Seyyide Sultan

Seyyide Sultan has been a teacher, choreographer and performer of Egyptian Raks Sharqi (“belly dance”) for 19 years.

Seyyide is the founder, artistic director, choreographer and manager of Sarab-Mirage Dance Company, and has received grants from Arlington Cultural Council (an agency depending on Massachusetts Cultural Council) in 2017 and 2018, to present Middle Eastern dance performances on stage. The result has been producing, directing, choreographing and performed for oriental dance staged shows: “Helwa! From Cairo to Boston” (2017) and “Dreaming of Arabia” (2018). Seyyide is also a sough after teacher offering group and individual classes, coaching and workshops at the regional and national level. In 2020, she moved all her classes to the Zoom platform, and she’s teaching weekly live remote classes at all levels.