Laurel Victoria Gray is Professor of World Dance at George Washington University, US, and past Adjunct Professor of Dance of the Islamic World at George Mason University, US. In 2007, she was named Honorary Professor at the Uzbekistan State Institute of Arts and Culture in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. She has been the founding artistic director and choreographer for Silk Road Dance Company in Washington DC, US, since 1995. www.laurelvictoriagray.com www.silkroaddance.com www.uzbekdance.org TWITTER: @SilkRoadDanceCo @SwedeOnSilkRoad @UzbekDanceCult INSTAGRAM: @silkroaddancecompany @qyzylbosh FACEBOOK: @silkroaddance @uzbekdanceculture @CentralAsianDanceCamp @LaurelVictoriaGrayChoreographer @SilkRoadDanceFestival @goldenroadtosamarkand