Video footage of women dancing during a concert in Saudi Arabia has angered local social media users, who claim it violates the strict Muslim kingdom's 'moral code'.

The video shows dozens of women, nearly all of them covering their faces with niqab veils, dancing to a live music performance at a resort in the northern city of Arar.

Saudi Twitter users expressed their outrage over the fact that the women had been dancing in the first place, and that men may have been able to watch.

Pure joy: Dozens of women can be seen dancing during a concert at a resort in the northern Saudi Arabian city of Arar

'If women become shameless, this country is doomed,' one Twitter user said according to Stepfeed.

Another called it 'saddening', while one user said the resort 'must be held accountable'.

The resort also came under fire for allegedly organising a mixed-gender event, which is banned in Saudi Arabia.

In videos from the event, a partition can be seen going down the middle of the room, separating the women from male concertgoers, but it does not appear to go all the way to the stage.

Right at the front, some women and men appear to be seen dancing in view of each other.

Mixing gender: Men, seen in white, and women, seen in black, appear to have been able to dance in view of each other just below the stage

Attacked: Some Saudi social media users were outraged after seeing the video, saying women dancing in public was 'immoral'

In the wake of the outrage, the director of the resort released a statement saying they had tried to prevent the women from dancing by ordering them back to their seats, and had finally been forced to tell the performer to stop singing.

He also claimed the partition had been sufficient and that the video had been filmed from an angle which made it appear as if men and women had been able to mix.

This is only the latest outrage over public dancing in the ultra-conservative kingdom.

In February this year, a Saudi couple caught on camera dancing in a street were arrested for 'unethical behaviour'.

Last year, a 14-year-old boy who stopped traffic as he danced the Macarena in the city of Jeddah was arrested by police for 'violating public morals'.

A popular Saudi Arabian TV host and singer has been arrested by religious police after he was filmed dabbing during a concert.

In August last year, Saudi singer Abdallah Al Shahani was arrested after he was filmed dabbing during a concert.

The 'dab' dance move is reportedly banned as Saudi authorities fear it promotes a 'narcotic culture'.