[2:30pm Star Anise Stage]
Anuradha has been performing worldwide for over 25 years. In 1989 she was awarded the prestigious Jacqueline LeMieux Prize by the Canada Council, making her the only Indian classical dancer to receive this high honor. She was bestowed the title of Sringar Mani, “Artistic Jewel”, in Bombay after her performance at the Kal-Ke-Kalakar Festival in 1990.
With an Honors BA in Philosophy and a Master of Fine Arts in Dance, Anuradha combines artistry with scholarship. Numerous study grants and honors have allowed her to continue research and study of ancient Sanskrit texts. She has been on the faculty of various universities around Austin, such as University of Texas, St. Edward’s, Southwestern, and currently, Austin Community College.
Anuradha has been actively involved in teaching youth in many capacities. In Canada she participated in artist-in-residence teaching programs, workshops, and lecture-demonstrations in public schools. In Austin, she has been a teacher with Ballet Austin’s Leaps and No Bounds Program in AISD schools. Through One World Theatre, she presents assembly performances on Indian dance and culture in Austin area schools. She also performs innovative children’s shows as a part of other groups such as Cowboys and Indians: A Wild West Multicultural Show, Dance For World Peace: Dances Around the World, and Circle of Light: Holidays Around the World.
Anuradha is also an active performer and collaborator in Austin today and also continues to renew her ties with the Canadian dance scene. In addition to performing solo and participating in the Kalanidhi Dance Festival in Toronto, she collaborates with many artists and companies including Ballet Austin, Kinesis Dance Theatre Project, Tapestry Dance Company, Sally Jacques, Tina Marsh, and Canada’s critically acclaimed world music ensemble, Tasa.
http://www.austindanceindia.com

[1:45pm Star Anise Stage]
Austin Chinese Chanson Choir was founded in September 2006 on the day of the traditional Chinese Moon Festival by a group of long time Chinese residents in Austin who love to sing. The choir currently consists of about 30 active members with 2/3 being female singers. The choir practices are on a bi-weekly basis.
The choir is conducted and directed by Ms. Shelley Chen with piano accompaniment from Betty Lin.

[11:45am Star Anise Stage]
Austin Taiko performs Japanese drumming. The word taiko means "great drum", and has been used in the Japanese culture for many years in festivals and celebrations. Playing taiko is a combination of art and sport and requires many hours of weekly practice to be able to play in unison and to memorize the complicated patterns.

Enjoy the great drum sounds and stick around for a chance to try out the drums yourself.

http://www.austintaiko.com

[12:25pm Star Anise Stage]
Chen Rui is a professional coach from Guangdong Province, China. She started learning Wushu (Chinese martial arts) when she was eight years old. From 1988 to 2000, she won many city, provincial, and national championships in Dao Shu (blade technique), Gun Shu (staff technique) and Nan Quan (southern fist). She guided many outstanding young martial artists and led national martial arts teams in numerous countries. Her accomplishments have brought her national and international recognition. She frequently participates as a judge in several martial arts competitions around the world.
In March 2005, she accepted an invitation from California Governor Schwarzenegger to become a judge and a performer in a martial arts competition. The event served as a martial arts and cultural exchange program between China and the US. In addition, she serves as an advisor to Wah Lum Kung-Fu of USA (www.wahlum.com) which has more than twenty branches and over one million students throughout the States. She was also hired as the martial arts Head Coach of Jin Long (Gold Dragon) Kung Fu Institute in San Diego. On May 17, 2008, she participated in the San Diego Grand International Martial Arts Competition and won the Nan Quan championship in the elite blackbelt category. In November 2008, she competed at Tiger Claw Elite Championships at Disney's Martial Arts Festival. She won three division championships and two national grand championships: adult contemporary forms and adult traditional forms.
http://taidekungfu.com

Enjoy bumpin tunes from DJ KIeNETIC throughout the day at the Star Anise Stage.

