by Frances Phillips | Jun 23, 2017 | 2015, News, Traditional Arts
On July 15 and 16, “The Persepolis Project,” featuring composer Neema Hekmat along with Ballet Asfaneh and collaborating artists Aisan Hoss (pictured), Moses Sedler, Diana Rowan, and Sonja Drakulich, will open the second weekend of the San Francisco...
by Frances Phillips | Oct 25, 2015 | 2015, News, Traditional Arts
In a return performance at San Francisco City Hall’s rotunda, on November 6 Nimela Napla’s Pan African Dance Company will present a harvest dance known as the “Farming Ballet,” performed by a line of drummers with dancers wearing different...
by Frances Phillips | Feb 28, 2014 | 2011, News, Traditional Arts
KQED recently produced an online profile of traditional dancer Charya Burt. Burt is collaborating with World Arts West to develop Blossoming Antiquities, exploring the story of Auguste Rodin’s fascination with the classical Cambodian dancers who performed in...
by Frances Phillips | May 23, 2013 | News
On Saturday, June 8, at the Legion of Honor Museum in San Francisco, Charya Burt Cambodian Dance’s Blossoming Antiquities will open the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, produced by World Arts West. The work responds to sculptor Auguste Rodin’s sketches...
by Frances Phillips | Sep 29, 2011 | 2011, Traditional Arts
World Arts West collaborating with Cambodian dancer Charya Burt to create a new work exploring the 1906 encounter between Auguste Rodin and the Royal Cambodian Ballet. Burt is responding to the more than 150 drawings and sketches made by the French artist, when he...
