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Festival DANCERS 1999 - Present

Bios available for dancers from the 2004 through 2009 Festivals.

* Asterisk denotes current year Festival artists.

# denotes 2009 as artists’ debut year in the Festival.

 

Performer
Genre
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
ABADÁ – Capoeira San Francisco Performance Troupe Brazilian Capoeira                  
Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose Bharatanatyam              

  formerly Mythili Kumar and The Abhinaya Dance Company

African Queens West African            
Aguas Da Bahia Brazilian                    
Alafia Dance Ensemble African Haitian                    
Al Juthoor Palestinian                    
Amanda Geroy Eastern Indian Odissi                  
Arenas Dance Company Afro-Cuban Folkloric
                 
Asociación Cultural Kanchi Peruvian Regional Dance                  
#Athira Pratap Bharatanatyam                    
Ballet Afsaneh Art and Culture Society Tajik                  
Ballet Folklórico Alma de Mexico of South San Francisco Mexican Folklórico                  
Ballet Folklórico Mexicano de Carlos Moreno Mexican Folklórico              
Ballet Folklórico Netzahualcoyotl Mexican Folklórico                    
Ballet Lisanga Performing Arts Company Central & West African                
Barangay Dance Company Filipino                  
*Barbary Coast Cloggers Appalachian Clogging        
Bolivia Corazón de América Bolivian Regional Dance              
Calliope Carvajal Modern Egyptian Cabaret                    
Carola Zertuche Flamenco                  
Celtic Dance Ensemble Celtic Folk Dance                
Centro Cultural Baila Un Peru Peruvian Regional Dance                    
Charya Burt Cambodian Dance Cambodian          
  with Khmer Arts
  Academy
Cambodian                  
Chhandam Youth Company North Indian Kathak                  
  formerly Chitresh Das Youth Company                      
China Dance School and Theatre Chinese                    
  Lina Yang                      
  Crystal Lee                      
Chinese American International School Dance Troupe Chinese/Mongolian                    
Chinese Folk Dance Association Chinese                    
Chinese Performing Artists of America, San Jose Chinese              
Chinese Performing Artists of America, San Francisco Chinese                  
Chitresh Das Dance Company North Indian Kathak                  
Chuna McIntyre Yupik Dancer Yupik Eskimo                    
Chung Ngai Dance Troupe Chinese Lion Dance                    
Clarie Yam Chinese                    
Colhida & Temur Koridze's Children's Dance Company Georgian                  
CollageWest Dance Theatre Turkey                    
*Compańía Mazatlán Bellas Artes Mexican Folklórico                
   Formerly Instituto Mazátlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento (IMBA)
CPAA Arts Center Chinese Folk                    
Da Island Way Tahitian                    
*De Rompe y Raja Cultural Association Afro-Peruvian          
  Freddy Lobaton Afro-Peruvian                    
*Diamano Coura West African Dance Company West African            
Dimensions Dance Theater African Diaspora                    
Dunsmuir Scottish Dancers Scottish Dance            
Elena Central Asian Folk / Uzbekistan                    
Elvel Etelmen / Kamchatka Peninsula                    
*El Tunante Peruvian Marinera          
   formerly Taller Artístico y Cultural "El Tunante"
Emese: Messengers of the African Diaspora Afro-Cuban Folkloric                    
*Ensambles Ballet Folklórico de San Francisco Mexican Folklórico        
  with Cascada de
  Flores
Mexican Folklórico                    
Esperanza del Valle Mexican Folklórico                  
Eszterlánc Hungarian Folk Ensemble Hungarian                    
Fat Chance Belly Dance American Tribal Belly Dance                  
  with Helm American Tribal Belly Dance                    
#First Voice: Mark Izu and Brenda Wong Aoki Noh & Kyogen Theater, Commedia dell ‘Arte, Jazz, Japanese Court Music                    
Flamenco Company Flamenco                    
Folklórico Latino de Woodland Mexican Folklórico                    
Fook Sing Lion Dance Troupe Chinese                    
*Four Winds & Sweet Water Singers Native American                    
   with Eddie Madril as
   narrator
Native American                    
*Fua Dia Congo Central African                  
  with Ballet Kizingu Central African                    
Fuego Nuevo Ballet Folklórico Mexicano Mexican Folklórico                    
Gadung Kasturi Balinese                  
*Gamelan Sekar Jaya Balinese          
Gen Taiko Japanese Taiko                    
Ghungroo Dance Academy Bhangra                    
#Grace Lee Grant Traditional Chinese Classic                    
Group Petit La Croix Afro-Haitian                  

