beginnen. Door het geblokkeerde Youtube te hacken leren ze de bewegingen van de allerbesten - Michael Jackson, Pina Bausch, Gene Kelly en Rudolf Noerejev. Ze genieten van de vrijheid van meningsuiting die de dans hen geeft. Ze besluiten een optreden te geven midden in de woestijn, ver weg van het toeziend oog van de militaire politie.
Nee, helaas is Desert Dancer nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Camera | Bjørn Ståle Bratberg | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Production | Mohammed Al Turki | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Richard Raymond | Director |
| Writing | Jon Croker | Screenplay |
| Production | Luis Astorquia | Producer |
| Production | Fabiola Beracasa Beckman | Producer |
| Production | Pippa Cross | Producer |
| Production | Izabella Miko | Producer |
| Production | Richard Raymond | Producer |
| Camera | Carlos Catalán | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Chris Gill | Editor |
| Editing | Celia Haining | Editor |
| Production | Manuel Puro | Casting |
| Art | Shahram Karimi | Production Design |
| Art | Alistair Kay | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Louise Stjernsward | Costume Design |
| Art | Abdellah Baadil | Assistant Art Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Schondelmeyer | Costume Supervisor |
| Crew | Akram Khan | Choreographer |
| Directing | Liz West | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Iain Cooke | Music Supervisor |
| Sound | Ian Neil | Music Supervisor |
| Lighting | Raimon Bufí | Gaffer |
| Camera | Lotfi El Gorda | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ben Oliver | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Thomas English | Steadicam Operator |
| Lighting | Abderrahim Bissar | Rigging Gaffer |
| Visual Effects | Paul Driver | Visual Effects Producer |
| Visual Effects | Ben Shepherd | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Ruth Sullivan | Foley |
| Sound | Sandy Buchanan | Foley |
| Sound | Blair Jollands | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Stephen Griffiths | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Andy Shelley | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Morag Smith | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sarah Downes | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sophie Slotover | Makeup Designer |
| Sound | Benjamin Wallfisch | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alison Lewis | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Will Whale | Sound Recordist |
