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Photo: Tatsuki Kobayashi


Dramatic music... colorful costumes...

Presenting folkloric dances from the cultures and traditions of the Middle East....

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.


Photo ©
Tatsuki Kobayashi

Above: Members of Shahrazad Ensemble perform at the 2007 Northwest Folklife Festival.

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 science fiction conventions.

Shahrazad Ensemble's grace, skill and sheer joy in the dance never fails to charm an audience.


Photo © Shahrazad Dance Ensemble of Seattle
Above: Shahrazad Dance Ensemble of Seattle at the Seattle University International Student's Dinner in January 2008, performing with the MB Orchestra.