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Nina Sazevich (415) 752-2483
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DANCE EVENT
San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions
Ninety-five Northern California dance companies representing dance traditions from around the world will perform hoping for a coveted spot in the 2006 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. Artists present their very best work, in full costume and many with live musical accompaniment. The auditions offer a rare opportunity to enjoy intricate Korean court dances, trick and fancy rope dances from the American Southwest, enchanting Persian dances, sizzling Argentinean tango and milangas, paddle dances from the kingdom of Tonga, twirling and graceful Mexican folkloric dances and even Hip-Hop. And anyone can watch for only $5 a day!
| WHAT: |
San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Auditions – 95 Northern California dance companies will perform over two weekends |
| DATE: |
Saturday and Sunday, January 14 & 15, 2006 and Saturday and Sunday, January 21 & 22, 2006 |
| TIME: |
10 A.M. TO 6 P.M. |
| WHERE: |
McKenna Theater in the Creative Arts Building, San Francisco State University, 1600 Holloway Ave. (at 19th Avenue), San Francisco |
| COST: |
$5.00 per day – includes in and out privileges |
| INFO: |
For a complete listing of all companies participating in the auditions and for more information, visit www.worldartswest.org or call (415) 474-3914. |
PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE: Gorgeous high resolution photos of some of the companies that will be auditioning during both weekends are on the World Arts West web site, www.worldartswest.org, in the area “About WAW” on the home page. Click on “News & Press” and download images of El Tunante (onstage 1/14), Ballet Lisanga Congolese Performing Arts Company (onstage 1/14), Chinese Performing Artists of America (onstage 1/15), Bolivia Corazon de America (onstage 1/21), or Ensambles Ballet Folklorico de San Francisco (onstage 1/22). Photos are by Bonnie Kamin.
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