[4:05pm Star Anise Stage]
Under director Chizuko Matsumoto, the Hanayagi Japanese Dance Academy has been providing classical and folk dance lessons to students of all ages. The Keep Austin Spicy Festival will feature some beautiful dances presented by students of the Academy.
http://home.earthlink.net/~hanayagi

[12:30pm Star Anise Stage]
Since it was established over 25 years ago, Hawaiian Kona Isle has entertained at local and state-wide events, private parties, country clubs and charitable events. This is the most experienced professional Hawaiian dance troupe in Austin.

Hawaiian Kona Ilse will present a sampling of Polynesian dances.
http://www.hawaiian-kona-isle.com

[3:15pm Star Anise Stage]
Hum A Cappella is a South Asian a cappella singing group from the University of Texas. Since 1999, Hum has been singing all around UT’s Campus, the city of Austin, and even across the country to entertain people with both Indian and American songs. Comprised of UT students, the members of Hum arrange their own songs themselves, and with their love of music and South-Asian culture, hope to spread their passion with anyone and everyone who listens to them perform.

[3:00pm Star Anise Stage; 3:20pm Papaya Interactive Tent]
Jampa Mackenzie Stewart, M.S.O.M., L.Ac., Dipl.Ac. is the founder and director of the Healing Tao Institute in Austin. He is a Senior Qigong Instructor, certified by the Universal Healing Tao. Learn one of the oldest, yet perennially popular forms of exercise in the world. In the 2nd century A.D., the great Chinese physician Hua Tuo created a physical, energetic and mental exercise system based on the movements and spirit of five animals: the crane, bear, deer, monkey, and tiger. Develops strength, balance, focus, flexibility, courage, and calmness. Used successfully by thousands of people to regain health and fitness and treat chronic diseases.
Catch Jampa's demonstration on the main stage at 3:00pm, then head over to the interactive tent where he will conduct a workshop.
http://www.healingtaoinstitute.com

[4:45pm Star Anise Stage]
Jhankaar performs musical folk-fusion spices..er..pieces, from different parts of India in regional languages. The group is comprised of vocalists, tabla artists, keyboardists and guitarists. It brings together music rendered in traditional Indian ragas and beats peppered with instrumental and vocal ensembles influenced by Jazz music.
http://www.jhankaar-austin.com

[2:00pm Saffron Artists Table]
A Kolam is a sort of painted prayer — a line drawing composed of curved loops, drawn around a grid pattern of dots. Kolams are thought to bestow prosperity to homes. Every morning in southern India, millions of women draw kolams on the ground with white rice powder. Through the day, the drawings get walked on, rained on, or blown around in the wind; new ones are made the next day. Every morning before sunrise, the floor is cleaned with water. Kolam is not as flamboyant as its other Indian contemporary, Rangoli, which is extremely colourful. It can get very intricate and complex and has been the subject of Mathematics PhD dissertations.

[4:00pm Star Anise Stage]
Laya Dance Collective will be performing dances from two different regions of the Philippines. The first dance, Pandanggo Sa Ilaw/Oasiwas, is dance medley that requires grace and balance. Pandanggo sa Ilaw is a dance from Mindoro Province, Philippines. It consists of three tinggoys, or oil lamps, one balanced on the head and two on the palms. Oasiwas meaning “swinging” in Pangasinan dialect depicts the celebration of the fishermen after a good catch. This festive dance is performed by balancing an oil lamp on the head while circling in each hand oil lamps wrapped in porous cloth.
The second dance, Sambi sa Malong or Kapa Malong Malong, illustrates the versatility of the woven cloth, MALONG. It is a traditional tubular cloth made of handwoven cotton that can function as a skirt, a blanket, a sunshade, bedsheet, a hammock, prayer mat, and even a weapon of combat. It is also a means of transporting harvest and carrying children.

[2:00pm, Papaya Interactive Tent] Love Yoga Co-op is a collective of Austin's Yoga teachers who teach under the same roof, share responsibilites of running the Yoga studio, and have collectively brought the practice of Yoga to hundreds of students. Today some of the teachers will share their different styles of Yoga practice. http://www.loveyogacoop.com

[1:00pm Star Anise Stage]
Reetu Jain has trained and performed nationally and internationally for over 27 years. Her repertoire includes Indian classical (Bharat Natyam, Kuchipudi, Kathak, Odissi), Bollywood, Indian Folk and Gypsy (Garba/Raas, Bhangra, Rajasthani, South Indian), East African, American Tribal Style Bellydance, Flamenco basics and fusion dance methods.
Reetu Jain's Pangea Beat will collaborate with the Rajamani Ensemble to fuse world music and dance styles and create a unique and eclectic performance.

