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Above: Melinda Shiraz performs a folkloric pot-balancing dance from Tunisia at the Ethnic Crossroads Festival 2009 in Bellevue, Washington. Please contact us! The troupe is available for performances at festivals, parties and concerts in Western Washington.
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Shahrazad Dance Ensemble performs folkloric Middle Eastern dances based on dance of the Levant, Egypt, North Africa, and the Persian Gulf. We also perform modern Egyptian and American Belly Dance. And we also perform imaginative and entertaining choreography to fusion music when we appear as our alter egos, The Wild Women of Wongo -- perfect for children's parties, holiday parties and science fiction conventions,
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Above: Shahrazad Dance Ensemble performed folkloric dances at Arab Fest at Seattle Center on August 1 -2, 2009. Arab Fest is produced by the The Arab Center of Washington.
Shahrazad
Ensemble is on YouTube! View two dances from the
2007 Northwest Folklife Festival:
Khalegy
intro and North African Basket Dance
Egyptian
Folkloric "Bambi Saidi"
Shahrazad Ensemble is one of Seattle's premier performing troupes. The troupe has appeared at dance shows throughout the Pacific Northwest, at the Western Washington Fair, the Northwest Folklife Festival, Arab Fest, the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI), and Rustycon, Dreamcon, and Norwescon science fiction conventions .
Shahrazad Ensemble's grace, skill and sheer joy in the dance never fails to charm an audience.
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