Guest Artists and Collaborators

Since the inception of Silk Road Dance  Company in 1995, the ensemble has been honored to work with established dance artists and musicians who have enriched our art.

QIZLARHON DUSTMUKHAMEDOVA, People's Artist of Uzbekistan
Since 1998, Annual Residency in Central Asian Dance

LEILI TAJADOD, Persian Dance Specialist
2008 Iranian Dance Legacy Repertoire

LING TANG, Chinese Dance Specialist
2008 Chinese Classical Dance Seminar

MUJGAN ERGAL Caucasus/Turkic Dance Specialist
2007 North Caucasus Women's Dance

YUSIF QASIMOV, People's Artist of Azerbaijan
2006 Azeribaijani Folk Dance Seminar

KADIR MUMINOV, Artist of Uzbekistan
2004 Residency in  Uzbek dance tecnique
Surkhan Darya, Chaban, and Lagan choreographies

AMEL TAFSOUT, North African dance specialist
2004 Andalusian Court Dance Seminar

MOMO KADOUS, Egyptian choreographer
2003 "Arabesque' Raqs Sharqi choreography

DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN, Haitian-American violinist and composer
2003 Improvisational music and dance session

AMEL TAFSOUT, North African dance specialist
2004 Andalusian Court Dance Seminar

ASHA VATTAKUTTI , Kathak Choreographer
2006 Gul-i-Bakkawali Kennedy Center  joint performance

NEJLA  YATKIN, Award-winning dancer/  choreographer
2002 Modern dance technique class

TAYYAR AKDENIZ , Turkish Dance Specialist
Turkish Black Sea Dance seminar

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Glynnis Vance, Guest Artist

 Glynnis participated in several
 Silk Road Dance Company productions,
 including The Golden Road to Samarkand.
 In 2009, she officially joined the ensemble.

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Sara Shroff, Guest Artist

Sara debuted in Silk Road Dance Company's
2009 Hooray for Bollywood concert.

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Jayantee Paine Ganguly, Guest Artist

 A beloved favorite, Jayantee's
 played the role of the Indian Princess
 in the  2011 Silk Road Dance Company
 production of Haft Paykar: Seven Beauties.
 She also appeared in the concert based
 on the BaburNama -- Gul Bahaar -- as
 well as the Silk Road Dance Festival.

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