[11:15am, 12:55pm. Star Anise Stage]
Oliver Rajamani, born and raised in TamilNadu, India, is a renowned world music artist who is credited for keeping alive: the ancient vanishing Tamil folk music and Culture, and the nomadic and devotional musical styles of India. Music critics have distinguished Rajamani as an "artist who has redefined Gypsy Music by taking it back to India (homeland of the Roma Gypsy) to its original roots" and "literally destroying borders."
Rajamani's live shows are spiritually uniting and melodically soothing, rhythmically energizing, technically breathtaking and historically educating. Rajamani's music crosses many cultural, religious, and musical boundaries. Its spiritual essence allows people from different ethnic backgrounds and belief systems to connect to their own true spiritual identity
The sounds and rhythms that flow naturally out of Rajamani are an essence of his own diary of his life thru birth, travel, education and spirituality. The musical styles range from India, Middle East, European Roma, Latin, Africa, to North American folk, and also includes music of the nomads of India. These Indian nomadic tribes stretch all the way from the South of India into the Middle East such as the Dom and into the European Rom (also derogatorily known as Gypsies) tribes.
Discover Austin's best kept secret at the Star Anise Stage at 12:55pm in a collaboration with Pangea Beat. Also catch Rajamani and Zoe at the start of the festival for the Rhythm of the Soul Yoga workshop.
www.oliverrajamani.com

[3:30pm Star Anise Stage]
Rayhan is a Chinese-American who grew up in Austin. She has been playing the piano since she was 5 and she has won many awards from local, state, national and international piano competitions. She was awarded as First Prize Winner in the Bradshaw & Buono International Piano Competition in New York, and was invited to play in a concert at Carnegie Hall in May, 2008.
Besides piano, Rayhan also likes to sing. The well known Austin vocal coach Shelley Chen has taught Rayhan for 3 years. Rayhan won 1st place at Central Texas Singing Competition in 2008. She enjoys singing and playing piano for New Hope Nursing Home on the weekends as her community service project and was received the President’s Volunteer Service Gold Award from the President’s Council.

[11:15am Star Anise Stage]
This Special yoga class taught by Zoe Mantarakis and Oliver Rajamani combines vinyasa flow with live music that guides you inward during your practise. Sacred Indian music reflects the rhythm of the soul and invites a remembrance of the divine within each of us. The physical practice of yoga flow becomes a moving meditation set to music. The overall experience is one of uplifting union between body, mind and spirit.
Zoe Mantarakis has found a passion for life within her yoga practice and it is this that she shares in each of her classes. Known for her uniquely sequenced and challenging yoga flows, she infuses her teaching with her knowledge of yogic philosophy. Some of her most profound influences have come from the Anusara tradition of yoga, with its eye for anatomical alignment and appreciation of tantric yoga philosophy. She has led workshops focused on yoga for beginners, athletes, and advanced practitioners.

[Free Henna all afternoon. Cinnamon Family Zone]
Megan Sela started working with henna in 2000 after finding a box in an Indian grocery store. After much experimenting and practice she began providing henna tattoos at parties, large events and private appointments. She really enjoys the organic and flowing designs it produces and only uses all natural paste she mixes herself.
http://www.seladesign.com.

[2:00pm Star Anise Stage]
JAUH-SHIANG SHELLEY CHEN is a native of Taiwan. Before coming to the USA, she studied music in Taiwan and Japan MUSASHINO Conservatoire, majoring in voice performance. She also received a certificate from the Royal Schools of Music in London. Miss Chen continued her music study at UT-Austin, the Huston-Tillotson University and earned her Masters degree in music performance from Texas State University in San Marcos. As a vocalist and pianist, Shelley has performed many concerts in the US and Taiwan and received numerous professional vocal competition awards. In 2006, she performed as soloist before the Governor of Texas and Mayor of Austin. In 2004, Miss Chen was invited by the Taiwanese Government to perform the La grandeur concert in the famed National Concert hall in Taipei. Most of her performances were broadcast live over national television and radio stations and were reported by media and press in Taiwan and in the US. Shelley currently teaches at the Austin Chinese School and gives private music lessons.