  As Lifetime
  Achievement
  Awardee
  w/ Alafia Dance
  Ensemble

Afro-Haitian                    
Grupo Folclórico Alma Ribatejana Portugese Folkloric Dance                    
Grupo Folklórico Alika del Nayar de San José Mexican Folklórico                    
Grupo Folklórico Paule Puerto Rican Bomba                    
*Grupo Folklórico Raíces de Mi Tierra Mexican Folklórico              

  formerly Raíces de Mi Tierra and Raíces Grupo Folklórico

Hahbi'Ru Dance Ensemble Egyptian                    
Hala Dance Ensemble Egyptian                    
*Hālau o Keikiali‘i Hula        

  formerly Hālau Aloha Pumehana O Polynesia

Harsanari Javanese                
Hearan Chung Korean                
Hiyas Philippine Dance Company Filipino                  
Housin' Authority Hip Hop
                   
Hui Tama Nui Tahitian                  
Il Hyun Kim Korean                  
*Imani's Dream Hip Hop and Contemporary                
Izumi Sato Bharatanatyam                    
*Jubilee American Dance Theatre American Folk Dance              
Julia Tsitisi Chigamba & The Chinyakare Ensemble Zimbabwean                    
Jyoti Kala Mandir College of Indian Classical Arts Odissi                    
Kaiaulu Hawaiian                    
Kala Vandana Dance Center Bharatanatyam                
Kalanjali: Dances of India Bharatanatyam                  
Kantuta Ballet Folkorico de Bolivia Traditional Diablada                    
*KARIKTAN Dance Company Filipino                

  formerly Maharlika Cultural Troupe

KaUa Tuahine Polynesian Dance Company Tahitian                    
Kavita Radhakrishnan Bharatanatyam                    
Koraci Croatian Folklore Ensemble Croatian Folk/Kolo                    
Korean Youth Cultural Center Korean Drum Dance                  

