About Silk Road Dance Company ®
Founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Dr. Laurel Victoria Gray, the award-winning Silk Road Dance Company (SRDC) presents traditional and contemporary women's dances from Central Asia, the Middle East, South Asia, China and the Caucasus. Their pioneering performances offer a unique glimpse of the life and art of little known cultures, especially the Islamic world. Silk Road Dance Company has performed internationally in Uzbekistan, Qatar, Singapore and Canada; nationally they have performed in fifteen states. The ensemble has danced at the most prestigious venues in the Washington DC area, including the Kennedy Center and the Library of Congress. Silk Road Dance Company has performed for Empress Farah Pahlavi and HM Queen Rania of Jordan; SRDC has also been featured at events for the Embassies of Egypt, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkey and Russia. They are often engaged by cultural organizations in the Turkish, Iranian, Afghan, Arab and Central Asian communities.
With an impressive repertoire of more than 130 dances, Silk Road Dance Company offers programs with a depth and breadth reflecting decades of field research and study by Dr. Gray who has received many awards for her life-time of creative work. Company dancers have also studied and traveled extensively throughout the East, mastering many dance styles. Dressed in breath-taking costumes, the ensemble performs Afghani, Algerian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bollywood, Crimean Tatar, Egyptian, Georgian, Indian, Iranian, Iraqi, Kurdish, Moroccan, Persian, Russian Romani (“Gypsy”), Saudi, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek, and Uighur dances.
With an impressive repertoire of more than 130 dances, Silk Road Dance Company offers programs with a depth and breadth reflecting decades of field research and study by Dr. Gray who has received many awards for her life-time of creative work. Company dancers have also studied and traveled extensively throughout the East, mastering many dance styles. Dressed in breath-taking costumes, the ensemble performs Afghani, Algerian, Arabic, Azerbaijani, Bollywood, Crimean Tatar, Egyptian, Georgian, Indian, Iranian, Iraqi, Kurdish, Moroccan, Persian, Russian Romani (“Gypsy”), Saudi, Tajik, Turkmen, Uzbek, and Uighur dances.
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Silk Road Dance Company Nominated for Dance Metro DC Awards
Turkish Festival
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EGYPTA: Myth, Magic & Mystery
OCTOBER 26, 2013 THE WALTERS MUSEUM BALTIMORE, MARYLAND Silk Road Dance Company presents this award-winning dance drama in conjunction with a special exhibit of Ancient Egyptian art at the Walters Museum in downtown Baltimore. |
15th Central Asian
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