Silk Road Dance

Repertoire
- Ojos Asi
 - Ancient Egypt
- Ancient Egyptian Banquet Dance
- Cleopatra
- Death of Egypt
- Egypt is the Gift of the Nile (1995)
- In the Temple of Isis
- Invasion of the Foreigners
- Isis Mourns, Egypt Mourns
- Priestess of Renenutet
- Procession
- Prologue: The Prophecy of Thoth
- Pyramids
- Royal Linen
- The Goddess Nuit and the Dance of the Cosmos
- The Seven Hathors
- Wrath of Sekhmet
 - Ancient Silk Road
- Amazonka (1994)
- Celestial Maidens of Dunhuang
- Esther's Choice
- Roxanne, Beloved of Alexander
- Shahmaran, Queen of Serpents
- Urumchi
- Zoroastrian Dance: Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds
 - Arabic Dance
- Al Ward Al Foll
- Debke
- Desert Rose
- Ghawazee: Egyptian Folklore
- Iraqi Samai: FEVER
- Khaleegy
- Momo's Arabesque
- Ouled Nail
- Raqs as-Assaya
- Shukulata
- Zeffa and Raqs Shamadan
 - Bollywood Dance
- Aa Tayar Hoja
- Bollywood: Mahi Ve
- Ek Ho Gaye Hum Aur Tum
- Ghanan Ghanan
- Ghoomar: Rajastani Dance
- Gur Nalo Ishq Mitha
- Suno Re
 - Central Asia
- Afghani
- Afghani Dance: Muhabbat
- Chinese Princess of the Sandalwood Pavilion
- Cry of the Heart
- Darya Toshkin
- Everyone Has a Beloved
- Guldasta
- Kara Kozim
- Katta Oyin
- Keling Gular
- Kungil Taronasi
- Munojat
- Pilla
- Samarkand Ushori
- Tulips of Tajikistan
- Uighur Dance Hayrona
- Yelpesse:Turkmen Dance
 - Concert Works
- Egypta: Myth, Magic, and Mystery
- Gul Bahaar: A Celebration of Uzbek, Indian, and Persian Dance
- Haft Paykar: Seven Beauties
- HOORAY FOR BOLLYWOOD
- Legends of the Silk Road
- Raqaset Shaabia: Folkloric Dance of the Arab World
- Remembering the Legends: 3,000 Years of Women on the Silk Road
- The Golden Road to Samarkand
- The Lion and the Sun: Dances of the Old Persian Empire
 - Festivals
- Festivals
 - Legacy Repertoire
- Adige Dance: A Cool Mountain Breeze
- Afghani Dance
- Afghani Dance: Muhabbat
- Kungil Taronasi
- Kurdish Dance: Larzon
- Munojat
- Rajastani Dance: Ghoomar
- Russian Gypsy Romani Suite
- Samarkand Ushori
- Turkmen Dance: Nar Agajy
- Turkmen Dance: Yelpesse
- Uighur Dance
- Uzbek Dance: Guldasta
- Uzbek Dance: Kara Kozim
- Uzbek Dance: Katta Oyin
- Uzbek Dance: Pilla
 - Museum Programs
- Museum Programs
 - Persian Dance
- Azzizam: Classical Persian Dance
- Baba Karam: Persian Dance
- Bandari: Persian Dance
- Chesh Chesm: Persian Dance
- Dokhtar-e-Khorasan: Persian Dance
- Ghassemabadi: Persian Dance
- Khoda Khoda-ye Mastoun: Persian Dance
- Larzon
- Parting Ways with the Soul: Classical Persian Dance
- Persian Dance of the Princess of the White Dome from HAFT PAYKAR: SEVEN BEAUTIES
- Persian Miniature: Classical Persian Dance
- Raqs-e-Pari: Classical Persian Dance
 - Romani (Gypsy)
- Memories of Macedonia
- Russian Gypsy Roma
 - The Caucasus
- Adige Dance: A Cool Mountain Breeze
- Azerbaijani Suite (2002)
- Dancer of Shamakha
- Nalbeki: Azerbaijani Dance
- Narnari
- Samaya
- Sari Gelin: Azerbaijani Dance
 - University Concerts
- University and College Concerts
 - Uzbek Dance
- Uzbek Dance Babur Gazal at Embassy of Uzbekistan
- Uzbek Dance Dil Kroch at 15th Anniversary Concert
- Uzbek Dance Katta Oyin at 15th Anniversary Concert
- Uzbek Dance Performance at 2010 Turkish Festival
- Uzbek Dance Pilla at Concert Honoring Judth Jamison
- Uzbek Khorezm Dance at Embassy of Uzbekistan
 - Weddings
- Persian Weddings
- Bollywood Weddings
- Uzbek Bukharan Wedding Dance at College of New Jersey
- Weddings

