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U. S. Perforfomances of Egypta

Egypta at Dance Place
June 26, 2004 at 8:00 pm and June 27, 2004 at 7:00 pm, Washington, DC.

Dance Place presents the Silk Road Dance Company in Laurel Victoria  Gray's award winning tribute to Ancient Egypt, "Egypta: Myth, Magic, and Mystery." General Admission $18. www.danceplace.org.

Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery / Middle Eastern Dance Workshops
November 14 & 15, 2003, Mt. Ranier, MD

Joe's Movement Emporium hosts two evenings of the one-hour concert that tells the story of ancient Egypt. November 16, 2003, Silk Road Dance members teach workshops on various topics related to Middle Eastern dance. For information about tickets and location, see the Joe's Movement Emporium web site.

Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
September 14 & 15, 2003, Washington, DC

A one-hour concert at 6:00 pm, "Egypta: Myth, Magic and Mystery" of dances telling the story Ancient Egypt. Performed as part of the Kennedy Center's 2003 Local Dance Commissioning Project award to Laurel Victoria Gray. Free admission.
Watch this performance online!

Open Hearth Society Annual Ball
May 24, 2003, Washington, DC

The Silk Road Dance Company presents a suite of Ancient Egyptian dances at the Washington Ethical Society.

The Field Museum
April 22, 2003, Chicago, IL

Ancient Egyptian dances help launch new exhibit: Eternal Egypt: Masterworks of Ancient Art From the British Museum. See photos

Nazemi Parsart Center
Saturday, May 25, 2002, Van Nuys, CA

A 90-minute concert by Silk Road featuring a wide selection of dances from our repertoire. Tickets: $10 advance; $15 at the door. For more information, please call 818-893-9019. Parsart Center is at 7412 Balboa Boulevard. See photos

Warner Bros International TV Gala
Friday, May 24, 2002, Burbank, CA

Silk Road Dance Company helps create an atmosphere of myth and mystery with several performances at this gala event.

1999 Egyptian Festival
November 20-21, 1999, Port Discovery Children's Museum, 35 Market Place, Baltimore, MD

Saturday—Modern Egyptian folklore, shows at 12:30 and 2:30 pm.
Sunday—Ancient Egyptian dance: selections from Egypta. Shows at 12:30 and 2:30 pm.

International Festival
June 19, 1999, Market Place Square, Baltimore, MD

SRDC presents dances of Iran and Egypt, modern and ancient.

Soloist Heidi Kestenbaum appears on a magazine covering the performance

Benefit for the Library of Alexandria
November 13, 1998, Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore, MD.

Benefit for the Library of Alexandria, Egypt, sponsored by the Baltimore-Luxor- Alexandria Sister Cities Committee in cooperation with the Enoch Pratt Free Library. SRDC performed a preview from the Ancient Egyptian dance suite, "Egypta," and a performance of contemporary Egyptian Raqs Sharqi.

 

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