Performances Schedule
A very popular area every year, the performance stage features dance and music performances by local and international artists. The performances highlight not only the richness of Turkish culture, but also Turkey’s connections with the Balkans, the Caucasus, the Middle East and Central Asia. Previous performers included the Silkroad Dance Company of DC, Turku Band from North Carolina, The Balkanics from DC, Ismail Lumanovski from New York City, Blue Star Dance Company of North Carolina, Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble of Washington, DC, The Washington, DC Turkish Folk Dance Troupe, Near East Music Ensemble of DC, Ishtar Band of Pennsylvania, Ilhan Ozulu of DC Turkish Folk Music Group, Husnu Aydogdu of DC, and many more.
2010 TURKISH FESTIVAL STAGE PROGRAM IS COMING SOON!
2009 Turkish Festival Stage Program
The 2009 Turkish Festival Stage Program Emphasizes Turkey's Unique Ties
with the Balkans, the Caucuses, the Mediterranean, Central Asia and the
Middle East.
Sound Technician: Mr. Wali Ashparie
DJ and Stage Manager: DJ Turk
11:00 Opening Remarks
11:15 Turkish Folk Music by Turku
12:00 Turkish Folk Dance Performances
Village Girls of Thrace by Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble
Zeybek of the Aegean by Washington DC Turkish Folkdance Troupe
Potpourri and Kafkas Show by the Bluestar Dance Company
Trabzon, Dance of the Fish from the Black Sea, by Washington DC
Turkish Folkdance Troupe
The Harvest Dance by Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble
1:00 Mediterranean and Anatolian Folk Songs by Guitar performed by
Zafer Cımbıl
1:30 Connections: From Azerbaijan to the Macedonia
Azeri Dances:
“Terekeme” By Arezou Azar and Alasgar Farhadov
“Tulip (Daughter of Spring)” By Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble
“Azeri Saucer Dance” Nomad Dancers
Macedonian Dances:
By Aleksandrija Macedonian Folk Dance Ensemble (KUD Aleksandrija)
2:00 Classic Turkish Folk and Bellydance Music by Ishtar Band
2:30 Turkish Festival Committee Acknowledgements
2:35 Ciftetelli: Ladies Dances
Turkish Ciftetelli By Washington DC Turkish Folkdance Troupe
Macedonian By KUD Aleksandrija
Crimean Tatar Ciftetelli By Nomad Dancers
Spoon Dance by Raqs Jameel Joy of Motion Teen Dance Company
3:00 Turkish Folk Music by Turku
3:30 From the Mountains of the Caucasus to the Steppes of Central Asia
by Silk Road Dance Company
4:00 Kids Art Contest Winners Award Ceremony
4:05 Turkish Folk Dance Performances (order of dances to be confirmed)
Zeybek of the Aegean by Washington DC Turkish Folkdance Troupe
Harvest Dance by Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble
Potpourri and Kafkas Show by the Bluestar Dance Company
Trabzon, Dance of the Fish from the Black Sea, by Washington DC
Turkish Folkdance Troupe
The Village Girls of Thrace by Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble
5:00 Traditional and Contemporary Turkish Music by the NY Gypsy All Stars
5:55 Raffle Drawing
6:00 End of the Festival