Afsaneh Art & Culture Society - Ballet Afsaneh

Afsaneh Art & Culture Society’s Ballet Afsaneh, better known as Ballet Afsaneh and doing business as Afsaneh Arts, presents the dance, music, and poetry of the historic Silk Road regions of Central Asia. The organization reaches an audience of 10,000 each year through its professional performing company and educational programs. Ballet Afsaneh’s dancers and students perform in theaters, festivals, museums, universities, and at community events in the Bay Area and throughout the United States. This grant to Afsaneh Arts supports the Performing Arts Program’s Communities strategy.

The mission of Ballet Afsaneh—the flagship professional performance program of Afsaneh Art and Culture Society—is to present the dance, music, and poetry of the historic Silk Road regions from the China Sea to the Mediterranean. It is the only performing arts group in the Bay Area that focuses on these art forms of Central Asia. In addition to presenting both performances, the Afsaneh Dance Academy teaches traditional dance forms as a way to bring students into its performing company and deepen their connections with Central Asian culture.