Ballet Afsaneh in Performance
at the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival

Sunday afternoon, June 19th 2011, 1:00pm
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts - Forum Theater
701 Mission St. San Francisco, CA 94103
Tickets: $12 - $24 Purchase Tickets

Ballet Afsaneh represents the diversity of Persian dance in both the folkloric, celebratory Qashqa'i and an iconic Nouveau Classical dance, that creates an imaginary world filled with magical creatures. The accompanying live music by Zaryab Ensemble is just as diverse, featuring the sorna, a double-reed woodwind; the dahol, a large bass drum; and the santur, a 72-stringed hammered dulcimer.
Also appearing on the same program will be Gamelan Sekar Jaya - Balinese orchestra and dance, Kiyonomoto Ryu USA Classical Japanese dance, Jenny Fong - Chinese soloist, audience members will be invited to get up and dance during special participatory segments in the program. More information on the SF Ethnic Dance Festival

“What other city in the world has anything like the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival?”
                                                -- Alastair Macaulay (New York Times)
Ballet Afsaneh Dance Artists:
Miriam Peretz, Mariam Gaibova, Farima Berenji, Leila Sadeghi, Hannah Romanowsky, Roz Samimi, Kristen Sague, Emelie K. Coleman, Lisa Tilton, & Parousha Zand will be joined for the performance by senior students of the Afsaneh Dance Academy and DanceVersity.

photo credit: RJ Muna, Thomas Snuggs, Raymond Van Tassel, Juan Carlos Bettancourt, Shalom Ormsby

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