FESTIVAL REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN!
The 2025 World Arts West Dance Festival is a 3-weekend experience, from July-September that focuses on the theme “Dance as Health and Healing,” exploring what constitutes a healthy community. It aims to showcase dance and art forms rooted in cultural traditions, including sacred, social, and contemporary.
The festival will feature movement workshops, artist dialogues, and new activities like Hawaiian lei making, Kalimba music and Afro-Cuban healing rituals. Additionally, community activations will occur across the San Francisco Bay Area, emphasizing the theme of health and healing through dance.
The festival will feature movement workshops, artist dialogues, and new activities like Hawaiian lei making, Kalimba music and Afro-Cuban healing rituals. Additionally, community activations will occur across the San Francisco Bay Area, emphasizing the theme of health and healing through dance.
$15 presale/$20 in person - Single workshop/activity
$25-$60 presale/in person - Full Day Packages
$5 - No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds (NOTAFLOF)
Donations accepted! (Your donation makes it possible for 1- working artists and lower-income community members to attend and 2- allows World Arts West to compensate instructors/musicians/panelists more equitably.)
$25-$60 presale/in person - Full Day Packages
$5 - No One Turned Away for Lack of Funds (NOTAFLOF)
Donations accepted! (Your donation makes it possible for 1- working artists and lower-income community members to attend and 2- allows World Arts West to compensate instructors/musicians/panelists more equitably.)
WEEKEND ONE LINEUP
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Saturday, July 12
2pm - Hawaiian Lei Making Workshop 3pm - Zimbabwean Dance & Music Workshop 4pm - Filipino Fan Dance Workshop 5pm - "Dancers with Chronic Illnesses" Panel |
Sunday, July 13
2pm - Cultural Artist Convening 4pm - Modern Natya Workshop 5pm - Afro Cuban Bembé Ceremony (Above image: Chinyakarye Ensemble Photo by Darryl Kelly) |
WEEKEND TWO LINEUP
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Saturday, August 16
2pm - Indigenous Movement as Medicine Workshop 3pm - African Kalimba Music Workshop 4pm - Integral Yoga 5pm - WAW Open House |
Sunday, August 17
2pm - To Be Announced! 3pm - "Non-Western Dance & Healing" Panel 5pm - Sufi Whirling Workshop (Above image: 2024 WAWDF Artist Dialogue Photo by Kyle Adler) |
We will be back outside at the Presidio Tunnel Tops in SF on Sunday, September 7th!
Stay tuned for the exciting lineup to come!
Stay tuned for the exciting lineup to come!
NEW LOGO! NEW MERCH!
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We have NEW branded merchandise! Now you can show your support for World Arts West all year long with our NEW logo-branded items including t-shirts, hoodies, tote bags, water bottles, and more!
Tap into our store to see what's available to buy NOW that you can bring with you to the festival.
Tap into our store to see what's available to buy NOW that you can bring with you to the festival.