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Laurel Victoria Gray
Choreographer and Instructor


Laurel Victoria Gray is the recipient of the Kennedy Centers 2003 Local Dance Commissioning Project Award and the International Academy of Middle Eastern Dance (IAMED) Awards for Best Choreographer (2003) and Best Ethnic Dancer (1999). She is the Artistic Director of both the Silk Road Dance Company -- winner of the IAMED award for Best Dance Company (2003) and Joy of Motion Company-in-Residence. She is a finalist for the 2004 Metro DC Dance Award for "Excellence in Costume Design." An internationally acclaimed dancer, scholar, instructor, and choreographer, Ms. Gray’s research has taken her to five continents. She has inspired thousands of students, both amateur and professional, giving workshops and concerts throughout Europe, Central Asia, Australia, the United States and Canada. In 1984, Ms. Gray founded the Uzbek Dance and Culture Society and in 1994 established the annual Central Asian Dance Camp. She teaches "Dances of the Islamic World" and "Dances of Egypt" as Adjunct Faculty at George Mason University and George Washington University. In 2004, she taught at the American College Dance Festival and the Mendocino Middle East Music and Dance Camp.

 

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