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Excerpts and highlights from Duniya Dance & Drum Company's 10th anniversary show, A Decade of Dance, Drum & Dissent.

African Arts Festival Hightlights September 29, 2019 Jerry Garcia Amphitheater San Francisco, CA Co-Presented with Live from the Amp, with the support of the California Arts Council and San Francisco Grants for the Arts. www.duniyadance.com Photo by Aja Pop Films

Mixing bhangra and Mexican folkloric styles, dancers explore the Punjabi-Mexican communities that took root early in the 20th century when farm workers from India married Mexican women. that SUBSCRIBE button! http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=kqedart Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kqedarts Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/KQEDarts Sign up for the weekly KQED Arts email newsletter: http://bit.ly/1eMLPu5

October 4, 2018. Duniya Dance and Drum Company presents traditional and contemporary forms of Indian dance and music from bhangra, a harvest dance of Punjab, Northern India, to Bollywood dance from the modern Indian film industry and bharatanatyam, a classical dance form from Southern India. --------------------------------------- PAL Program In 2012, Rhythmix developed its youth arts Performance, Art & Learning (PAL) program. PAL fosters a sense of pride in students’ heritage, awareness of world cultures, and celebrates diversity by offering free world music and dance assembly fieldtrips to local schoolchildren at Rhythmix. Since the program’s inception, Rhythmix has served over 12,500 youth at no cost to 24 East Bay schools. --------------------------------------- Connect with us! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rhythmix Twitter: https://twitter.com/Rhythmix1 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rhythmixculturalworks

(Watch in HD) Duniya Dance & Drum Company's mission is to cultivate respect for traditional forms, foster cultural exchange, effect social justice and engage in community building, Duniya performs and teaches traditional and innovative performance pieces from Guinea, West Africa and Punjab, India. Formed in April 2007, Duniya Dance and Drum Company creates dance and music from Punjab, India, and Guinea, West Africa, as well as unique blends of these forms and beyond. The word duniya means “world” in a wide array of languages, including Punjabi, Arabic, Susu and Wolof. Duniya’s work embodies this word, as it explores the forces that have brought together the members of the company and their dance and drum styles, including, but not limited to, colonization, globalization, immigration, art, dance, music and love. www.duniyadance.com Email managingdirector@duniyadance.com to book us! Video by Aja Pilapil

(Watch in HD) Duniya Dance & Drum Company's mission is to cultivate respect for traditional forms, foster cultural exchange, effect social justice and engage in community building, Duniya performs and teaches traditional and innovative performance pieces from Guinea, West Africa and Punjab, India. Formed in April 2007, Duniya Dance and Drum Company creates dance and music from Punjab, India, and Guinea, West Africa, as well as unique blends of these forms and beyond. The word duniya means “world” in a wide array of languages, including Punjabi, Arabic, Susu and Wolof. Duniya’s work embodies this word, as it explores the forces that have brought together the members of the company and their dance and drum styles, including, but not limited to, colonization, globalization, immigration, art, dance, music and love. www.duniyadance.com Email managingdirector@duniyadance.com to book us! Video by Aja Pilapil

(Watch in HD) Duniya Dance & Drum Company's mission is to cultivate respect for traditional forms, foster cultural exchange, effect social justice and engage in community building, Duniya performs and teaches traditional and innovative performance pieces from Guinea, West Africa and Punjab, India. Formed in April 2007, Duniya Dance and Drum Company creates dance and music from Punjab, India, and Guinea, West Africa, as well as unique blends of these forms and beyond. The word duniya means “world” in a wide array of languages, including Punjabi, Arabic, Susu and Wolof. Duniya’s work embodies this word, as it explores the forces that have brought together the members of the company and their dance and drum styles, including, but not limited to, colonization, globalization, immigration, art, dance, music and love. www.duniyadance.com Email managingdirector@duniyadance.com to book us! Video by Aja Pilapil

Collaboration of Duniya Dance and Drum Company and Ensambles Ballet Folklorico. This clip features different sections from the performance addressing farming life, marriage, and discrimination. It includes interviews of Punjabi-Mexican community members, which were featured in the live performance, as well as rehearsal footage.