Performers

Friday Night Opening Session

Commissioned by the Dallas Institute of Humanities and Culture and The Dallas Morning News for the Opening Night of the 2016 Dallas Festival of Ideas. Poetry by Joaquin Zihuatanejo and film by Andrew Holzschuh.

Music: Jason Davis and his Quartet
Film: Andrew Holzschuh
Dance: Kimi Nikaidoh, Artistic Director of the Bruce Wood Dance Project
Music: So So Topic with a visual collaboration from typographer Peter Wood
Music:  Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy

Jason Davis, Saxophonist	Bruce Wood Dance Project	Andrew Holzschuh, Filmmaker
Peter Wood	So So Topic	Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy

SATURDAY | 9:30AM – 5:00PM

Festival Headquarters Women’s Museum Performance Stage

9:30 AM – Join the Mexican Dance Troupe from the Young Women’s Leadership Academy at Bill Arnold – Grand Prairie for a dance performance.

10:30AM – A life-long musician from Santurce, Puerto Rico, join Nestor Salazar for a hand full of bohemian, afro-Caribbean tunes.

11:30AM – Chamber music with the Cézanne Quartet.

12:30PM – Nruthyashakti Indian Dance Academy Colorful and fast paced, Indian folk dances highlighting the primary emotions, mood and journey of the culture.

1:30PM – The Horace Bray Jazz Trio Former guitar chair of the University of North Texas’s prestigious One O’Clock Lab Band, soak in the tunes of Horace Bray, Mike Luzecky (bass) and Matt Young (drums)

2:30PM – JK Wong Kung Fu Tai Chi / Lion Dance Immerse yourself in the culture of Chinese percussion, Kung Fu / Tai Chi and the traditional movements and colors of the Chin Woo Lion & Dragon Dance Team.

3:30PM – S-Ankh Rasa: Sounds of Africa A treasure of music and culture in Dallas, S-Ankh Rasa takes you on a journey through the sounds of Africa to the Diaspora and Beyond.

4:30PM – Live Collaborative Painting with Terrence Lewis and Erika Krivda Two DFW visual artists, Erika Krivda and Terrence Lewis collaborate live through paint in the culminating performance of the day.

Performances curated by Public City, Journeyman Ink, and Dr. Gorilla