Press 2019

• World Arts West Leadership Transition 

• World Arts West Board of Directors’ Statement on Leadership Transition

​About the 2019 Festival

• 41st Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival: A celebration of culture, dance, and music, Asian Journal, July 11, 2019
• Review: The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival brings the noise, San Francisco Chronicle, July 8, 2019
• The It List: Five things to do in Berkeley over July Fourth and the weekend, Berkeleyside, July 3, 2019
• Ethnic Dance Fest transcends borders 41 years in, 48Hills, July 2, 2019
• Berkeley Hosts Ethnic Dance Festival, Oakland Magazine, July 2019
• Afro Urban Society: Uniting the African Diaspora through Dance, In Dance, July/August 2019
• Berkeley’s Bearettes first to bring majorette-style dance to UC system, UC Berkeley News, June 25, 2019
• San Francisco Chronicle Datebook Pick,  June 25, 2019
• 2019 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival ​

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Press 2018

• Year in Review, San Francisco Chronicle, December 18, 2018
• Best Arts Festival, SF Bay Guardian Best of the Bay Readers’ Poll, October 2018
• Ethnic Dance Festival soars to new heights at Opera House, San Francisco Chronicle, July 17, 2018
• Ethnic Dance Festival is Color, Vitality, and Virtuosity, San Francisco Classical Voice, July 17, 2018
• SF Ethnic Dance Festival features a 200-year-old Eskimo celebration, The Mercury News, July 12, 2018
• San Francisco’s Ethnic Dance Festival celebrates 40 years, San Francisco Chronicle, July 8, 2018
• A Vibrant World Onstage: Ethnic Dance Festival Turns 40, SF/Arts Monthly, July 2018 issue
• Summer Arts Preview, 7x7 Magazine, June 6, 2018
• 10 Picks for Bay Area Summer Dance, KQED Arts, May 30, 2018
• You Can Get Anything You Want at the Ethnic Dance Festival, San Francisco Classical Voice, May 29, 2018
• San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Celebrates 40 Years, In Dance, May 2018
• S.F. Ethnic Dance Festival Prepares for a Spectacular 40th Season, San Francisco Classical Voice, May 1, 2018
• 40th Anniversary San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Press Release

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Press 2017

• 2017 In Review: A Year of Expanding Boundaries in Dance, San Francisco Chronicle, December 31, 2017
• Ethnic Energies, Bay Area Reporter, July 20, 2017
• SF Ethnic Dance Festival lights up War Memorial, San Francisco Examiner, July 12, 2017
• Leah Garchik column, San Francisco Chronicle, July 12, 2017
• Ethnic Dance revelations mark Festival opening, San Francisco Chronicle, July 9, 2017
• San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival opens July 8 at Opera House, San Jose Mercury News, July 5, 2017
• Celebrating diversity through music and dance, Asian Journal, June 29, 2017
• Three Summer Dance Performances to Catch in Grand Spaces, KQED Arts, June 28, 2017
• Ethnic Dance Festival moves to grand new venue, San Francisco Chronicle, June 21, 2017
• 10 Spring and Summer Festivals, The New York Times, May 21, 2017
• 39th Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival ​