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Arabic Dance Choreography DESERT ROSE
Arabic Dance Choreography
Interpretive Dance with Veils
DESERT ROSE
Choreography by Laurel Victoria Gray
Performed by Silk Road Dance Company
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Indian Moghul Style Choreography SUNO RE
Indian Moghul Style Dance
''Suno Re''
Choreography by Laurel Victoria Gray
Performed by Silk Road Dance Company
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Persian And Central Asian Dance at the Kennedy Center
JUNE 15, 2008
Persian Dance, Bukharan Dance, Uihgur Dance by
SILK ROAD DANCE COMPANY
Artistic Director, Laurel Victoria Gray
Excerpts from ''In the Garden of Two Worlds: Dancing Persian Poetry''
Dancing is when you rise above worlds, tearing your heart to pieces and giving up your soul.
Jalaleddin Rumi 1207-1273
These dances from In the Garden of Two Worlds derive from the movement vocabulary of various regions of the old Persian empire and from ethnic groups that speak Persian (Farsi) or Persian dialects.
1. Azzizam
Drawing from the elegant lines and garments of Persian Saffavid miniature paintings, this choreography is set to a song by the popular Iranian singer, Haydeh. The skillful manipulation of flowing silk veils typifies Azeri dance. Both the Saffavi and Qajar dynasties had Azeri roots.
Don’t grieve, my love, for life is beautiful.
Don’t be treacherous with anyone, for the world has many colors.
Choreography and Costume Design: Laurel Victoria Gray
Music: Haydeh
Dancers: Aybike Aker, Parastoo Ghodsi, Annetta Burger, Lindsay Irvine
2. Everyone Has a Beloved
For this setting of a Hafez poem, the costuming and dance vocabulary are unique to Bukhara, matching the compelling rhythm patterns of the introduction and the rolling 6/8 cadence of the song itself. In Bukharan dance, the performer often enters veiled, wearing a ch
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Persian Dance Choreography Dokhtar-e-Khorasan
Persian Dance Choreography
Dohktar-i-Khorasan
also known as
ROXANNE, BELOVED OF ALEXANDER
Choreography by Laurel Victoria Gray
Copyright 2001 by Laurel Victoria Gray
Performed by Parastoo Ghodsi of
Silk Road Dance Company
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Persian Dance Choreography from HAFT PAYKAR: SEVEN BEAUTIES
Persian Dance
''Princess of the White Dome''
Excerpt from HAFT PAYKAR:SEVEN BEAUTIES
choreography by Laurel Victoria Gray
performed by Silk Road Dance Company
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Persian Dance Choreography Raqs-e-Pari
Persian Dance
Raqs-e-Pari
''Dance of the Persian Fairies''
choreography by Laurel Victoria Gray
performed by Silk Road Dance Company
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Tajik Dance Choreography TULIPS OF BADAKHSHAN
Tajik Dance
TULIPS OF BADAKHSHAN
Choreography by Laurel Victoria Gray
Performed by Silk Road Dance Company at
the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 2007 Metro DC Dance Awards
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Uzbek Dance Choreography DARYA TOSHKIN
Uzbek Dance in Ferghana Style
DARYA TOSHKIN
Choreography by Laurel Victoria Gray
Performed by Silk Road Dance Company
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