Our next appearance is LIVE and on stage in person at the April Fool’s Mau Day Benefit & Dance, produced by Mas Uda Dancers in Olympia, Washington on April 1, 2023. We’ll have a vendor table for “Shahrazad’s Closet,” where we will be offering costumes and accessories for purchasers. Beautiful beaded nightclub bedlas, strings of Egyptian glass bead fringe, paillettes and trim, dancer accessories, and more! This event benefits The Cat’s Meow of Centralia, Washington.
Our troupe has a lot of history and we’re sharing our History Project. The troupe has been in numerous shows, workshop recitals, neighborhood festivals, folklife festivals, haflas, and club performances in the greater Seattle area in the past 44 years.
Have you seen our performance videos? How about our historical videos? Visit our Video page.
To see some history in still photos, visit our Gallery. We’ll be adding photos to that collection.
We perform lively folkloric dances from cultures of the Middle East, American belly dance, and innovative fusion dances. Shahrazad Ensemble’s grace, skill and sheer joy in the dance never fails to charm an audience.
Shahrazad Dance Ensemble is one of Seattle’s premier performing troupes. The troupe has appeared at dance shows and festivals throughout the Pacific Northwest, including appearances at: Northwest Folklife Festival; Seattle Arab Festivals held at Seattle Center; TurkFest at Seattle Center; all 25 years of the Mediterranean Fantasy Festival; the long-ago Marymoor Heritage Festival; the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI); Rustycon, Norwescon and Westercon science fiction conventions.