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“Hoviate Man” (My Identity) was the title of The UCLA Iranian Student Group’s (ISG) Sixth Annual Culture Show. The show was held at the Freud Playhouse at UCLA. The show featured a comedic skit interspersed with dance and musical numbers. The skit followed the journey of an Iranian-American youth who wanders the streets of Iran [...]

The 22nd Annual UCLA JazzReggae Festival was held over the Memorial Day weekend. It was a “weekend of peace, love and music.” Sunday was Jam day with performances from acts such as The Roots, Immortal Technique, Tribal Jazz and Goapele. Monday was the Reggae day and featured act such as Stephen Marley, Mr. Vegas, Selena [...]

The final two videos from the Aavaa: Middle Eastern Performance Group Showcase performance.
The rest are here.
“Sayyajna Libnan”
Choreographers: Deema Saad & Amanda Rizkallah
Dancers: Leena Ameripour, Faisal Attrache, Walid Ismail, Elias Massoud, Amanda Rizkallah, Deema Saad Maher Abdel-Sattar
From the program: “Dabke is a traditional Lebanese group dance with historical roots in the villages of Lebanon. It is [...]

On Thursday, I went to the 1st Annual Aavaa Show. It was a showcase of Middle Eastern dance and music performances. The program included, live music, traditional Persian, Turkish, Lyrical Sufi and Persian salsa dancing. Below are some of the performances:
(more videos after the jump)

“Tamanna”
Composer: Shahriar Habibaghagi
Musicians: Shahriar Habibaghagi (santoor) and Hooman Tavakoly (tonbak).

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“Fusion Bellydance” [...]

The UCLA Ballroom Dance and International Folk Dance Club held their second Annual Salsa and Latin Culture Night.
Michael Espinoza and his partner performing Argentine Tango

Redondo Beach High School performing at
UCLA Ballroom Dance Club - Latin Culture Night

Last night was the 1st Annual College Salsa Production held at Steven’s Steakhouse. It was a joint production by Salsa Clubs and Societies from different Southern California colleges and universities. The night featured workshops by some of LA’s premier instructors, as well as, performances from a host of college salsa teams. It was a fun [...]

This Thursday, the UCLA Salsa Society will be having their end of year Salsa Party.

Salsa Society @ UCLA Presents:
SPRING SALSA FEVER!
Featuring music by DJ ZONIK from the Rumba Room!
Where: Kerckhoff Grand Salon @ UCLA
When: Thursday, May 1st, 6-11pm
6-8pm: Salsa Workshop with Luis Aguilar, champion salsa dancer.
8-9:30pm: Free dancing.
9:30pm: Performances from [...]

The CSULB Salsa Club had their Second Anniversary party this past Wednesday. As usual, there were great performances from the participating college teams, as well as, from the CSULB instructors themselves. The videos are after the jump.

UCLA Salsa Society

CSULB Intermediate Salsa Team

UCI Paleros - Bachata

LASA Salsa Team

Andy and Lana

UCI Paleros - Salsa

Gonzalo and Laura

CSULB Advanced [...]