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Santa Cruz-Bay Area ART & DANCE EVENTS
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ARTIST PERFORMANCES
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These are the performing groups founded by local Santa Cruz artists/teachers. Call them to book a gig and check their websites for performance schedules.
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DOMU AFRICA
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Domu Africa is a West African band showcasing traditional percussion on a variety of African drums and vocals from Islamic influenced praise singing and Baye Fall chanting from the Griot histories of Senegal, West Africa.
The combination is powerful and mesmerizing, guaranteed to make you dance!
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GAMELAN ANAK SWARASANTI
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Gamelan Anak Swarasanti, based in Santa Cruz, California, is an award-winning Balinese gamelan orchestra performing professionally throughout the San Francisco Bay Area and beyond in a wide variety of settings.
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GAMELAN SWARASANTI
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Gamelan Swarasanti is a Balinese Gamelan orchestra supported by UCSC and members of the Santa Cruz community that plays both the four-tone Gamelan Angklung style of gamelan, and the processional or marching Gamelan Beleganjur.
. ("Swarasanti" means "The Sound of Peace")
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SambaDa
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SambaDá is based in Santa Cruz, California and was formed in 1997 by native Brazilian Papiba Godinho who brought together a group of artists to create music that would fuse the rhythmic base of folkloric Brazilian percussion and vocals with contemporary instruments.
SambaDá (prounounced SAMBA-DA) performs original and popular dance music, which draws upon various styles within the Brazilian genre as well as incorporating reggae, funk, rock, rap and hip-hop with a Brazilian twist.
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WATSONVILLE TAIKO
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Led by Ikuyo Conant, Shinsei Daiko seeks to present a refined art form and presentation of Taiko drumming, combining drumming with folklore, mythology and symbolism.
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