[4:15pm Star Anise Stage]
Spicy Senoritas is a group of ladies who came together because of their passion for Indian dance and desire to showcase their talent in performances that reflect various styles of Indian dance including bhangra, bollywood, kathak and folk dances. Featuring Indu Vaidya, an experienced and accomplished dancer with over 20 years of experience performing, teaching and choreographing to tunes of Bollywood, modern, hip-hop, classical and folk music. Ruchika Dias has been trained in Indian dance including Kathak and Bharatnatyam and has performed and choreographed various stage dances going back to her school days in Mumbai, India. Niki D’Mello, Pearl Paul, Lisa Mahendru and Madhu Gour are all very enthusiastic bollywood dancers with some training but most importantly a lot of talent for this art.

[1:30 to 4:00pm. Throughout the festival grounds]
Stamp Lab (Cheryl Coward, Ana-Maurine Lara, and k. terumi shorb) and affiliated artists present "Piri!", a series of interactive performances throughout the Fiesta Gardens space.
"Piri" is a Japanese onomatopoeia to describe the sharp heat on the tongue when eating spicy food. This performance installation explores that heat. Look for mysterious frozen people and slow walkers. If you're not paying attention, you might miss us! Stamp Lab is a performance collective dedicated to creating fearless and socially relevant theatre, performance art, and multi-media. Stamp Lab has won the ArtSpark 2008 Festival Best Theatre Prize for the play HUSH, and FronteraFest 2009 "Best of Week" and "Best of Fest" for the play T.A.G. "Piri!" is directed by kt shorb.
http://www.stamplab.org

[4:30pm Papaya Interactive Tent]
Suni Nair has been teaching, dancing and choreographing Bollywood dances for over 10 years. She will present a dance workshop which will feature a brief introduction and history of Bollywood dance, as well as an interactive dance lesson set to the Oscar-winning hit song "Jai Ho" from the film "Slumdog Millionaire."

Once you've learned your moves, you can help us to create Austin's largest synchronized Bollywood dance! 

Join Suni for her workshop at the Papaya Interactive tent at 4:30pm, then come over to the Star Anise Stage for the group Bollywood Dance and the finale concert by Indian Folk music band: Jhankaar.

[12:45pm Saffron Artists Table]
Suminagashi is the ancient Japanese technique of decorating paper with inks. It is believed to be the oldest form of marbling, originating in China over 2,000 years ago and practiced in Japan by Shinto priests as early as the 12th century. Suminagashi, which means literally "ink-floating" involves doing just that. Japanese Sumi-e inks were originally used, dropped carefully to float on a still water surface and then blown across to form delicate swirls, after which the ink was picked up by laying a sheet of white rice paper atop the ink covered water.
Jinji Willingham is a bamboo consultant, educator, & landscape designer. She is Bamboo Curator of Casa de Luz, Grove Manager of the Town Lake Bamboo Grove, and Director of “Farm-to-Market,” the horticultural fundraising program for schools.
http://www.bamoo-logic.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_marbling

[12:15pm Star Anise Stage]
Texas Dragon/Lion Dance Team (TDDT) is an Austin-based lion dance team that has performed since 2000. Their goal is to share, and in many cases introduce, the art of lion dancing with the community. They are one of the few lion dance teams that perform year-round, for various cultural events, schools, festivals, and weddings. Please visit their website at www.tddt.org to learn more. Look out for the Dragon/Lion Dancers on the Star Anise Stage at 12:15pm and follow them out to the Tamarind Food Court as they inaugurate the festival with a blessing to the food!
http://www.tddt.org

[1:30pm Star Anise Stage]
Twyla & Bill have been specializing in teaching and drumming to Saidi Cane routines. It is an upper Egyptian dance known for its appeal to the festival or street faires of the country. It is playful and earthy; and Twyla has studied with many masters in perfecting the art of the saidi cane."
http://www.twylabellydance.com