Tuesday, May 19, 2009
World Arts West presents the 31st Annual San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, an annual multi-cultural event featuring performances from talented and top ethnic dance companies accompanied by world-class musicians. Be inspired by the beauty of different cultures from various countries.
Kariktan and Parangal dance companies are the two Filipino groups that will be performing at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco. Both companies' main goal is to promote, preserve and present the Filipino culture through its dances and music.
Kariktan Dance Company will be performing on weekend 2, June 13 & 14 presenting three pieces. First is portraying the historic immigration to the Philippines via outriggers with colorful sails. Second, a pre-nuptial dance with complex footwork and gestures imitating that of a fish, and third, a dance from the island of Mindanao featuring a princess wooed by her prince.
Watch Parangal Dance Company on weekend 4, June 27 & 28 as they present different dances performed during tribal gatherings of the Lumad (natives) of Mindanao. The piece is inspired by the movement of real and mythical birds and is ccompanied by live kulintang ensembles. It is also Parangal Dance Company's first festival appearance.
Where : Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco
Time : Saturdays at 2 & 8 p.m.
Sundays at 2 p.m.
When : June 6 & 7; 13 & 14; 20 & 21; 27 & 28, 2009
Ticket price : $22 - $44
SOURCE : http://www.examiner.com/x-6563-SF-Bay-Area-Filipino-Examiner~y2009m5d19-31st-Annual-San-Francisco-Ethnic-Dance-Festival
Kariktan and Parangal dance companies are the two Filipino groups that will be performing at the Palace of Fine Arts Theatre in San Francisco. Both companies' main goal is to promote, preserve and present the Filipino culture through its dances and music.
Kariktan Dance Company will be performing on weekend 2, June 13 & 14 presenting three pieces. First is portraying the historic immigration to the Philippines via outriggers with colorful sails. Second, a pre-nuptial dance with complex footwork and gestures imitating that of a fish, and third, a dance from the island of Mindanao featuring a princess wooed by her prince.
Watch Parangal Dance Company on weekend 4, June 27 & 28 as they present different dances performed during tribal gatherings of the Lumad (natives) of Mindanao. The piece is inspired by the movement of real and mythical birds and is ccompanied by live kulintang ensembles. It is also Parangal Dance Company's first festival appearance.
Where : Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, San Francisco
Time : Saturdays at 2 & 8 p.m.
Sundays at 2 p.m.
When : June 6 & 7; 13 & 14; 20 & 21; 27 & 28, 2009
Ticket price : $22 - $44
SOURCE : http://www.examiner.com/x-6563-SF-Bay-Area-Filipino-Examiner~y2009m5d19-31st-Annual-San-Francisco-Ethnic-Dance-Festival
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