Photography: Juan Carlos Pometta Betancourt
2022
Niyaz Multimedia immersive concert, East coast tour & Getty Villa for the Farhang Foundation
Saqi Saqi- choreographic collaboration with Elaha Soroor, winner of Afghan Star (Afghanistan's national television show)
'Yalda' Choreographic commission- for Sidra Community Wellness- a mental health program for refugees, Bay Area
Kokand International Handicraft Festival & Tashkent Zarb Concert
Around the world in 40 Days, Asia Society, virtual commission
San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, San Francisco
Opera house, Soloist
The Albert & Victoria Museum- Nowruz with the Silk Road Collective
The Muslim Awards with Mayor Sadiq Khan, London, Uk
Music for Food concert, Camina Burana by the Taipei National Symphony, National Theater Taichung
Soloist, 100 year Bauhaus- Hyper Culture Performative Intervention, Akademie Der Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Choreographic commission, Art Prospekt, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Camp America, Theater Consultant, creating and implementing drama curriculum to promote gender equality programing, Khatlon, Tajikistan
The Weeping Butterfly, Taiwanese Opera, National Opera House, Taipei, Taiwan
Hampi Festival, 2,000 year old archaeological site, Hampi India
2017
Duet created and performed in collaboration with Taiwanese dancer Billy Chang for
East Meets West Festival, Jazz Maui, Hawaii, May 25th
Solo piece and winner for dance with Forecast Forum, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany, April 1st
Soloist, University of California’s Eurasian Ensemble with Abbos Kosimov, UC Santa Cruz, March 25th,
Master class with Master Artist Sheema Kermani, Karachi, Pakistan, February 5th
Music video clip with Sirojiddin Juraev, September 10th
2016
“The Darling Buds of May Ball” celebrating Shakespeare’s 400th Birthday, dance soloist in collaboration with Ambassador Hugh Philport & Harvard Ethnomusicologist Sirjoddin Juraev, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
“The Sterntaller” a German fairytale told through Tajik Classical dance, dance soloist in collaboration with Phd Uta Schilling for the Germany Embassy, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
UNSECO supported concert & symposium supporting pluralism through the arts, The National Library and the National Opera Ballet House, soloist in collaboration with the Tajik Philharmonic for the Tajik Opera “Komade va Madan” and paper presentation
Summer session concerts with the National Ensemble of Tajikistan with president Emomali Rahmon
1 st and only westerner invited to perform with LOLA, Tajik State Ensemble, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Malika Khoshkarom”: 1st place winner, December 2015, National Tajik Dance Search, television show, Safina Television, Dushanbe, Tajikistan
Raqsi-Asp (Dance of the Horse) Rooftop of the World Festival with Oyatsho Shohidaryoev & AKF Foundation, Khorog, Tajikistan
Commissioned choreographic premiere of ‘Larzon’ Uzbek dance solo, San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, Palace of Fine Arts, California
Cirque du Soleil lead dancer: “Dralion” World Tour. 140 cities, 23 countries and 5 continents in 4.5 years:
Lead dancer performing as the character 'Oceane' (Goddess of the Ocean)
Performance history with Dralion:
2014
Dublin, Ireland
United Kingdom: Glasgow, Scotland & England: Birmingham, London, Mancester & Sheffield
Malmo, Sweden
Lisbon, Portugal
Russia: St. Petersburg, Kazan, Chelyabinsk (Siberia) & Moscow
Minsk, Belarus,
Herning, Denmark
Wroclaw, Poland
2013
Europe:
Lisbon, Portugal
Barcelona, Spain
France: Amniville, Nice & Nantes
Athens, Greece
Rome, Torino & Milan, Italy
Geneva & Basel, Switzerland
Middle East: Dubai, UAE, Doha, Qatar & Beruit, Lebanon
South & Central America: Caracas, Venezuela, Panama City, Panama, Guatemala City, Guatemala
South Africa: Johannesburg & Cape Town for Dralion
Solo conert in Dushambe, Tajikistan hosted by the Bactria Center at the Gurminj Musical Museum with US & Indian Embassy members and Christensen Fund Fellows in attendance.
