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Festival DANCERS 1999 - Present

Bios available for dancers from the 2004 through 2007 Festivals.

* Asterisk denotes current year Festival artists.

# denotes 2007 as artists’ debut year in the Festival.

Performer	Style	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999
*Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose	Bharatanatyam	•				•

Formerly Mythili Kumar and The Abhinaya Dance Company*
African Queens	West African					•		•	•	•
Aguas Da Bahia	Brazilian						•
#Al Juthoor	Palestinian	•
Amanda Geroy	Eastern Indian Odissi		•	•
*Arenas Dance Company	Afro-Cuban Folkloric	•	•
Asociación Cultural Kanchi	Peruvian Regional Dance				•					•
Ballet Afsaneh Art and Culture Society	Tajik		•				•
Ballet Folklórico Alma de Mexico of South San Francisco	Mexican Folklórico		•							•
Ballet Folklórico de Carlos Moreno	Mexican Folklórico					•		•		•
Ballet Folklórico Netzahualcoyotl	Mexican Folklórico				•
Ballet Lisanga Congolese Performing Arts Company	Central 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 Company	Cambodian	•	•	•				•	•	•
with Khmer Arts Academy	Cambodian					•
*China Dance School and Theatre/ Lina Yang	Chinese		•
#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							•		•
Chitresh Das Youth 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							•	•
Da Island Way	Tahitian								•
*De Rompe y Raja	Afro-Peruvian		•					•	•	•
Lalo Izquierdo	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	•	•	•
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								•	•
Fat Chance Belly Dance	American Tribal Belly Dance				•	•
with Helm	American Tribal Belly Dance									•
Flamenco Company	Flamenco						•
Folklórico Latino de Woodland	Mexican Folklórico									•
Fook Sing Lion Dance Troupe	Chinese			•
Fua Dia Congo	Central African					•
with Ballet Kizingu	Central African							•
*Gadung Kasturi	Balinese	•
Gamelan Sekar Jaya	Balinese			•	•	•	•		•
Gen Taiko	Japanese Taiko				•
Ghungroo Dance Academy	Bhangra				•
Group Petit La Croix	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				•
Hahbi'Ru Dance Ensemble	Egyptian		•
Hala Dance Ensemble	Egyptian				•
Hālau o' Keikiali'i	Hawaiian		•	•	•		•	•
Formerly Hālau Aloha Pumehana O Polynesia*
Harsanari	Javanese			•					•	•
*Hearan Chung	Korean	•		•			•
Hiyas Philippine Dance Company	Filipino			•
Housin' Authority	Hip Hop		•
*Hui Tama Nui	Tahitian	•						•
Hula Hālau Aloha Pumehana O Polynesia	Hawaiian						•	•
Il Hyun Kim	Korean							•		•
#Imani's Dream	Hip Hop and Contemporary	•
*Instituto Mazátlan Bellas Artes de Sacramento	Mexican Folklórico	•	•
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		•
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 Tania Flamenco Music and Dance	Flamenco						•
Lakshmi Ramaswamy	Bharatanatyam								•
Lasya	Bharatanatyam				•
Lestari Indonesia	Indonesian									•
#Leung's White Crane Lion and 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		•			•			•
Maharlika Cultural Troupe	Filipino								•
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 / Tajikistan			•
Murphy Irish Dance Company	Irish					•			•
Nā Lei Hulu I Ka Wēkiu	Hawaiian					•
Nā- Mamo No`eau	Hawaiian							•
Nitya Venkateswaran	Bharatanatyam			•
*Nritta Katha School of Kathak Dance/Parna Basu	North Indian Kathak	•	•
Obakoso Drum & Dance Emsemble	Afro-Cuban Folkloric		•					•
Ong Dance Company	Korean Drum Dance			•
Ote'a' Api	Tahitian				•
Otufelenite Tongan Dance Ensemble	Tongan			•
Owo Ache	Afro-Cuban Folkloric									•
Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble	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				•
Podul Fe	Korean Sword Dance								•
Prabhath Academy for Music and Performing Arts (PAMPA)	North Indian Kathak and Bharatanatyam				•
Ra'ces de México	Mexican Folklórico							•
*Raices de Mi Tierra	Mexican Folklórico	•		•	•

Formerly Raices Grupo Folklórico*
RAICES Grupo 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									•
Samba do Coração	Samba							•
#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			•
SoulForce	Hip-Hop						•
Sri Susilowati & Pusaka Sunda	Javanese/Sundanese					•
Tabu Dance Ensemble	Cabaret Style Belly Dance								•	•
Taller Artistico y Cultural "El Tunante"	Peruvian Regional 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