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Other Collectives and Promoters
A non-profit society dedicated to bringing Vancouver the best in Traditional World Music, Arts & Dance.
Producers of the hottest Bhangra dance parties on Canada's West Coast!
The Positive Party Event!
Planning a trip to Finland? Don't miss CrossBorders nights!
Record label and event organizers of majik nights in Japan
Presenting unique nights with a Gypsy Flair extending the borders of artistic creation - in forms of Music, Dance, Visual Art, Culinary Extravagance (San Francisco)
Super fun night of Bhangra Beats & Treats (San Francisco)
Vancouver International Folk Festival
Not your granny's folk festival!
Promoters of local Celtic music, dance, spoken word, theatre, film, art, crafts and Highland sports.
Where to get the good stuff
A place you can go to acquire some of the fabulous music you dance to
at Beats without Borders events... bring the dancefloor to your own living
room!
Headliners
Producer of top-notch Ethno-fusion & DJ of the finest in Global Groove.
Adham Shaikh is a stellar World Fusion composer, producer and sound designer.
Janaka
Selekta
Janaka’s skills were recognized by the San Francisco community
in 2004 when he received the Reader’s Poll Award for Best DJ (SF
Guardian).
Founder of the Third Eye Tribe, a sonic collision where infectious beats, heavy basslines and smooth vocal stylings meet.
Spinning a masala that brews sounds from the Middle East and Balkans with rhythms of the Asian underground and electric Brazilian vibes.
Layla’s current musical style proudly reflects her Middle Eastern heritage by incorporating the organic feel of Arabic and Indian musical traditions into her sets.
Portland's Ambassadors for the Asian Underground!
Slicing Timothy eating his lunch up the funkiest selection of breaks and beats for over a decade, Timothy Wisdom is the instigator of fun.
Past Performers
BellyBellyHip Bellydance Troupe
The only Tribal Bellydance troupe in BC.
Nick Woolsey & Play Poi Studio
Learn to spin Poi & play with fire, or hire Nick to make your event especially memorable.
Study flamenco and set your soul on fire!
Extraordinary Goddess Nathalie LaChispa dances & teaches a fusion of Eastern styles, from Bellydance to Kathak to Flamenco and more.
... a pioneering musician specializing in sitar, oud & fretless guitar
A hip hop dance/MC troupe dedicated to education on the roots of hip hop.
Reinterpreting midieval poetry through rap & rhyme.
A troupe of absolutely fabulous bellydancers!
Site of Tanya Evanson, who describes herself as a lover, writer and
griotte.
Hamsa Lila
Hamsa Lila is inspired by earthy trance grooves from a variety of cultures, including North and West Africa, the Americas, India and the Caribbean.
Vancouver based theatrical bellydance that includes men!
The hottest live Bhangra on the West Coast!
Sponsors
"Six Degrees is an eclectic, independent music label that produces
and markets genre-bending, accessible recordings that explore world music,
ambient, folk, contemporary classical and intelligent pop music."