NEWS
 - Media Coverage
- Al-Siyasi Al-Misri Egyptian Newspaper Article on Silk Road Dance Company in Samarkand Festival
- An Evening in Uzbekistan featured on Aslan Media
- An Evening on the Silk Road
- Artful Afternoon Journeys to Bollywood
- BBC Persian Reports on Silk Road Dance Company in Samarkand
- Dancing the Silk Road
- DC Choreographer Receives Iranian Arts Award
- Excellence Showcased at the 24th Annual Mayor's Arts Awards
- Fancy Feat: The Metro DC Dance Awards
- Hooray for Bollywood
- Iranian Dancer's Traumas and Triumphs Told in Story
- Nowruz Commission 2011 Gala at Library of Congress with Silk Road Dance Company
- Persian Dance Concert Featured in the Iranian Times
- Review of Laurel Victoria Gray's Persian/Azeri Concert Work HAFT PAYKAR
- Review of Laurel Victoria Gray'sAncient Egyptian Dance Concert Work --EGYPTA: MYTH, MAGIC, AND MYSTERY
- REVIEW: Remembering the Legends
- Russian Language Press Article on Laurel Victoria Gray's Dance Concert Work The Golden Road to Samarkand
- Seattle Times Article: Silk Road Dance Company at TurkFest
- Silk Road Dance Company Article in the DC Examiner
- Silk Road Dance Company at Many Moons Festival
- Silk Road Dance Company at National Cathedral
- Silk Road Dance Company at the Annual Turkish Festival
- Silk Road Dance Company Comes to Salisbury University
- Silk Road Dance Company Featured in Dancer Magazine Article on Washington, DC
- Silk Road Dance Company performs at Arts on Foot 2010
- Silk Road Dance Company Performs at Gettysburg
- Silk Road Dance Company performs at Kazakh Embassy 2011
- Silk Road Dance Company Performs at Many Moons Festival
- Silk Road Dance Company Performs at World Refugee Day
- Silk Road Dance Company to Perform at the Annual Turkish Festival
- Silk Road Dance Compnay & DC Mayor's Arts Award review
- The Queen and I : Documentary Film on Empress Farah Pahlavi includes Silk Road Dance Company
- Tirgan Festival Program page one
- Tirgan Festival Program page two
- Turkmen Website Article About Silk Road Dance Company
- Uzbek Ministry of Culture Awards Doctorate to Laurel Victoria Gray
- VOA report on The Great Game: Afghanistan
- VOA Uzbek Service Broadcast on 2011 Independence Day Celebration at Uzbek Embassy
- WASHINGTON POST: An Evening on the Silk Road at the National Theatre
- Washington Times Spotlights Legends of the Silk Road
- Welcoming Spring, Persian Style
- Welcoming Spring, Persian Style
 - Press releases
- LAUREL VICTORIA GRAY TO GIVE 2009 SELMA JEANNE COHEN LECTURE
- PRESS RELEASE: Dance Concert Celebrates Bollywood
- Silk Road Dance Company Invited to Samarkand

