The Company

The people on the floor.

Chichak is a working ensemble of dancers from across the diaspora — engineers, students, parents, artists — bound together by weekly rehearsal and a shared love of Azerbaijani movement.

Leadership

Current Directors.

Photos by Above and Beyond Productions

Origins

Founding Members.

The five dancers who were there from the first rehearsal in 2009 — and through every season since, including the company's first full-length show, The Journey.

  • Nasime Sarbar
  • Bahar Sarbar
  • Elmira Sheikhzadeh
  • Shailin Djavanmardi
  • Shanli Hatamzadeh

Ensemble

Current Ensemble.

A working ensemble drawn from across the diaspora — engineers, students, parents, artists — bound by weekly rehearsal and a shared love of Azerbaijani movement.

  • Mojgan Noroozi
  • Aytan Vakili
  • Mehraban Akhavanniaki
  • Mona Bolouri
  • Baaran Kazemipour
  • Rana Madanicivi
  • Negar Sadreddini
  • Negar Abrishami
  • Sanaz Dashti
  • Sarina Jedari
  • Golnaz Rasouli
  • Sadaf Tarverdizadeh
  • Sarina Chinisaz
  • Rachel Fouladi
  • Yalda Sobhani
  • Aida Issari
Chichak ensemble moving together across an orange-lit stage

Photo by Scott Hemenway

Three ensemble dancers looking upward under green stage light
An ensemble dancer in a sweeping full-body movement
A smiling dancer performing in an embroidered black costume
Ensemble dancers extending their arms in embroidered costumes
The ensemble reaching upward together against an orange backdrop

Photos by Scott Hemenway