Specialties
NYC Egyptian Dance Classes with Master teacher and choreographer Yousry Sharif are taking place 5 days a week! See this month's schedule in photos.
Master instructor of dance, choreographer, professional dance coaching, theatrical producer, music producer (examples include Wash ya Wash Volumes 1-7).
Executive Director of "Jewel of the Nile" Bellydance Festival in Cairo, Egypt
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History
Established in 1980.
Worldly acclaimed, Yousry Sharif travels the majority of the year to nurture dancers and teachers around the globe.
By teaching in major cities, he impacts the way the world dances. His creativity, musicality, sensitivity and no-nonsense instruction take it by storm. His expansive knowledge, expertise teaching, profound understanding and love of the art form touch and charm every soul.
A native to Cairo, his dance talents shone through at a tender age of seven. He grew up thoroughly trained in Egyptian folkloric dancing, plus various dance forms, including jazz, classical ballet, and flamenco, while working with various influential choreographers and teachers.
After moving to New York, the USA, in the 1980s, he started his own dance academy to educate dancers in what the world has come to adore as the Yousry Sharif Oriental Style. While preserving the spirit of traditions, he takes the dance to a contemporary level and beyond.
Meet the Business Owner: Yousry S.
Yousry Sharif is the embodiment of many greats when it comes to Egyptian Raqs Sharqi: a great original choreographer, a great teacher, a great mentor, a great music producer, a great presence, a great inspiration, a great mind, and the list goes on. He is the epitome of the dance, and a phenomenon.
A native to Cairo, Yousry Sharif's dance talents shone through at a tender age of seven. He grew up thoroughly trained in Egyptian folkloric dancing, plus various dance forms, including jazz, classical ballet, and flamenco, while working with various influential choreographers and teachers.
After moving to New York in the 1980s, he started his own dance academy to educate dancers in what the world has come to adore as the Yousry Sharif Oriental Style. While preserving the spirit of traditions, he takes the dance to a contemporary level and beyond. To him, the dance is a life form. It evolves with time and environment, while never loses sight of its roots.
