Brazilian Nites Productions
presents

BRAZILIAN SUMMER FESTIVAL 2001
Saturday, June 16 at 7:30 PM - $35
Children (12 and under) $12
General Admission

Sound Clip - Alegria Geral
(Ytthamar Tropicália/Alberto Pita/Moço)

Sound Clip - Zé Bruno
Cotidiano
(Chico Barque de Holanda)

Direct from Bahia comes Olodum, the 23-member percussion-dance ensemble
that invented the vibrant and sensual African-influenced street music called samba-reggae. Additional artists TBA. Audience dancing on stage!

Calabash Productions
presents

SISTER CELEBRATION
Friday, July 13 at 8:00 PM - $20
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12

Native and Latin American vocals flow into West African drumming, hip-hop meets modern dance and Brazilian samba segues into pop/rock as a dazzling variety of women performers celebrates sisterhood.

Nnamdi Moweta & WETU Communications
present

AFRICAN VILLAGE MUSIC FESTIVAL
Saturday, August 4 at 7:00 PM - $25
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
General Admission

Sound Clip - Papa Wemba
Abu-Pia
Composer/Arranger: Bidiampasi

Sound Clip - East L.A. Sabor Factory
Sabado

Zairean singer-composer Papa Wemba, called the "King of Rhumba Rock," headlines this annual event. Additional artists TBA. Audience dancing on stage!

Danza Floricanto/USA
presents

LOS FOLKLORISTAS
Sunday, August 5 at 7:00 PM - $30
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
General Admission

Sound Clip - El Arrastradito
(Trote)

Marking their 35th anniversary, these peerless performers of Latin American folk music and masters of 100 instruments retrieve the memories of cultures and speak the universal language of a continent.

LOS ANGELES ST. PETERSBURG RUSSIAN
FOLK ORCHESTRA
RUSSIAN STRINGS
Sunday, August 12 at 8:00 PM - $25
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
General Admission

Sound Clip - Lyrical Mood
Composer: Yevgeny Derbenko
Arranger: Orlova-Mamalyga

The massed balalaikas and domras of this 30-member ensemble, complemented by virtuoso guest soloists, echo traditions from the Baltic to the Black Sea. "Enchanting" said the Reno Gazette-Journal.

BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DEL PACÍFICO
MEXICO: CANCÍON Y ROMANCE
Friday, August 17 at 8:00 PM - $25, $22
Full time students and children (12 and under) $12
DRC members 20% off

Fountain Theatre
presents

SONIDOS GITANOS / GYPSY FLAMENCO
Friday, September 7 at 8:00 PM
Saturday, September 8 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, September 9 at 8:00 PM
$30
DRC members 20% off

From the cradle of Flamenco in southern Spain comes Maria Bermudez and her company of dancers, singers and musicians. Experience this passionate, riveting art in its purest form.

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