Rami El-Aasser can be found at many of NYC's belly dance joints, inspiring ecstatic gyrations through tight rhythms on the dumbek, frame drum and riq. Although steeped in Egyptian music, Rami was drawn to the mixed repertoire of the NYC dance scene, including music from the greater Middle East, Turkey, Persia, Israel, Armenia, and Greece. Rami has performed at NYC Summer Stage 2001 and at Lallapalooza 2003. He appeared in the 2003 Moscow tour of Nikos Brisco and Ruth Margraff's Judges 19, and also develops and performs music for Egg-Shaped Productions Puppet shows in Madison Square Park. Rami has been performing with Brisco and Margraff since 2001 and has been featured with them on Wellspring at The Public Theatre’s New Work Now Spring 2004, Café Antarsia at HERE Arts Center’s Culturemart 2005. Rami is an original member of Café Hasani Ensemble.