Arabesque Dance Company Performance History

2005

Jan 2005 Dance Ontario Dance Weekend, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront.
Feb 2005 Gypsy
Jan 2005 Direct Aid, Tsunami relief fundraiser, DuMaurier Theatre.
Apr 2005 Momo Kadous Gala Performance.
July 2005 Latin American Festival.
August 2005 fFida Grande Scale Opening Gala and Grande Scale Event.

2004

Oct 2004 Aziza Gala Performance.
Sep 2004 Junction Arts Festival
Aug-Sep 2004 Canadian National Exhibition
Aug 2004 Fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists (Ffida), Gala night
Jul 2004 Toronto Street Festival
Jul 2004 Afrofest
May 2004 Magdy El-Leisy Gala Performance
Mar 2004 Sound Emporium
Feb 2004 The Great Hall
Jan 2004 Dance Ontario Dance Weekend, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

2003

Aug 2003 Bamboo, Toronto
Aug 2003 Caribana. Olympic Island, Toronto
Jul 2003 Caribana. Dundas Square, Toronto
Jul 2003 Celebrate Toronto Street Festival, Toronto
Jul 2003 Afrofest, Toronto
May 2003 Descent of Ishtar

May 3 - Sudbury, Fraser Auditorium, Laurentian University
May 10 - Windsor, Capitol Theatre
May 24 - Ottawa, Museum of Civilization
May 31 - St. Catharines, Sean O'Sullivan Theatre, Brock University

Jan 2003 Dance Ontario Dance Weekend, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

2002

Oct 2002 Arab Heritage Weekend, Harbourfront, Toronto
Aug 2002 fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists (fFIDA), Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
Jul 2002 Celebrate Toronto Street Festival, Toronto
Jul 2002 Kick Up Your Heels Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Jul 2002 Silk Road and Beyond, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Mar 2002 Isis, at Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto
Jan 2002 Dance Ontario Dance Weekend, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toront

2001

Aug 2001 fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists (fFIDA), Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
Jul 2001 Aisha Ali and Morroco Concert - Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto
Jul 2001 Discover Dance Documentary USA, Betty Oliphant Theatre, Toronto
Jul 2001 Celebrate Toronto Street Festival, Toronto
May 2001 2nd International Middle Eastern Dance Conference, Los Angeles, California
Feb. 2001 danceImmersion, DuMaurier Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Jan. 2001 Dance Ontario Dance Weekend, Premiere Dance Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Jan. 2001 Arab Heritage Awards Gala, Toronto

2000

Nov. 2000 Egyptian Canadian Club, Toronto
Nov. 2000 Silk Road Festival, Scarborough Civic Centre, Scarborough
Oct. 2000 The Grand Theatre, Kingston
Sep. 2000 Madison Square Garden Theatre, New York
Aug. 2000 Canadian National Exhibition, International Pavilion, Toronto
Aug. 2000 Rhythms of the World Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Aug. 2000 fringe Festival of Independent Dance Artists, Toronto
Jul. 2000 Kick Up Your Heels Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Jul. 2000 Celebrate Toronto Street Festival, Toronto
Jun. 2000 Niagara Folk Arts Festival, St. Catherines
Jan. 2000 Dance Ontario Dance Weekend, Premiere Dance Theatre, Toronto

1999

Nov. 1999 Ontario Contact, John Basset Theatre, Toronto
Oct. 1999 The Legend of Ibrahim Farrah, Hart House Theatre, Toronto
Oct. 1999 James Cowan Theatre, Vancouver, BC
Oct. 1999 Orpheus Theatre, Calgary, AB
Sep. 1999 International Stage, Canadian National Exhibition, Toronto
Aug. 1999 Anne Tindall Stage, Hot & Spicy Festival, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Aug. 1999 fFIDA - Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
Jul. 1999 Toronto Street Festival
Jul. 1999 Dusk Dances, Toronto
Apr. 1999 In Search of the Almeh, Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Feb. 1999 Dancemakers, Toronto
Jan. 1999 Series 8:08, YMCA, Toronto
Jan. 1999 Residance, Toronto
Jan. 1999 Dance Ontario, Dance Weekend, Premiere Dance Theatre

1998

Aug. 1998 Alabina and Bijan Mortazavi in Concert, Hummingbird Centre, Toronto
Aug. 1998 fFIDA - Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
Aug. 1998 Anne Tindall Stage, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto
Jun. 1998 Caravan - Cairo Pavilion
May 1998 St. Anne's Theatre, Victoria, BC
May 1998 Casa Loma, corporate show for Air France
Apr. 1998 Descent of Ishtar, Studio Theatre, Hourbourfront, Toronto; Six 90 minute performances with 15 dancers, 9 musicians and originally composed music
Mar. 1998 Series 8:08, YMCA Toronto

1997

Aug. 1997 fFIDA, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
Jul. 1997 Theatre Fringe Festival, Toronto
Jun. 1997 Caravan - Cairo Pavilion
Mar. 1997 Series 8:08, YMCA, Toronto

1996

Nov. 1996 Call of the Nile, Studio Theatre, Harbourfront, Toronto; four 90 minute performances with 17 dancers and 10 musicians
Oct. 1996 Shaharazad Gala Show, George Ignatieff Theatre, Toronto
Aug. 1996 fFIDA, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, Toronto
Aug. 1996 Lester B. Pearson Theatre, Toronto
Jul. 1996 Theatre Fringe Festival, Toronto
May 1996 The Field /Series 8:08, Toronto
Jan. 1996 Homeworks, Toronto

1995

Nov. 1995 Evening of Enchantment, Easter Seals Benefit, Toronto
Sep.1995 Yousri Sherriff Gala Show, St. Michael's Theatre, University of Toronto
Jul. 1995 GYPSY, Estonia House, Toronto
May 1995 Language of Dance, YMCA, Toronto

1994

Sep. 1994 - Feb. 1995 Ali-Baba Night Club, Athens Greece and many special engagements in Lebanon with Walid Tawfik.
Aug. 1994 Feature Country, Egypt, Pyramid Stage, C.N.E., Toronto.

1993

Aug. 1993 fFIDA, Winchester Theatre, Toronto.
Jun. 1993 Caravan, Istanbul Pavilion, nine shows.

1992

Nov. 1992 Robert Gill Theatre, Toronto; four 90 minute performances with 12 dancers
Mar. & Jan. 1992 GYPSY, Toronto.

1989

Oct. & Nov. 1989 Marriott Hotel, Amman, Jordan and Vendome Hotel, Damascus, Syria.

1988

Nov.1988 Robert Gill and George Ignatieff Theatres, Toronto; four 90 minute performances with 14 dancers.