Austin, Texas: Performance with Fared Shafinury
2012
100 city tour in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada & Dominican Republic for Dralion
2011
Original choreography in collaboration with Billy Chang, Ana Roudenko & Vladik Miagkostoupov, Taiwan
Participating artist for creations of two 'Creative Work Fund' projects:
November Choreography by Kathak artist Antonia Minnecola in collaboration with Ballet Afsaneh
October Choreography by Wan Chao Chang in collaboration with Gadung Kasturi, Midiyanto and Jason Jong
Choreographic debut of the expanded piece 'Finding Center' at Margaret Jenkins CHIME Choreographers Lab with choreographic mentor Charya Burt (Cambodian dance master)
World Stage performances for Youth in Arts & Marin Arts Council at the Marin County Fair, San Rafael, Ca
Featured soloist at the 32rd SF Ethnic Dance Festival, The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Ca
Company member in Wan Chao Chang Dance Company at the SF Ethnic Dance Festival, Sf, Ca
St. Mary's College LEAP (Liberal Education for Arts Professionals) Program 10th anniversary gala
Soloist for '50 Years of Discovering and Protecting the Archaeological Heritage of Afghanistan'
honoring Professor Tarzi, Dominican University, San Rafael, Ca
2009
'Nowrooz' music video for Leila Forouhar, lead dancer and choreographer, Darioush Winery, Napa, Ca
International Orphan Care New Year Gala with Ustad Mahwash, Fremont, Ca
'Dancing through Autonomous Xinjiang, China- lecture slide show and performance, the Silk Road House, Berkeley, Ca
‘Music and Rhythms of Afghanistan’, the Emirates Palace for the Abu Dhabi Authority for Art and Heritage, with Salar Nader, Homayun Sakhi and Abbos Kosimov, Abu Dhabi, Saudia Arabia
Marin Arts Council hosted solo performance for the Marin County Fair, San Rafael, Ca
'Remembering the Forgotten': Charity gala hosted by the IOC and the Afghan Students Association West, UCLA
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures, Kabul Museum touring exhibit, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
2008
‘Marajakhan’ Uyghur composition, West Wave Dance Festival, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Afghan recording artist Habib Qaderi, East Coast tour: New York and Virginia
Lead dancer and choreographer for the 'Kajak Abro' Music video by Habib Qaderi
The World on Stage, Family performance series at Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito
‘Occident to Orient’ with the Berlin Philharmonics and Susesch Bayat, The National Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Central Asian Suites, Picasso's Summer Villa, La Tremple and Paris, France
Dances of Tajikistan solo concert, The Russian House, Berlin, Germany
The Magic of Persia, The British Museum, London, Germany
East meets West Symposium with Ms. Mazari Safa, Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs, Fremont
Nouruz hosted by Mayor Gavin Newsome, City Hall Rotunda, San Francisco, CA, 2005-2008
Miss Asia America Pageant, Opening ceremony, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
2007-05
People Like Me, presented by the acclaimed arts education program World Arts West, Santa Barbara
Treasures of the Islamic World Gala, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Persian Iranian Parade, Madison Avenue, New York, NY, March 25, 2007-08
Iranian recording artist ‘Moein Live’, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angelos, Ca
Soloist, Ethnic Dance Festival, Palace of Fine Arts, 2007. (Group concerts: 2002 & 2006)
Afghan Concert, One Book Festival honors ‘The Kite Runner’, San Mateo, CA
'Island of Animals', Golden Thread Theatre Productions, San Francisco, CA
People Like Me, produced by World Arts West, tri-city Bay Area tour
Discover the Silk Road, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, Ca
Afghan Widows and Orphans Foundation Fundraiser, Fremont, Ca
Songs of Rumi: with poet and Rumi translator Coleman Barks, Benefit for the Nepali Orphan Foundation, Carmel
2004-1999
Afghanistan: Music of Tradition and Transition with Ustad Mahwash and the Fremont Symphony
Aziz Herawi in Concert, Great Lakes Festival for Music and the Arts, East Lansing, MI
Humanities West, The Glory of the Ottoman Empire, Herbst Theater, San Francisco
Afghanistan: Rebuilding a Nation Conference, U. S. Trade and Development Agency, Chicago, IL
Goldman Environmental Prize Awards, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Ca
The Silk Road Project: with Yo Yo Ma, UC Berkeley Art Museum, Ca
Art of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, Ca
Deck the Halls with the San Francisco Symphony: Davies Symphony Hall, SF, Ca
Folk Traditions Series: The Silk Road, Academy of Sciences and M.H. De Young Museum, San Francisco
Performance history with Dralion:
2014
Dublin, Ireland
United Kingdom: Glasgow, Scotland & England: Birmingham, London, Mancester & Sheffield
Malmo, Sweden
Lisbon, Portugal
Russia: St. Petersburg, Kazan, Chelyabinsk (Siberia) & Moscow
Minsk, Belarus,
Herning, Denmark
Wroclaw, Poland
2013
Europe:
Lisbon, Portugal
Barcelona, Spain
France: Amniville, Nice & Nantes
Athens, Greece
Rome, Torino & Milan, Italy
Geneva & Basel, Switzerland
Middle East: Dubai, UAE, Doha, Qatar & Beruit, Lebanon
South & Central America: Caracas, Venezuela, Panama City, Panama, Guatemala City, Guatemala
South Africa: Johannesburg & Cape Town for Dralion
Solo conert in Dushambe, Tajikistan hosted by the Bactria Center at the Gurminj Musical Museum with US & Indian Embassy members and Christensen Fund Fellows in attendance.
