Welcome to the Caravan! Bringing you the Best in World Music and Dance
CONTACT INFO

Caravan World Rhythms Society
#557-1917 West 4th Ave..
Vancouver, BC
V6J 1M7
email:caravan@telus.net
www.caravanbc.com
Tel: 778-886-8908

Caravan World Rhythms Society
Mission Statement


Caravan World Rhythms, founded in 2000, is a non-profit charitable organizations whose mission is:
* To provide high-quality, engaging live cultural entertainment with artists from a diverse range of cultures and backgrounds

* To increase the general public's understanding of the different traditions of music and dance.

* To provide the public with the experience of "spirit" that underlies the expression of tradition-based music and dance

* To provide talented local world musicians and dancers more opportunities for exposure and integration into the local art scene.

* To develop new ways for audiences to participate in cultural events, sharing in the experience of music making and movement.

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Caravan Sponsors and Supporters

Caravan would like to thank the following generous supporters:

- Dept. of Canadian Heritage
- City of Vancouver Office of Cultural Affairs

We would also like to thank our sponsors:

- The Georgia Straight
- The Rosedale on Robson Suite Hotel
- Omni Diversity Television

Caravan World Rhythms

UPCOMING EVENTS
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May 18 & 19, 8pm
Balinese Music & Dance Spectacle
GAMELAN GITA ASMARA
www.gitaasmara.ca
as part of
GONG! The Gamelan Festival
Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre
Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, SFU
(149 W. Hastings St.)
Tickets $15 advance / $20 Door
Family Pack (two adults and children) $30
On Sale Online at www.brownpapertickets.com
And at Highlife (1317 Commercial)
& Banyen Books (3608 West 4th Ave.)
PRE-SHOW TALK: 7:15-7:45 EACH NIGHT
INDONESIAN FOOD FOR SALE 6:30PM-8PM
Gamelan Gita Asmara’s annual concert this year brings an ambitious mix of classical, modern, rockin', and sweet music and dance, all highlighting the growing virtuosity of Vancouver’s own 25-piece gamelan devoted to the best traditional arts of Bali. This year they are joined by guest musician I Dewa Made Supartha, and guest dancers Keiko Ninomiya, and direct from Bali for the first time, 14-year old Ni Putu Suci Pramesti, led by dance director Ni Putu Widiantini.

WORKSHOPS:
Gamelan Music Workshop - Saturday May 19, 4:30 - 6pm
Balinese Dance Workshop - Sunday May 20, 4:30 - 6pm
TO PRE-REGISTER: Call Meris at 778-772-1121

A CO-PRESENTATION WITH SFU WOODWARD'S
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY THE CONSULATE GENERAL OF INDONESIA
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also part of GONG! THE GAMELAN FESTIVAL:

Sunday May 20, 8:00 pm
Contemporary Music for Javanese and Sundanese Gamelan
featuring Gamelan Alligator Joy and VCC’s Gamelan Si Pawit with Full Performing Bodies

Music by John Cage, Jon Siddall, Michael O’Neill, Mark Parlett and Sutrisno Hartana
Choreography by Henry Daniel
Tickets $15/$12 students & seniors at Banyen and Highlife,
online at www.sfuwoodwards.ca

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June 13, 8pm
Balkan Beats Master
SHANTEL
Anarchy and Romance DJ Session
www.bucovina.de
Presented with Beats Without Borders

With Special Guests
BURINATO DUO
www.burinata.com
LADY RA

and Special Guest Bellydancer
RAHEL
www.raheldance.com

RED ROOM ULTRABAR
(398 Richards St.)

Tickets $20 advance / $25 door
Online at brownpapertickets.com
Order by phone 1-800-838-3006.
Or at Highlife (1317 Commercial), Beatstreet, Zulu, and Boemma Deli (Burnaby)
COMBO ticket for this show and the Jill Parker-Luciterra Tribal Belly Dance show on June 16th (see below) for $35 ($5 discount)

Famed for his Bucovina Club in Frankfurt, Germany, which he founded following a trip in search of his family roots in Bucovina - a region now split between Ukraine and Moldavia – Shantel has spearheaded the revival of Gypsy Music and Balkan Beats all around the world.
A BBC World Music award recipient, he has performed from Glastonbury to Roskilde and from East to West in Europe, with residencies in Istanbul, Rome, Vienna and Zürich, as well as several German cities. His new brand of pop music covers the sounds of Central Europe, the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and beyond.

Also performing are Vancouver's Turkish DJ's Burinata Duo, and Beats Without Borders Lady Ra (a long-awaited return appearance!), plus the talented belly-dancer Rahel! A night that won't be forgotten soon!


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Saturday June 16
Doors 8pm / Show 9pm
Luciterra Dance Productions presents
VELVET SMOKE

A Gala Evening of Bellydance
featuring from San Francisco
JILL PARKER
www.jillparkerbellydance.com

PLUS over a Dozen Guest Dancers

Tickets $20 Adv / $25 door
Available online at www.brownpapertickets.com
Call 1-800-838-3006. Or at Highlife (1317 Commercial)

Luciterra Dance Company presents Jill Parker (San Francisco), the momma of the modern Tribal Fusion Bellydance movement.  Gala show will be headlined by Jill Parker herself, in the flesh, and will be featuring Luciterra, and a stellar line up of the finest professional bellydancers in British Columbia.

Line up includes:
Ala Nar
Tha Fae
Tamara
Belly Belly Hip
Candace Aldridge Sanchez
Dounia Dance Collective
Lisa Marie Allen
Floreo
Dahab Dance Collective
Rahel
Scarlet Lux
Luciterra
and
JILL PARKER
Caravan Board of Directors
Gregory Byrne
Amy Levinson
Minder Banwait
Anne Healy

Artistic Managing Director
Robert Benaroya

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