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Festival DANCERS 1999 - Present

Bios available for dancers from the 2004 through 2008 Festivals.

* Asterisk denotes current year Festival artists.

# denotes 2008 as artists’ debut year in the Festival.

Performer	Style	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					•					•
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	•
#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		•	•	•
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										•
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								•
#Fuego Nuevo Ballet Folklórico Mexicano	Mexican Folklórico	•
*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					•
*Halau 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		•						•
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 Fibi Flamenco Dance Company	Flamenco	•
#Las Que Son Son	Cuban-Haitian	•
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	•			•
*Murphy Irish Dancers	Irish	•					•			•
*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	•
Obakoso 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									•
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
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				•
#Sindhu Ravuri	South Indian Kuchipudi	•
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						•
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	•
Westwind International Folk Ensemble	International Folk Dance Traditions: 2006 Turkish			•			•
Wushu West	Chinese Martial Arts							•
Yaelisa and 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			•