The 47th annual Northwest Folklife Festival is this weekend, May 25 – May 28, at the Seattle Center. Here is a complete list of pan-Asian music and cultural performances throughout the weekend.
PAN-ASIAN PERFORMANCE
Peace & Harmony Across Asia Showcase (Sunday / 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. / Seattle Center, Cornish Theatre)
This is a showcase that brings together Chinese and Indian performers to show the cultural ties between the two nations. Featuring:
- Chinese Fashion & Dance Performing Arts Group
- Hongduan Yang & His Students – Chinese Brush Artist
- Jinliang Ji – Traditional Chinese Music
- Melody Institute – Chinese Dance
- Prashanthi Chitre Institute of Performing Arts – Kuchipudi & Indian Folk Dance
- amOha Music Ensemble – Carnatic Classical Music of South India
BANGLADESHI DANCE
- Torongo – Seattle’s Bangladeshi Dance Team – Bangladeshi Dance (Saturday / 8:00 – 8:10 p.m. / Cornish Playhouse / part of the Incredible Dances of South Asia Showcase)
FILIPINO DANCE & CULTURE
- Sayaw Dance – Filipino Traditional Folk Dance (Friday / 5:00-5:45pm / Open-Air Dance Stage)
Mabuhay Philippines (Saturday / 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. / Exhibition Hall)
- Filipiniana Dance Co. – Philippine Song & Dance Group
- Silangan Singers – Philippine Folk & Love Songs
- FACES Dance Group – Filipino Folk Dances
- Fil-Am Community of Puget Sound Dance Group – Authentic Philipine Folk Dances
Pagdiriwang Festival Presents: Philippines in Varied Hues (Sunday / 4:15 – 5:15 p.m. / Center Theatre)
- BIBAK of the Pacific Northwest – Filipino Mountain Tribe Group
- Kalahi Dance Compay – Philippine Rural Dances
HAWAIIAN DANCE & CULTURE
- Hula Cultural Workshop – With Kalei’okalani of Huraiti Mana (Sunday / 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. / Discovery Zone Stage)
- Hula Cultural Workshop – With Kalei’okalani of Huraiti Mana (Sunday / 2:15 – 3:05 p.m. / Armory Loft 3)
- Brad Bordessa – Hawai’i Roots, Singer-Songwriter Tendencies (Monday / 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. / Exhibition Hall)
Hawaiian Showcase (Sunday / 11:00 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. / McCaw Hall)
- Halau Hula O Napualani – Hawaiian Hula
- Ke Liko A’e O Lei Lehua E Kapuaokalani – Polynesian Music, Chanting & Dance
- Nā Lei O Manuʻakepa – Hawaiian Hula
- Hālau Hula Pulamahiaikalikolehua – Hawaiian Hula
Songs of Hawaii (Monday / 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. / Fisher Green Stage)
- Na Hilahila Boys – Traditional Hawaiian Music
- Da Oddah Guyz – Hawaiian Music from Auntie’s Backyard, Hilo, 1950
INDIAN MUSIC & DANCE
- Kathak Dance of North India – With Leela Kathak Dancers/Musicians (Sunday / 12:35 – 1:25 p.m. / Armory Loft 3)
Bollywood Showcase (Friday / 5:45 – 7:15 p.m. / Exhibition Hall)
- Bollywood Dance Group – Bollywood Folk Dance
- Nalini and Blue Lotus Dance company – Bollywood Dance Indian Traditional
- Nalini Dance – Bollywood Dance Traditional
- Ojasvi Dance School – Indian Bollywood Folk Dances
- Rhythms Of India Dance School – Bhangra/Giddha Folk Dance
- NAVRANG DANCE SCHOOL – Garba Dandia Gujrati Folk
- Creative Kidz – Bollywood Fusion
Incredible Dances of South Asia Showcase (Saturday / 7:00 – 9:00 p.m. / Cornish Playhouse)
- Bollyworkout – NavratriRaasGarba from Gujarat, India
- Meera Krishna & amOha Dance Company – Traditional Bharatanatyam
- Naadanam Academy – Vibrant, Foot-tapping, Unique-style, Indian-dancing
- Tharanginee – Classical Bharatanatyam Performance
- Telugu Bharati – Indian Classical Fusion
- Urvasi Dance Ensemble – Classical Odissi Dance India
- ARPAN – Bharatanatyam Today
Classical Indian Dance Showcase (Saturday / 11:00 a.m. – 12:10 p.m. / Exhibition Hall)
- Nrityalaya Dance – Just Dance!
- Nrityangan kathak – South Asian Classical Dance
- Sanskriti Center For Indian Performing Arts – Classical Indian Dance Bharatanatyam
Indian Dance in the Open Air (Sunday / 4:00 – 5:45 p.m. / Seattle Center Open Air Dance Stage)
- NatyaShiksha Dance Academy – Bharatanatyam Dance
- Abhinaya Dance Academy – Indian Classical Dance
Diwali Showcase (Monday / 3:00 – 5:30 p.m. / Center Theatre)
- Violin Maestro Ganesh Rajagopalan and Friends – Carnatic Classical and Fusion
- Jai veer Hanuman: The Supreme Devotee and Fearless Warrior
JAPANESE MUSIC & DANCE
- Inochi Taiko Music – Traditional Japanese American Drumming (Sunday / 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. / Fountain Lawn Stage)
- Tomo Nakayama – Northwest Indie-Folk Singer Songwriter (Sunday / 3:25 – 3:55 p.m. / Folklife Cafe)
Japanese Showcase (Sunday / 2:45 – 3:30 p.m. / Exhibition Hall)
- Seattle Miyagi Kai – Japanese Koto Ensemble Group
- Kabuki Academy Music – Japanese Kabuki Dance Shamisen
World of Koto Showcase (Sunday / 2:00 – 3:15 p.m. / Center Theatre)
- Japanese Koto Club – Japanese Koto Performance
- Koto Jazz – Koto Jazz Instrumental Piano
KOREAN ARTS & CULTURE
- Oolleemm Korean Traditional Performing Arts Org. – Korean Traditional Performing Arts (Sunday / 6:00 – 6:45 p.m. / Open Air Stage)
NEPALI DANCE
- Sujana Gurung – Nepali Dance (Saturday / 7:24 – 7:34 p.m. / Cornish Playhouse / part of the Incredible Dances of South Asia Showcase)
TAHITIAN MUSIC & DANCE
Tahitian Showcase (Sunday / 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. / Exhibition Hall)
- Te Fare O Tamatoa – Tahitian Dancing & Drumming
THAI MUSIC & DANCE
Thai Showcase (Sunday / 11:00 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. / Center Theatre)
- Siam Smile Thai Classical and Folk Dance – Thai Classical Blessing Dance
- Bonglang Ruam Jai Band – Isaan Folk Music
- Chaopraya Ensemble – Thailand Traditional Music & Dance
- The Wayside Band – Thai Contemporary Folk Music
For Northwest Folklife’s full schedule, click here.
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