Jawaahir and Amwaaj live at the Rog

Clips from our free community performance at The Frank Rog Amphitheater in August 2022. Dances performed by Jawaahir Dance Company Jawaahir.org Layalli Assiut (Nights in Assiut) composer: Unknown; traditional musical for Raqs Sharqi dance. Choreographed by Cassandra Shore. Longa Farahfaza, composer: Riyad al-Sounbati Jawaahir Dance Company (Minneapolis, MN), founded in 1989, creates original, theatrically-inspired choreography that includes traditional and contemporary Arab dance forms. Jawaahir offers beginning to professional level classes each week in technique, choreography, performance skills, and dance conditioning through our teaching arm, Jawaahir Dance Academy. Jawaahir Dance Company We perform lecture-demonstrations for cultural events at local colleges and communities including library events, school programs, and summer festivals as a way to broaden the community's understanding of the Middle Eastern culture. Our activities are made possible, in part, by the voters of Minnesota through grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board and the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage fund. by funds provided by the I.A. O'Shaughnessy Foundation; Heidi Heffelfinger Todd and Steven S. Todd Fund; Lisherness Foundation; Target; matching grants from employers Conoco Phillips, Allstate Insurance; and friends of Jawaahir.