Events

• September 19, 2010 Berkeley, CA
  Beneath the Persian Sands - Persian music and dance performance
  Sunday September 19 @ 8:00pm Ashkenaz Music & Dance Community Center, 1317 San Pablo Ave Berkeley CA 94702
  Zaryab, Persian music ensemble and Ballet Afsaneh present an unforgettable evening of exquisite Persian Music and Dance, unlocking hidden treasures from an ancient past.
  Dance artists: Miriam Peretz, Farima Berenji & Leila Sadeghi - with members of the Afsaneh Dance Academy
  Musicians: Kaveh Hedayati - setar, Babak Tamaddon - guitar, Pedram Heydari - kamanche, Fares Hedayati - tonbak/daf, Farshad Madhi - ney, Neema Hekmat - santur
  Tickets: $10 Advance - $12 @ the door
  Call to reserve Tickets:  (510) 525-5054
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• November 20 & 21, 2010 San Francisco, CA
  Encounters: New Moon on the Silk Road
  Saturday November 20, 8:00pm - Sunday November 21, 3:00pm Cowell Theater Fort Mason Center
  Acclaimed world dance ensemble Ballet Afsaneh unites leading Bay Area artists in an evening of exhilarating and innovative new dance works. A stellar cast of 20 musicians and dancers explore cultural confluence and exchange inspired by the historic Silk Road.   More information....
  Tickets: $22 Advance - $25 @ the door ($18 - $22 Senior/Student
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• June 26 - 27, 2010 San Francisco, CA
  Ballet Afsaneh performs for San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival - Palace of Fine Arts Theater
  Saturday 2:00pm & 8:00pm, and Sunday 2:00pm
  Ballet Afsaneh will premiere a suite of Afghan traditional dances commissioned by World Arts West for the 2010 festival entitled Parwaz - Fly Free. Accompanied by world class masters of Afghan music, Homayun Sakhi on rubab and Salar Nader on tabla. More information about the 2010 SF Ethnic Dance Festival
  Along with Ballet Afsaneh the weekend performances will feature dance and music from China, Cambodia, Puerto Rico, Zimbabwe, the Middle East, Eurasia and more...
  Tickets: $22 - $44 (reserved seating)
  Purchase by phone: City Box Office 415.392.4400 -- OnlineTickets
  
  
  
  
• May 8, 2010 San Jose, CA
  Festival of the Silk Road - 2010
  Saturday, 8pm Concert  --- 6:30pm Silk Road Bazaar VIEW POSTER
  Fun for the whole family!! Afsaneh Art & Culture Society - Ballet Afsaneh presents a concert of Dance, Music & Poetry from Central Asia and the Silk Road.
  A stellar cast of Bay Area world dance and music groups, a pre-performance Silk Road Bazaar - Art Exhibit, and many special guests..... more information
  Featuring performance groups representing Iran, Afghanistan, Turkey, China, Tajikistan, Indonesia and more...
  Tickets: $18 General Admission, $12 Kids & Seniors, $25 Sponsor (Includes preferred seating)
  Purchase by phone: (800) 838--3006 (24/7 hotline) Online Tickets 
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• February 27, 2010 Mountain View, CA
  Celebration of Planet Earth - Harmonizing artistic elements from Persia and the West
  Saturday, 3pm Concert   5-7 Wine Reception.  7:30pm Concert VIEW POSTER
  Afsaneh Art & Culture Society - Ballet Afsaneh presents an unprecedented alliance of international artists promoting peace and environmental consciousness with breathtaking music and dance performances. The concertat Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts intimate Second Stage Theater features the collaborative work of Neema Hekmat, Moses Sedler, Pourya Khademi, vocalists Salar Khoshfahm and Sonja Drakulich, percussionist Ali Bazyar, poetry recitation - Adeleh Moghaddam, and theaterical narratives by Iman Oskoorouchi and Hamed Rastegarpour.
  Dancers: Miriam Peretz , Hannah Romanowsky, Mariam Gaibova of Ballet Afsaneh.
  Audiences for both the 3pm and 7:30pm performances are invited to a wine reception with the artists. Reception is 5-7pm between the two concert performances, and is included with your ticket.
  Where: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts - 500 Castro St. Mtn View, CA 94041Tickets: $35 (Includes Reception) Purchase by phone: (650) 903-6000 Online Tickets 
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• December 6, 2009 San Francisco, CA
  Ballet Afsaneh at Golden Thread Productions: ReOrient Forum
  Sunday, 3:00pm
  Ballet Afsaneh performs at the tenth anniversary celebration of Golden Thread, SF's preemmanent Mid-East theater production company. The ReOrient Festival(Nov 19 -Dec 13) and the ReOrient Forum all weekend Dec 5th & 6th at Theater Artaud. Sunday @ 3:00pm Ballet Afsaneh will showcase both traditional and contemporary works by featured dance artists/choreographers Miriam Peretz, Wan Chao Chang, and director Sharlyn Sawyer. They are joined for this program by special musical guests- percussionist Pezhham Akhavass, and cellist Moses Sedler, Neema Hekmat, Kaveh Hedayati, Pourya Khademi, and poetry recitation by Adeleh Moghaddam. VIEW POSTER
  Where: Project Artaud Theater, 450 Florida St, San Francisco CA 94110
  Admission: $12 - $25 More Information - Tickets
  
