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Festival of the Silk Road 2010

Dance, Music & Poetry of Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, China, Tajikistan, Indonesia and more...

Featuring concert performances by Ballet Afsaneh - the Bay Area's critically acclaimed Silk Road performance ensemble, Yore Turkish Folk Dance Ensemble, Chinese Performing Artists of America, Wan-Chao Dance, Gadung Kasturi Balinese Dance & Music, Shahrzad Dance Company, Niosha Dance Academy. Musical guests include: Homayun Sakhi & Salar Nader Afghan Ensemble, Persian music by Neema Hekmat - Pourya Khademi, Salar Khoshfahm & Ali Bazyar, Salokhiddin Fakhriev Tajik/Uzbek percussion, celebrated guest artist Moses Sedler on cello, vocalists Bon Singer, and Sonja Drakulich.... many more!

Don't miss the Silk Road Bazaar, Arts, Crafts and displays begins at 6:30pm.

Produced in association with Yore Turkish Folkdance, Chinese Performing Artists of America, Wan-Chao Dance, Shahrzad Dance Company, Niosha Dance Academy, the Arts Council Silicon Valley, and the Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of San Jose.