San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival 2005
Origins
Beginnings, Journeys, Transformations
(June 11-26, 2005)
Weekend One - Beginnings (June 11, 2pm & 8pm And June 12, 2pm)
Weekend Two - Journeys (June 18, 2pm & 8pm and June 19, 2pm)
Weekend Three - Transformations (June 25, 2pm & 8pm June 26, 2pm & 7pm)
In program order
Weekend One (June 11-12)
Beginnings: From ancient sources we being anew...
- Nitya Venkateswaran
- Expressive South Indian bharatanatyam dance honoring creation
- Fook Sing Lion Dance
- Colorful and exciting Southern Chinese lion dance
- Charya Burt
- Stunning classical Cambodian court dance
- Bolivia Corazon de America
- Energetic suri sikuri and tinku ritual Andean dances
- Grupo Folclórico Alma Ribatejana
- Rural Portuguese folkloric dances
- Otufelenite Tongan Dance Ensemble
- Delicate dance and music traditions from the island of Tonga
- Hearan Chung
- Mesmerizing Korean dance about reincarnation
- Ensambles Ballet Folklórico de San Francisco
- Lyrical dance based on Semana Santa rituals in Chihuahua, Mexico
- Halau Aloha Pumehana `o Polynesia
- Rare ancient hula from Victorian and pre-contact Hawai’i
- Dimensions Dance Theater
- Stunning dance suite exploring the African diaspora
Weekend Two (June 18-19)
Journeys: The crossroads of cultures come alive
- Umi Vaughan
- Interactive and poetic narration interludes
- Ballet Lisanga Performing Arts Company
- Powerful Congolese dance from the Mongo people
- El Tunante
- Passionate Peruvian marinera dance embodying the spirit of love
- Miriam Peretz
- Post Soviet-era dance from Tajikistan
- Jubilee American Dance Theatre
- Southern style Cajun dance set in the 1940’s
- Murphy Irish Dancers
- Joyful jigs, reels, and figure dances with a full Celtic band
- Gamelan Sekar Jaya
- Innovative Balinese dance based on poem by Goenawan Mohammad
- Amanda Grady
- Expressive classical odissi dance from Eastern India
- Peony Performing Arts
- Stately dance from the Qing dynasty’s ruling Manchu people
- Hiyas Philippine Folk Dance Company
- Lively rural dance suite with Spanish, Asian and indigenous influences
- Raíces de Mi Tierra
- Dynamic footwork and hypnotic skirtwork from Jalisco, Mexico
Weekend Three (June 25-26)
Transformations: Living traditions give rise to change and innovation
- Mahea Uchiyama
- Poetic and engaging narration interludes
- Chinese Performing Arts of America
- A humorous Chinese theatrical dance of courtship
- Harsanari Indonesian Dance Company
- Youthful social dances incorporating martial arts from West Java
- Dunsmuir Scottish Dancers
- Graceful step dances from the Scottish highlands
- Barbary Coast Cloggers
- Unforgettable precision clogging
- OngDance Company
- Virtuosic Korean drum dance full of power and grace
- Kalanjali: Dances of India
- Brilliant South Indian bharatanatyam dance
- Shuvani
- Dances following the trail of the Romani people from India, through Turkey, Russia, and Spain
- Yaelisa & Caminos Flamencos
- Nuevo flamenco embodying the new wave of music from the youth of Spain
- Te Mana o Te Ra
- Joyful Tahitian dance of enlightenment, growth and celebration
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