  
  
• September 19, 2009 Fresno, CA
  Ballet Afsaneh at the Tamejavi Festival
  Saturday, 10:00am - 9:00pm
  Ballet Afsaneh performs at the annual Tamejavi Festival at the Fresno Art Museum, along with artistsrepresenting the Hmong, Indigenous Mexican, Filipino, Native American and African American communities. Festiva presentations include theater, dance, music, poetry and multimedia. Cultural Kitchen food bazaar, children's activities, craft exhibits, films and more.
  Where: Fresno Art Museum, Radio Park - 2233 N. First Street - Fresno, CA 93703
  Admission: FREE! More Information
  
  
• May 2, 2009: San Jose, CA Festival of the Silk Road  VIEW POSTER
  Dance, Music & Poetry of Iran, Afghanistan, China, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Indonesia, India.... VIEW VIDEO
  Afsaneh Art & Culture Society presents Ballet Afsaneh, and a stellar cast of Bay Area world dance and music groups, a Silk Road bazaar - Art Exhibit, and many special guests.....
  Doors open at 6:30pm - come enjoy the Silk Road Bazaar and Art Displays before the concert.
  Concert at 8:00pm - Featuring dance artists: Ballet Afsaneh, Chinese Performing Arts of America, Wan-Chao Chang Dance Company, Shahrzad Dance Academy, Niosha Dance Academy. Musical guests: Persian music by Neema Hekmat - Pourya Khademi - Kaveh Hedayati - Fares Hedayati - Shadi Vaezzadeh, Tameem Afzali & Friends Afghan Music Ensemble, as well as Mohammad Ebrahimi & Farideh Louie.
  Where: Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater, 1700 Alum Rock Ave. San Jose, CA
  Tickets: $25 General Admission - BUY TICKETS ONLINE - Order Tickets by Phone( 24hr hotline!): (800) 838-3006
  Produced in association with Chinese Performing Artists of America, Wan Chao Chang Dance Company, Shahrzad Dance Academy, Niosha Dance Academy, Iranian Federated Women's Club-Payvand School, Arts Council Silicon Valley, Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of San Jose.
  
• April 23, 2009 Live on KPFA Radio 94.1 FM
  10am-12pm Music of the World with Stephen Kent
  Neema Hekmat & Friends, Persian Music Ensemble playing live on air. Tune in and win a free set of festival tickets!
  
  
• April 26, 2009: Berkeley, CA  Afghan Culture Show: Past, Present and Future of Afghanistan
  4:00 - 8:00pm
  Celebrate the beauty and cultural heritage of Afghanistan with Musical Guest Performers, Poetry, Dance Performance by Ballet Afsaneh - Traditional Attan, Fashion show by AFGclassics, fabulous AFGHAN FOOD, Intellectual-Activist Speakers. Where: Pauley Ballroom, UC Berkeley DIRECTIONS
  Tickets: $10 at the Door
  Contact: (949) 521-1306 or Email for Information
  Presented by the UCB Afghan Student Association, in association with UC Berkeley Near Eastern Studies Department and ASUC.
  
  
• April 5th & 7th , 2009: San Rafael, CA The Rite of Spring -- Ballet Afsaneh at the Marin Symphony
  6:30pm - Pre-Concert Presentation with Ballet Afsaneh and conductor Alasdair Neale
  7:30pm - Marin Symphony Concert
  Join conductor Alasdair Neale and Ballet Afsaneh at 6:30 for the pre-concert presentation demonstrating the ancient Central Asian roots of Stravinsky's ground breaking symphony The Rite of Spring, then sit back with us and enjoy the concert, as Maestro Alasdair Neale conducts the Marin Symphony Orchestra in three beautiful symphonic works.
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  Where: Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium, Marin Civic Center - 10 Avenue of the Flags, San Rafael CA 94903
  Tickets: $65
  

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