Austin, Texas: Performance with Fared Shafinury
2012
100 city tour in the United States, Puerto Rico, Canada & Dominican Republic for Dralion
2011
Original choreography in collaboration with Billy Chang, Ana Roudenko & Vladik Miagkostoupov, Taiwan
Participating artist for creations of two 'Creative Work Fund' projects:
November Choreography by Kathak artist Antonia Minnecola in collaboration with Ballet Afsaneh
October Choreography by Wan Chao Chang in collaboration with Gadung Kasturi, Midiyanto and Jason Jong
Choreographic debut of the expanded piece 'Finding Center' at Margaret Jenkins CHIME Choreographers Lab with choreographic mentor Charya Burt (Cambodian dance master)
World Stage performances for Youth in Arts & Marin Arts Council at the Marin County Fair, San Rafael, Ca
Featured soloist at the 32rd SF Ethnic Dance Festival, The Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, Ca
Company member in Wan Chao Chang Dance Company at the SF Ethnic Dance Festival, Sf, Ca
St. Mary's College LEAP (Liberal Education for Arts Professionals) Program 10th anniversary gala
Soloist for '50 Years of Discovering and Protecting the Archaeological Heritage of Afghanistan'
honoring Professor Tarzi, Dominican University, San Rafael, Ca
2009
'Nowrooz' music video for Leila Forouhar, lead dancer and choreographer, Darioush Winery, Napa, Ca
International Orphan Care New Year Gala with Ustad Mahwash, Fremont, Ca
'Dancing through Autonomous Xinjiang, China- lecture slide show and performance, the Silk Road House, Berkeley, Ca
‘Music and Rhythms of Afghanistan’, the Emirates Palace for the Abu Dhabi Authority for Art and Heritage, with Salar Nader, Homayun Sakhi and Abbos Kosimov, Abu Dhabi, Saudia Arabia
Marin Arts Council hosted solo performance for the Marin County Fair, San Rafael, Ca
'Remembering the Forgotten': Charity gala hosted by the IOC and the Afghan Students Association West, UCLA
Afghanistan: Hidden Treasures, Kabul Museum touring exhibit, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
2008
‘Marajakhan’ Uyghur composition, West Wave Dance Festival, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Afghan recording artist Habib Qaderi, East Coast tour: New York and Virginia
Lead dancer and choreographer for the 'Kajak Abro' Music video by Habib Qaderi
The World on Stage, Family performance series at Bay Area Discovery Museum, Sausalito
‘Occident to Orient’ with the Berlin Philharmonics and Susesch Bayat, The National Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Central Asian Suites, Picasso's Summer Villa, La Tremple and Paris, France
Dances of Tajikistan solo concert, The Russian House, Berlin, Germany
The Magic of Persia, The British Museum, London, Germany
East meets West Symposium with Ms. Mazari Safa, Afghanistan’s Deputy Minister of Women’s Affairs, Fremont
Nouruz hosted by Mayor Gavin Newsome, City Hall Rotunda, San Francisco, CA, 2005-2008
Miss Asia America Pageant, Opening ceremony, Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco
2007-05
People Like Me, presented by the acclaimed arts education program World Arts West, Santa Barbara
Treasures of the Islamic World Gala, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX
The Persian Iranian Parade, Madison Avenue, New York, NY, March 25, 2007-08
Iranian recording artist ‘Moein Live’, Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angelos, Ca
Soloist, Ethnic Dance Festival, Palace of Fine Arts, 2007. (Group concerts: 2002 & 2006)
Afghan Concert, One Book Festival honors ‘The Kite Runner’, San Mateo, CA
'Island of Animals', Golden Thread Theatre Productions, San Francisco, CA
People Like Me, produced by World Arts West, tri-city Bay Area tour
Discover the Silk Road, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, Ca
Afghan Widows and Orphans Foundation Fundraiser, Fremont, Ca
Songs of Rumi: with poet and Rumi translator Coleman Barks, Benefit for the Nepali Orphan Foundation, Carmel
2004-1999
Afghanistan: Music of Tradition and Transition with Ustad Mahwash and the Fremont Symphony
Aziz Herawi in Concert, Great Lakes Festival for Music and the Arts, East Lansing, MI
Humanities West, The Glory of the Ottoman Empire, Herbst Theater, San Francisco
Afghanistan: Rebuilding a Nation Conference, U. S. Trade and Development Agency, Chicago, IL
Goldman Environmental Prize Awards, War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco, Ca
The Silk Road Project: with Yo Yo Ma, UC Berkeley Art Museum, Ca
Art of the Sultans: Ottoman Art from the Khalili Collection, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, Ca
Deck the Halls with the San Francisco Symphony: Davies Symphony Hall, SF, Ca
Folk Traditions Series: The Silk Road, Academy of Sciences and M.H. De Young Museum, San Francisco