Performers

Buu Kim Tu

Based in San Jose, California we are a team with members of different age groups, ethnicities and backgrounds. We are founded on the ideas of self- discipline, youth empowerment, respect and appreciation for Vietnamese/Chinese culture. Buu Kim Tu, is a non-profit organization under the Cultural Quest Foundation.

DJ Asif

 
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Chamber Music Silicon Valley

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Confederation of Ohlone People

The Confederation of Ohlone Peoples came into being in 2009. We are a Cooperative made up of the Descendants of Ohlone People, as well as community advocates. Our common mission is to increase the visibility and interests of present day Ohlone.

Ensamble Folclórico Colibrí

 
In November of 2015, Arturo Magaña founded Ensamble Folclórico Colibrí, which as of 2020, was the first ever LBTQ Folklorico Academy. Arturo has toured with Linda Ronstadt throughout his career, and performed at various renowned festivals and with popular recording artists.

Grupo Folclorico Tempos de Outrora

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House of Inanna

Based here in San Jose, House of Inanna performs improvised, synchronized group bellydance all over California for a decade, and now all over the internet. We are known for great technique, sword- and basket dances, and bespoke performances. We bring love and humor, a sense of community and of the sacred into our shows. We can – virtually or IRL – make your parties special, and you can take our classes via Zoom on Saturday mornings and Monday evenings or live, just of The Alameda, on Wednesday evenings!

International Performing Arts of America

International Performing Arts of America is a non-profit dance group based in the Bay Area that is passionate about celebrating East Asian culture through motion and choreography.

Jeffrey Fung of Saratoga Tai Chi Group

 
Sifu Jeffrey Fung has studied Chinese Martial Arts since his early childhood with the finest martial arts masters in Hong Kong. His passion and dedication to martial arts led him to focus on the teachings of energies and dynamics of Tai Chi. He spent a majority of his time learning the Yang style Tai Chi and the Tai Chi Praying Mantis style. Currently, he is an instructor at the San Lorenzo Community Center and Choa Chow Association Center in San Jose California, as well as a member of the Tai Chi Health Association in San Jose and Saratoga Senior Center.

Mary Jessie Celestin

While pursuing her masters in engineering at Berkeley, Mary became founder of San José Strong, a grassroots organization to reinvent San José for and by the community.

New Ballet

New Ballet is San Jose’s leading ballet organization, with a professional company and the area’s only American Ballet Theatre Certified School. Founded in 2016 by Artistic Director and Resident Choreographer Dalia Rawson, New Ballet performs a full season of classical and contemporary in downtown San Jose. New Ballet School offers classes for students ages 2.5 to pre-professional, as well as drop in classes for adults, providing expert ballet training with a focus on dancer physical, emotional and mental health.

Playboyz

Playboyz Incorporated is a street dance crew based out of San Jose. Established in 1981 keeping the culture and traditions of our elders.

Parangal Dance Company

Parangal’s mission is to give tribute to Philippine heritage by preserving and promoting ethnic attire, music, and dance through research, workshops, and performances. Parangal aims to serve as a bridge, inspiring and connecting Filipinos in diaspora to their roots to give them a sense of pride and identity, while educating diverse communities to foster awareness and appreciation of Philippine arts and culture.

Red Thistle

Artistic Director – Red Thistle Scottish Dancers

Principal Instructor – San Jose School of Highland Dancing

The Red Thistle Dancers are a non-profit organization dedicated to sharing and performing the country and highland dances and music of Scotland throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and at international festivals around the world.

San Jose Jazz

 
San Jose Jazz presents the David Lechuga Trio. David is a San Jose-based guitarist, a 2022 awardee of the SJZ Jazz Aid Fund and a performer in this year’s SJZ New Works Fest. He’s a fixture in the Bay Area live music scene, performing in diverse genres as an in-demand bandleader, freelancer and soloist. David is a Distinguished Graduate in Jazz from Sonoma State University, where he studied with Randy Vincent, and a Masters candidate at Mills College, where he studied under Roscoe Mitchell. He recently performed at the 2022 Jazz Plaza Festival in Havana, Cuba.

Casulo by Rosangela Silvestre (Healing)

Experience Casulo performed by Rosangela Silvestre, choreographer, instructor, dancer and creator of Silvestre Technique, gracing the Mosaic Festival stage from Bahia, Brazil! Casulo explores ALAFIA (the confirmation of positivity that anything can happen), IROKO (the Ancestral Presence in all trees that protects and calls attention to the destruction of Nature), CASULO (living in honor to what is giving) and LIFE (giving attention to everything that is happening without control).

Simorgh Dance Collective

 
Farima Berenji’s training and experience with the Farima Dance Company, inspired her to begin a worldwide collaboration with other traditional dancers and musicians in the Simorgh Dance Collective, a world community of expert and emerging artists devoted to cross-cultural dialogue and artistic collaboration in traditional, classical, and sacred dance styles of the Silk Road.

sjDanceCo

Maria Basile is co-artistic director/choreographer/performer for sjDANCEco. She has received several nominations and awards including the 2010 Arts Council Silicon Valley Artist Fellowship for Performance, the 2009 “Isadora Duncan Award” nomination for Best Performance, and the 2014 LiveBlessay award for Best Dancer/Actress from BayAreaDanceWatch. Maria has choreographed for the Cabillo Music Festival, Opera San Jose, Midsummer Mozart Festival, SJSU Opera Theater, Mission Dance Company, and performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C., among others. Currently, she teaches dance at SJSU, De Anza College, San Jose City College, Mission College, West Valley College and holds a BS in Dance from University of Oregon.

South Bay Capoeira Collective

Irmandade-San Jose we believe in positive energy, attitude and integration.
We hold classes together for adults, children and senior citizens, this provides a perfect social balance and harmony. Our learning process is done in a very natural way without any unnecessary pressure. We are committed to developing strong individuals both mentally and physically . The true art of Capoeira takes time; it cannot be learned overnight. With commitment and proper training anyone is capable of learning Capoeira.

Starrz Dance Academy of Performing Arts

Starrz Dance Academy of Performing Arts (SDAPA) is a Bollywood Dance company dedicated to inspire the young souls to love the art of dance. We believe that dance keeps a soul happy. Our focus is on tapping the interest in each and everyone who comes to us, from an adult to a child who is as young as 3, and foster a true love in them on this form of art. We give our best dance training in a fun and creative.

The Get Down / Brian “Rapaido” Rapido (Hip Hop)

 
At The Get Down, we are home to freestylers and street dancers alike with a focus on hip hop, funk, afro and Latin street styles. We live by the motto that dance is a tool to build relationships. With this motto, our goal is to nurture the inner dancer and to provide a safe space where individuals can build and grow their artistic expression.

Xpressions – Srividya Eashwar

 
Mosaic Fellow Srividya Eashwar founded Xpressions in 2002 with an idea to promote the beautiful traditions of Indian Folk Dances. Xpressions mission is to develop, promote and sustain ethnic dance practices from India and around the world and to serve as a cultural resource to engage and enrich the community.