Event Title:

Organization:

  Performing Arts

  San Francisco

Start Date:

  6/7/2013

End Date:

  6/8/2013

Start Time:

  12:00 PM

End Time:

  10:00 PM

Event Info: 

  Friday, June 7 at noon at San Francisco City Hall Saturday, June 8 at 8 p.m. at Legion of Honor

The 2013 San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival opens with a free public performance by Ballet Folklorico Netzahualcoyotl (Mexican folkloric from Zacatecas) and Fogo Na Roupa Performing Company (Brazilian Baile Carnavalesco) on Friday, June 7, at Noon in the San Francisco City Hall Rotunda. This year features a special opening night performance honoring French artist Auguste Rodin by Charya Burt Cambodian Dance Saturday, June 8, at the Legion of Honor museum. Cambodian choreographer Charya Burt evokes Rodin's historical sketches in a performance that evolves from a visually stunning traditional Khmer dance into an exciting new work reflecting the cultural collision of East and West. This innovative collaboration includes original compositions by cellist Alexis Alrich and live visual art-making by painter Mario Uribe. The performance will be followed by a dialogue with Charya Burt and a viewing of the Legion's Rodin galleries.

Thirty-five leading companies and more than 500 dancers and musicians will come together for the month of June to celebrate the 35th Anniversary San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, highlighting the breadth and diversity of the Bay Area's world dance community. Festival Artistic Directors Carlos Carvajal and CK Ladzekpo shine a spotlight on cultural legacy and the artists who continue to inspire a new generation of Bay Area dancers and dance lovers. Since its inauguration in 1978, the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival has maintained its pre-eminent scope and reputation as one of the most comprehensive, widely respected, diverse, and engaging events of its kind in the world. The 35th Anniversary Festival runs June 7 through 30 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and other San Francisco venues.

http://www.worldartswest.org

Location:

  Florence Gould Theater, Legion of Honor Museum

Room:

Address:

  100 34th Avenue

Phone:

  415-474-3914

City:

  San Francisco

State/Province:

  CA