World Arts West Dances in the Park!

Join us Saturday, October 15th, 12pm - 5pm, for this brand new outdoor event hosted at the Presidio of San Francisco on the Main Parade Lawn!

World Arts West, producer of the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival celebrates our return to live programming with a full day of FREE, FAMILY FRIENDLY multicultural performances.

  • Make a picnic or grab a bite from the food trucks at Presidio Pop Up
  • Limited seating is available. Bring your blanket or folding chair and find a spot on the beautiful Main Parade Lawn
  • T-shirts will be available for purchase online

RSVP at Eventbrite to receive your free ticket! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram! Let us know if you’re interested in being a volunteer! World Arts West and the artists are so excited to reconnect with our community in person! We’ll see you there!


World Arts West Dances in the Park will feature:


Ciiku Ndungu-Case - Emcee extraordinaire

Kiazi Malonga - Featured percussionist for our Opening Processional

Batey Tambó - (Puerto Rico)

Cuicacalli Ballet Folklórico - (Mexico)

Feng Ye Dance Studio - (China)

Gbedu Town Radio of Afro Urban Society - (Pan Afro-Urban) 

LIKHA - Pilipino Folk Ensemble - (Philippines)

Nicole Maria Dance & Friends Belly Dance - (Egypt)

Ruth Asawa SF School of the Arts - World Dance Department

We'd love your support! Please make a contribution to help us bring you more great programming. We appreciate you!

Made possible with generous support from Bernard Osher Foundation, Fleishhacker Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, San Francisco Foundation, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, and Grants for the Arts

​Event Staff for October 15th

​World Arts West Staff

Anne Huang, Executive Director

Cora Barnes, Program & Development Associate

Emilio Torres, Marketing & Program Assistant 

Noelle Campos, Social Media Specialist

Event Staff

Cecilia Engelhart, Production Manager
 
Stephen Clifford, Stage Manager
 
Mariflor Medrano, Backstage Manager
 
Dudley Flores, Front of House Manager
 
Agpalo "Ting" Alongi Makinta, Patron Services Manager 

Presidio Event Staff
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Cynthia Taylor, Presidio Tunnel Tops Opening Season Community Event Specialist

Andrea Tacdol, Community Partnerships Manager

Andrea “Drea” Parker, Visitor Services Manager

Guillermo “Will” Rocha Jr., Programs and Events Operations Supervisor
 
Tanya Cusenza, Marketing Manager

Documentation Team

Spencer Wilkinson

England Smith

Rudi TCruz

Galex TCruz

Performance Schedule

Main Parade Lawn 
​*schedule subject to change

12pm - Kiazi Malonga Opening Processional

12:30pm - Ruth Asawa SF School of the Arts - World Dance Department

1pm - Batey Tambó - (Puerto Rico)

1:30pm - Feng Ye Dance Studio - (China)

2pm - Nicole Maria Dance & Friends Belly Dance - (Egypt)

2:30pm - LIKHA - Pilipino Folk Ensemble - (Philippines)

3pm - Cuicacalli Ballet Folklórico - (Mexico)

3:30pm - Gbedu Town Radio of Afro Urban Society - (Pan Afro-Urban)