Select engagements for Farah Yasmeen Shaikh, Noorani Dance Company (NDC) & students of the Noorani Dance School
2025
May
- "A Rhythm of Our Own" by filmmaker Zaynah Waseem, featuring Farah's journey as a Pakistani-American Kathak artist screens at Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival
February
Pakistan Tour
- Performances by Farah at Faiz Festival, Lahore and Indus Valley School, Karachi
- Workshops & Lec Demos at Lahore Grammar School, T2F in Karachi and Karachi High School
January
- Farah teaches & performs in Cuba as part of Ballet Beyond Borders
2024
November
- Noorani Dance Company performs at Springline Diwali Celebration in Menlo Park, CA
- Students of Noorani Dance School perform at Sahaita Annual Fundraiser in Fremont, CA
October
- Premiere of "A Rhythm of Our Own" by filmmaker Zaynah Waseem, featuring Farah's journey as a Pakistani-American Kathak artist, USC - Los Angeles, CA
- Students of Noorani Dance School perform at Magical Bridge Playground in Redwood City, CA
- Garba Workshop with Riya Savla
September
- Saabit Qadam - Perseverance premiere performance by Farah, Noorani Dance Company and guest artists, Ishami Dance Company and Rizwan Jagani at EPACENTER in East Palo Alto
- Noorani Dance Company performance at World Arts West Dance Festival in San Francisco
August
July
June
- Spring Showcase - Performances by Noorani Dance School Students and Noorani Dance Company
May
- Persistence through heARTivism - launch of fall production, Saabit Qadam - Perseverance, with excerpts by Farah & Noorani Dance Company and performances by students of Noorani Dance School
April
- Farah offered a workshop at Berklee College of Music with renowned artist, Padmini Ravi, as part of LearnQuest Music Conference
- Farah performed at LearnQuest Music Conference
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
- NDC performance at Beyond Bollywood exhibit at Asian Art Museum, San Francisco
March/February
- Farah and musicians go on a Pakistan Tour - Performances at Karachi Literary Festival (KLF), Faiz Festival in Lahore, International Women’s Day event in Islamabad & teaching engagements in Karachi and Lahore
January
- Ballet Beyond Borders - Farah as Performer, Guest Teacher, Choreographer for Noorani Dance Company, Panelist in Montana
2022
December
- Farah as Co-Producer for TEDx DelthorneWomen in Los Angeles
November
- Kahani: Reimagining Stories - Performance by Farah presented by Mandala South Asian Arts in Chicago
October
- Performance & workshop by Farah at Gilead Science Diwali event
August
- Ballet Beyond Borders - Farah as Performer, Guest Teacher, Choreographer for Noorani Dance Company, Panelist in Los Angeles
July
- Performance at Montana Folk Festival in Butte, Montana by Farah and musicians
March
- Farah goes on a Pakistan Tour - Performances & teaching engagements in Karachi and Lahore
July
- Farah directed and choreographed Kathak solo for member of Noorani Dance Company
2021 (In Person)
December
- Performance at TEDx DelthorneWomen by Farah in Los Angeles
November
- Farah auditioned and launched new generation of Noorani Dance Company
October
- Farah as collaborator for docu-series pilot with Riyaaz Qawwali in Houston
August
- Farah as Performer, Guest Teacher & Panelist at Ballet Beyond Borders in Montana
July
- Performance at screening of film I’ll Meet You There in Los Angeles by Farah, July
2021 Virtual Performances
June
May
- Performance for Sadaf Jaffer by Farah for Assembly AAPI Celebration
- Farah served as Lead Organizer and Performer for Virtual Fundraiser for COVID Relief in India
April
February
- Live virtual performance by Farah following premiere of film I’ll Meet You There
January
- Google Arts at Home - virtual performance by Farah for employees of Google
- Virtual performance for Presidential Inauguration event by Farah hosted by South Asians for Biden
2020 Virtual Performances
November
July
- Rukus Avenue Summer Special - in collaboration with Farah and Raaginder
June
- Farah performs at T2F (the Second Floor) in Pakistan
April
- Farah performs at the New York Kathak Festival
2020
2019
- Farah goes on a 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
- Farah performed at Sacred Sounds of India Festival at the Sivananda Yoga Ashram, Nassau, Bahamas
- Farah directed and choreographed Kathak solo for member of Noorani Dance Company
2018
- Farah goes on a Pakistan Tour - Performances & Teaching in Karachi & Lahore
- Farah served as the Lead Choreographer and dancer/actress on I’ll Meet You There (filming of)
- The Forgotten Empress a performance by Farah and musicians, at Wellesley College in Boston, MA
- Farah performed at Richmond Folk Festival in Richmond, VA
- Farah directed and choreographed debut Kathak solos for 3 members of Noorani Dance Company
- The Forgotten Empress a performance by Farah and musicians, at Asia Society Texas Center in Houston, TX
- The Parting - 1947 Revisited premiere, coproduced by Noorani Dance and EnActe Arts at Z Space in San Francisco and at Hammer Theatre in San Jose
- Farah served as guest Faculty at Alonzo King LINES Ballet Summer Program
2017
- The Forgotten Empress Pakistan Tour, a performance by Farah and musicians - November/December
- Farah conducted ongoing classes at the India Community Center in Milpitas (2015-2017)
- Farah conducted ongoing classes at ODC School in San Francisco (2015-2017)
- Farah served as guest Faculty at Alonzo King LINES Ballet Summer Program
- Pakistan Tour - Farah taught and performed 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
- Farah served as a consulting choreographer for theatrical adaptation of Monsoon Wedding directed by Mira Nair at the Berkeley Repertory Theater
2016
- Farah as guest Choreographer at Ailey Extension World Dance Program, New York
- Farah goes on 3 Pakistan Tours (January, March/April, September/October)
- Farah taught and performed at numerous educational and cultural institutions in the cities of Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad - 13 performances and 12 teaching engagements
- Farah served as a guest teacher: 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, a performance by Farah and musicians
- Farah 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, collaborating artists, and students of Noorani Dance
2015
- Los Angeles premiere of The Twentieth Wife by Farah and musicians presented by LACMA
- Traditional Kathak Solo by Farah at Gallo Arts Center, Modesto
- World premiere of the The Twentieth Wife at Z Space, San Francisco by Farah and musicians
1996 - 2014
- Farah was a member of the Chitresh Das Dance Company (CDDC)
- Farah was an instructor at the Chhandam School of Kathak