Select engagements for Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, Noorani Dance Company (NDC) & students of the Noorani Dance School
2024
March
- Noorani Dance School performed at the Los Altos Parks & Recreation Open House
- Farah spoke about Art Commissions at the World Arts West Career Pathways Roundtable
- Noorani Dance School performed at Channing House
February
- Farah offered a workshop at Desi Dance Community
January
- Dancing Across the World - Stories in bloom, A performance by Noorani Dance School
2023
December
- Umeed Ki Kiran - Glimmer of Hope, Farah performs with Odissi dancer Sheema Kermani
November
- Farah teaches Kathak workshop accompanied by Yousuf Kerai on Tabla Presented by National Academy of Performing Arts (NAPA)
- Farah teaches workshop at Lahore Grammar School
- Kathak workshop by Farah in collaboration with Faiz Foundation
October
- NDC performance at Diwali Celebration at eBay
- NDC performance at PUSH
September
- Dance SANCTUARY Grand Opening
- Noorani Dance School Teens performance at Shadhika Fundraiser, in support of education for young women in India
- Noorani Dance School Teens performance at Daly City Public Library Art & Lit Fest
- 3 Week Garba Workshop taught by Riya Savla
- NDC performance at Yerba Buena Gardens Choreofest Performance
- NDC performance at Home of Hope Gala Performance
April
- Beyond Bollywood exhibit at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
March/February
- Pakistan Tour - Performances at Karachi Literary Festival, Faiz Festival in Lahore, International Women’s Day event in Islamabad & teaching engagements in Karachi and Lahore
January
- Ballet Beyond Borders - Performer, Guest Teacher, Choreographer for Noorani Dance Company, Panelist in Montana
2022
December
- Co-Producer for TEDx DelthorneWomen in Los Angeles
November
- Kahani: Reimagining Stories - Performance presented by Mandala South Asian Arts in Chicago
October
- Performance & workshop at Gilead Science Diwali event
August
- Ballet Beyond Borders - Performer, Guest Teacher, Choreographer for Noorani Dance Company, Panelist in Los Angeles
July
- Performance at Montana Folk Festival
March
- Pakistan Tour - Performances & teaching engagements in Karachi and Lahore
July
- Directed and choreographed Kathak solo for member of Noorani Dance Company
2021 (In Person)
December
- Performance at TEDx DelthorneWomen in Los Angeles
November
- Auditioned and launched new generation of Noorani Dance Company
October
- Collaborator for docu-series pilot with Riyaaz Qawwali in Houston
August
- Performer, Guest Teacher & Panelist at Ballet Beyond Borders in Montana
July
- Performance at screening of film I’ll Meet You There in Los Angeles, July
2021 Virtual Performances
June
May
- Performance for Sadaf Jaffer for Assembly AAPI Celebration
- Lead Organizer and Performer for Virtual Fundraiser for COVID Relief in India
April
February
- Live virtual performance following premiere of film I’ll Meet You There
January
- Google Arts at Home - virtual performance for employees of Google
- Virtual performance for Presidential Inauguration event hosted by South Asians for Biden
2020 Virtual Performances
November
July
- Rukus Avenue Summer Special
June
- T2F (the Second Floor) in Pakistan
April
2020
2019
- Pakistan Tour - 2 month tour with engagements in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad
- Nazaakat aur Taaqat - A Delicate Power - performance by Farah followed by first gala for Noorani Dance
- New York Kathak Festival - performance by Farah and Noorani Dance Company
- Sacred Sounds of India Festival at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram, Nassau, Bahamas
- Directed and choreographed Kathak solo for member of Noorani Dance Company
2018
- Pakistan Tour - Performances & Teaching in Karachi & Lahore
- I’ll Meet You There (filming of) Lead Choreographer and dancer/actress
- The Forgotten Empress at Wellesley College in Boston, MA
- Kathak Solo at Richmond Folk Festival in Richmond, VA
- Directed and choreographed debut Kathak solos for 3 members of Noorani Dance Company
- The Forgotten Empress at Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, TX
- The Parting - 1947 Revisited premiere at Z Space in San Francisco and at Hammer Theatre in San Jose
- Guest Faculty at Alonzo King LINES Ballet Summer Program
2017
- The Forgotten Empress Pakistan Tour - November/December
- Ongoing classes at the India Community Center in Milpitas (2015-2017)
- Ongoing classes at ODC School in San Francisco (2015-2017)
- Guest Faculty at Alonzo King LINES Ballet Summer Program
- Pakistan Tour - teaching and performing in Karachi and Lahore, and site visit to Wagah Border as part of The Partition Project
- Performance by Farah and members of Noorani Dance at Annual Maitri Gala, Palo Alto, CA
- Consulting Choreographer for theatrical adaptation of Monsoon Wedding directed by Mira Nair at the Berkeley Repertory Theater
2016
- Guest Choreographer at Ailey Extension World Dance Program, New York
- 3 Pakistan Tours (January, March/April, September/October)
- Teaching and performing at numerous educational and cultural institutions in the cities of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad - 13 performances and 12 teaching engagements
- Guest teaching: Chhandika Institute of Kathak, Boston; UC Santa Cruz Dance Department; Saint Mary’s College, Moraga; Alonzo King LINES Ballet Summer Program
- Silicon Valley premiere of The Twentieth Wife presented by Enacte & Sangam Arts at Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose
- Founded Noorani Dance - a cultural arts organization committed to enlightening minds and hearts through teaching Kathak in the U.S. and abroad, presenting and producing collaborative performances of dance, music and theater by Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, collaborating artists, and students of Noorani Dance
2015
- Los Angeles premiere of The Twentieth Wife presented by LACMA
- Traditional Kathak Solo at Gallo Arts Center, Modesto
- World premiere of the The Twentieth Wife at Z Space, San Francisco
1996 - 2014
- Member of the Chitresh Das Dance Company (CDDC)
- Instructor at the Chhandam School of Kathak