Photo © Thom Walls

Above: Shahrazad Dance Ensemble performed "Wahed Bes," choreographed by Mahmoud Reda, at the Mediterranean Fantasy Festival, July 2010 in West Seattle.

Photo © Tatsuki Kobayashi

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,

Shahrazad Dance Ensemble of Seattle on YouTube®

Click here for Wahed Bes, a choreography by famed Egyptian dance ethnographer Mahmoud Reda, performed at the Mediterranean Fantasy Festival in West Seattle on July 18, 2010 New!

Click here for Highlights of Shahrazad Dance Ensemble at the Leavenworth WA International Dance Festival, June 2010.

Click here for The Wild Women of Wongo Halloween 2009 slideshow.

View two dances from the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival:

Click here Khalegy intro and North African Basket Dance
Click here 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.

Photo © Shahrazad Ensemble

Above: a screen shot from video captures the swirling action of the dancers performing a Turkish dance in 9/8 rhythm, wearing veils and headdresses purchased in Istanbul.