Gallery
 - Photos
- Azerbaijani Dance: Nalbeki
- Azerbaijani Dance: Sari Gelin
- Azerbaijani Dance: TurkFest 2009
- Bollywood Dance Comes to Greenbelt
- December 1995: Our First Official Photograph
- May 2008: Greeting Empress Farah Pahlavi
- October 1998: Iranian Community School Concert
- Persian Dance: Niyaz -e-Nahan
- Pilla - Uzbek Dance from the Legacy Repertoire
- Russian Gypsy Romany Dance
- Silk Road Dance Company Celebrates Noruz
- Silk Road Dance Company in Doha, Qatar
- Silk Road Dance Company Performs at Iranian Festival
- Sozanda: Bukharan Uzbek Dance in Ikat Khan Atlas Dresses
- Timurid Court Dance
- Tsiganka - Russian Gypsy Romani Dance
- Warrior Maidens of the Slav Princess of the Red Dome

EVENTS
 - 1995 -1999
- 1995 -1998 Past Performances
- 1999 Past Performances
 - 2000 - 2002
- 2002 Past Performances
 - 2009 Past Performances
- A Journey Through the Arab World
- Asia After Dark Series : Dances of the Ottoman, Persian and Russian Empires
- Turkish Festival: Seattle TurkFest
 - 2010 Past Performances
- 2010 Silk Road Dance Company Performance List
- 5th National Asian Heritage Festival
- An Evening in Uzbekistan
- Announcing Autumn 2010 Season
- Asia Society Awards Dinner
 - Calendar
- August 12, 2011
- AUGUST 7, 2011
- November 18 - 20, 2011
- November 19, 2011
- OCTOBER 2, 2011
- SEPTEMBER 1, 2011
 - Past Performances
- Asian Culture Festival in Miami
- Human Rights Art Festival
- ANNOUNCING Haft Paykar: Seven Beauties Dance Concert
- Legends of the Silk Road
- Silk Road Dance Company performs at International Children's Festival
- Silk Road Dance Company Presents Arab Dances at Kennedy Center
- TEXTILE MUSEUM CENTRAL ASIAN FESTIVAL
- The Annual Nooruz Gala Celebration
- Uzbek Dance Star to Teach DC Workshops
- Uzbek Dance Workshops
- UZBEK DANCE WORKSHOPS

Company Background
- About Silk Road Dance Company
- Hiring the Silk Road Dance Company
- Silk Road Dance Company included in Maryland Touring Artist Roster
 - Artistic Director
- Artistic Director, Laurel Victoria Gray
 - Company Dancers
- Assistant Director, Cindy Connelly Ryan
- Company Apprentice, Angela Tlustenko
- Company Apprentice, Nilufar Rakhmanova
- Company Apprentice, Sonia Herrero
- Company Dancer , Angela Brown
- Company Dancer , Iman Sheybani
- Company Dancer, Ahmad Maaty
- Company Dancer, Audrey Ichida
- Company Dancer, Courtney Smothers
- Company Dancer, Debra Annalise Pacheli
- Company Dancer, Inessa Aruzovna Ach
- Company Dancer, Julie Tharrett
- Company Dancer, Khatoon Sabouri- Melick
- Company Dancer, Laura Carey
- Dance Apprentice, Yunting Tang
- Guest Artist, Glynnis Vance
- Guest Artist, Sara Shroff
- Principal Dancer, Joanne Giaquinta
- Principal Dancer, Sarah Solomon
 - Company Mission
- About Our Artistic Mission
- Company Mission
 - Guest Artists
- Central Asian Danced Consultant, Qizlarhon Dusmuhamodova
- Guest Artist, Demet Cabbar
- Guest Artist, Inessa Aruzovba Ach
- Guest Artist, Kevin Ryan
- Guest Dance Artists and Collaborators
 - Our Clients
- Silk Road Dance Company Clients

 Past Performances  
 

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