  formerly Han Ma Dong

La Fibi Flamenco Dance Company Flamenco                    
*Las Que Son Son Cuban-Haitian and Rumba                  
La Tania Flamenco Music and Dance Flamenco                    
Lakshmi Ramaswamy Bharatanatyam                    
Lasya Bharatanatyam                    
Lestari Indonesia Indonesian                    
*Leung's White Crane Lion & Dragon Dance Chinese Lion Dance/Ceremonial Folk Dance                  
LiberTango Dancers Argentine Tango                    
Lily Cai Chinese Dance Company Chinese                  
LIKHA - Pilipino Folk Ensemble Pilipino            
Liu and Han Chinese Dance Chinese                    
*Los Lupeños de San Jose Mexican Folklórico              
Lowiczanie Polish Folk Ensemble of San Francisco Polish                
Mambo Romero Salsa                    
Marcelo y Valesa Solis Tango                    
  with Romina Hahn Tango                    
Mercedes Metal y El Grupo Chispazo Flamenco                    
Minoan Dancers Greek              
Miriam Peretz Central Asian                  
#Mountian International Dance Company Russian Folk                    
*Murphy Irish Dancers Irish Step and Celtic              
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu Hawaiian                  
Nā- Mamo No`eau Hawaiian                    
Niharika Mohanty East Indian Odissi                    
Nitya Venkateswaran Bharatanatyam                    
Nritta Katha School of Kathak Dance/Parna Basu North Indian Kathak                  
*Northern California Korean Dance Association Korean                  
*Obakòso Drum & Dance Emsemble Afro-Cuban Folkloric                
OngDance Company Korean Drum Dance                  
Ote'a' Api Tahitian                    
Otufelenite Tongan Dance Ensemble Tongan                    
Owo Ache Afro-Cuban Folkloric                    
Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble Filipino                    
#Parangal Dance Company Filipino                    
Pasión Flamenca Flamenco                    
Pejman Hadadi and The Namah Dance Ensemble Persian Fusion                    
Peony Performing Arts New Classical Chinese                  
Peruvian Dance Company Peruvian Regional Dance                    
  #Luis Valverde Andean and Afro-Peruvian                    
Podul Fe Korean Sword Dance                    
*Prabhath Academy for Music and Performing Arts (PAMPA Dance Academy) North Indian Kathak and Bharatanatyam                  
#Presidio Dance Theatre Traditional Ukrainian Folk                    
Ra'ces de México Mexican Folklórico                    
Rasa Eastern Indian Odissi                    
Reconnect and Haitian Culture Association Afro-Haitian                    
Renacer Folklórico Bolivia Bolivian Regional Dance                    
Riordan Break Dancers Hip-Hop                    
Sabjilar Khakasian Folk Music Artists                    
Salsanisimo Salsa                    
#Samar Nassar Middle Eastern                    
Samba do Coração Samba                    
#Sanhiti South Indian Folk                    
#Savitha Sastry Bharatanatyam                    
Shabnam Belly Dance Fusion                  
Shakti Dance Company Bharatanatyam                    
Shanyin Amy Chang Chinese                    
Shawna Ke’alameleku’uleialoha Alapa’i & Nā Pua O Ka La’akea Hawaiian                    
Shuang Hou & Xiaomu Hou Chinese                    
Shuvani Romani –Rajasthani, Turkish, Russian, Spanish                    
Sindhu Ravuri South Indian Kuchipudi                    
SoulForce Hip-Hop                    
Sri Susilowati & Pusaka Sunda Javanese/Sundanese                    
  *Sri Susilowati Sundanese                    
Tabu Dance Ensemble Cabaret Style Belly Dance                  
Tara Catherine Pandeya Tajik                    
*Te Mana O Te Ra Tahitian              
Teocalli Mexican Folklórico                    
The English Ritual Dance Company English Magic Ritual Dance                    
The Ladies of Moani Ke'Ala O Ka Mailelauli'i and The Men of Ka Iho Makawalu A Ka Ua Kipu'upu'u Hawaiian                    
The Neva Russian Dance Ensemble Russian                    
The Raquel Lopez Flamenco Dance Ensemble Flamenco                    
The Red Thistle Dancers Scottish Dance                    
The San Francisco Taiko Dojo Taiko                    
The Sunugal Ballet from Senegal West African                    
*Theatre Flamenco Flamenco                
Thiossane Africa Senegalese Dance Company West African                    
Urisawi of KYCC Korean                    
Virginia Iglesias and Alma Flamenca Flamenco                    
Vishwa Shanthi Dance Academy Bharatanatyam                    
  #Shreelata Suresh Bharatanatyam                    
#Wan-Chao Chang Dance Contemporary Indonesian & Chinese Fusion                    
Westwind International Folk Ensemble International Folk Dance Traditions: 2006 Turkish                  
Wushu West Chinese Martial Arts                    
*Yaelisa & Caminos Flamencos Flamenco              
YaoYong Dance Chinese Folk                    
Yore Folk Dance Ensemble Turkish                    
Zambra Bailar Yalla! Flamenco/Middle Eastern/North African-fusion                    
Zooz Dance Company U.S./Middle East                    

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