World Arts West Dance Festival Weekend One

Start: Saturday, July 18, 2026 4:00PM
End: Saturday, July 18, 2026 6:00PM

The Festival will be presented over three weekends in July, August and September. This year our Festival theme is “Legacy of Liberation!” We will be joined by Delina Patrice Brooks of Delina Dream Productions who created a four part documentary, Bare Soles Bare Soul, in partnership with Clenched Fist Productions and OLU8 Films. We will also view three short films by Ishami Dance Company: Ancestor Song, Because You're a Woman, and Teele Dharo. Ishami Dance Co-founder Ishika Seth, will join our question and answer session for the films as well. ?Finally, World Arts West will share a short compilation of archival footage highlighting recently digitized as part of our Multicultural Archiving Project (MAP).