CulturalFest Performance Showcase: Event Highlights

On February 8, 2020, the FIUTS CulturalFest Performance Showcase brought together the Seattle-area community to watch song, dance, and poetry performances highlighting the cultures of Malawi, India, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burma, Pan-Africa, China, Belarus, and South Korea. The CulturalFest Performance Showcase also welcomed lobby performers representing the cultures of China, Armenia, and the United States, and cultural booths representing Japan, Mexico, and Armenia.

The FIUTS Staff would like to thank the Student Board for their hard work organizing CulturalFest Performance Showcase, with a special thank you to the Performance Committee led by co-chairs Ehler Win and Marvin Jordhi.

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Continue on to see the CulturalFest Performance Showcase photo gallery- photos courtesy of Anil Revuru.

1. Tikhala Itaye (Malawi, spoken word)

2. UW Kahaani (India, dance group)

3. KUD Sevdah Seattle (Bosnia & Herzegovina, dance group)

4. Karen Traditional Don Dance (Burma Ethnic Group, dance w/drummers)

5. Unplugged (India, band)

6. Afro Dance at UW (Pan-Africa, dance group)

7. Chinese Orchestra (China, duet)

8. Estelle Thomas‐Kurnevich (Belarus, solo dance)

9. Natya UW (India, dance group)

10. Hanwoollim UW (South Korea, drum performance)

Noah Piper (lobby performer)

Karin Kirkland School of Dance (KKSD)

Karina Melikyan, Artistic Director (lobby performer)

Shushanik Babayan, Choreographer/instructor (lobby performer)

Datev Tavitian, Max Yakovlev, Elen Issahhanjan, Bella Abrahamyan, Students of KKSD (lobby performers)

Kelly Chiang (lobby performer)

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