San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival Weekend 4, June 27 Special Event
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Special Event: Special performances by dance innovators Abhinaya Dance Company and Na Lei Hulu I Ka Wekiu, along with a showing of excerpts of a new documentary film about the Festival. This event includes the presentation of the Malonga Casquelourd Lifetime Achievement Award to Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo, the Festival's Artistic Directors since 2007.
The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival celebrates the Centennial of the Panama-Pacific International Exposition with a series of thrilling dance performances from around the globe, set in the grand Palace of Fine Arts Theatre, which was built for the historic 1915 World's Fair.
These programs feature dances from China, Hawai'i, India, Guinea, Indonesia, Korea, Liberia, Mexico, the Middle East, Peru, the Philippines, Scotland, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, the continental US, and Uzbekistan.
Each weekend's program is unique, and features performances by different dance companies.
$16-$22.
Presented by San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival