AfricaNashville’s Yeli Ensemble • Armin Hasanagic & Friends • Ballet Folklorico ArteMex • Danza Azteca Quetzalli • Embody Dance • Greenwood High School International Club • Mbira dza Maungira • Red River Fiddlers • Roads to Home • Roux du Bayou Cajun Zydeco Band • Sreshta Meduri, SLB KK • Tuatha Dea • WKU Chinese Music Club
Celtic, tribal, Gypsy rock with an Appalachian steampunk edge. Their rhythmic groove and interaction naturally inspires audience participation, a staple of their performances. They mesh the traditional music of Scotland and Ireland with their own bold blend of mainstream rock, mountain drumming and Appalachian blues to produce a truly unique sound with universal appeal!
A mix of traditional Bosnian sevdah songs as well as gypsy and folk music from the Balkan region. Instruments include guitar, prim, veillette and gryphone.
Ballet Folklórico Artemex was established June 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky, with a heartfelt mission: to promote culture, unity, and artistic expression within our community. Through a variety of dance techniques and creative experiences, we aim to inspire individuals to discover and develop their talents and abilities. We cultivate a deep connection to cultural arts and history, with a special emphasis on the rich traditions of Mexican Folkloric dance.
Roux du Bayou Cajun Band plays authentic cajun, zydeco, swamp pop, mardi gras accordion and fiddle music.
Learn more at their booth in the park.
Playing Chinese traditional and folk songs with Chinese music instruments.
Look for their Dance Lessons & booth.
Zimbabwean mbira is a danceable, hypotonic music with rich spiritual dimensions for the Shona people. Mbira dza Maungira (the echoing mbira) honors these deep ancestral roots while sharing Shona music, dance, and culture with their audiences. You’ll dance, you’ll sing, and you’ll enjoy a style of music that UNESCO considers part of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.
The Red River Fiddlers perform a Celtic show of upbeat acoustic music featuring student performers of all ages from Essential Music in Alvaton, KY. Julianna Waller-Martinez is the founder and director of the Red River Fiddlers since 2006. She is a Grammy Award-winning violinist, National Champion Fiddler, and has a B.M. from Arizona State University and M.M. from the University of Kentucky. The RRF are dedicated to the heritage of old-time fiddling and world styles.
Danza Azteca Quetzalli “Beautiful Feather” is a group who has dedicated themselves to sharing and preserving our culture and traditions with the community through dance.
The Yeli Ensemble is a trio of musician dancers from Guinea, West Africa. Between them they play all traditional instruments, namely, the djembe, kora, balafon, krin, kinkini, bolon and samban. They also dance. The artists are all from the griot caste which means music and dance forms have been passed down from their ancestors since the height of the Mali Empire. For this performance, they will play all of the instruments that make up the wealth of their culture and dance to several, including a masked dance. At the end of the performance the audience will also be welcome to join.
Our international club students put on a big performance at Greenwood each Spring We have a variety of cultures represented. Zo, Zomi, Hakha Chin, Micronesia, India, Paraguay, Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala and more.
We are so excited to bring Flamenco dancing to the stages of the BG International Festival this year! Dancers will demonstrate intricate footwork and rhythmic clapping through a bold performance with full skirts.
Robin Duckett and Dale McCubbins perform traditional Irish/Scottish music, including popular folks songs of the region, also tunes like jigs, reels, even sea shanties!
Kuchipudi is a dance-drama performance from India, with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit text of Natya Shastra. It developed as a religious art linked to traveling bards, temples and spiritual beliefs, like all major classical dances of India. Evidence of Kuchipudi’s existence in an older version are found in copper inscriptions of the 10th century, and by the 15th century in texts such as the Machupalli Kaifat.Kuchipudi tradition holds that Tirtha Narayana Yati – a sanyassin of Advaita Vedanta persuasion, and his disciple, an orphan named Siddhendra Yogi, founded and systematized the modern version of Kuchipudi in the 17th century. Kuchipudi largely developed as a Hindu god Krishna-oriented Vaishnavism tradition, and it is known by the name of Bhagavata Mela in Thanjavur. The traditional Kuchipudi was performed by all males troupe. A dancer in a male role would be in Agnivastra, also known as Bagalbandi, wear a dhoti (a single pleated piece of cloth hanging down from the waist). A dancer in a female role would wear a Sari with light makeup.
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La Gala Ballroom (Indoor) [host: Kelsey Tullis]
Every hour on the hour kids can line up to burst a piñata. In between, visit our children’s activities booth for various free projects to make and take home.
Diversity Stage [host: Sadie Jeannette/Lindsey Production Group]
Heritage Stage [host: Armin Hasanagic/Lindsey Production Group]
World Performance Area [host: Caitlin Smyth/Lindsey Production Group]
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