America's Got Bollywood at Cleveland Asian Festival For Immediate Release May 5, 2015 Cleveland, OH - The Cleveland Asian Festival delights their attendees each year with dozens of colorful acts representing culture from all over Asia. The Cleveland Asian Festival has also become known for bringing in a national act each year as a special treat. This year get ready for America's Got Bollywood. The 2015 Cleveland Asian Festival will feature the Mona Khan Company, a critically acclaimed Bollywood dance & fitness company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their dance troupe has an extensive repertoire which includes performances with numerous Bollywood singers and actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Shaan and Shankar Mahadevan. In 2010, the Mona Khan Company (www.monakhancompany.com) was chosen out of 70,000 acts across the nation to be in the Top 48 on the NBC show, America's Got Talent, Season 5! The company has also performed at NBA half-time shows, and they represented Bollywood dance at the prestigious San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival. In 2013, they were invited to perform at an Inaugural Ball in Washington D.C. in honor of President Obama's second term in office. More recently, the troupe was featured at the Oprah Winfrey tour "The Life You Always Wanted." Attendees will have an opportunity to see the Mona Khan Company both on Saturday and Sunday at the Cleveland Asian Festival. Other featured performances include a Lion Dance, Dragon Dance and a look at Cosplay and Asian anime. With two performance stages featuring acrobatics, martial arts, music and dance in colorful costumes ranging from traditional to modern, the Cleveland Asian Festival offers something for all tastes. Performance Committee Chair Yin Tang said, ""The Cleveland Asian Festival continues to bring vibrant Asian culture to the city through colorful song, dance, and martial arts." See the most current schedule of performances at http://clevelandasianfestival.org/2015/performance About the 2015 Cleveland Asian Festival The 2015 Cleveland Asian Festival will be held May 16th & 17th, 2015 on Payne Ave between East 30th and East 27th Street in Cleveland. Admission and Parking are free. Major Festival sponsors include Consolidated Solutions, Horseshoe Casino, Cleveland Public Power, Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District, ImageLab Media Services, Asia Plaza, Key Bank, Third Federal, Cuyahoga Community College, Kent State University, Cleveland Clinic, US Bank, Time Warner Cable and Ohio Savings Bank. Contact To learn more about the Cleveland Asian Festival Performers Yin Tang at yintangdance@gmail.com To learn more about the Cleveland Asian Festival Johnny Wu 1419 East 40th Street Cleveland, OH 44103 Office: 216.539.4634 http://clevelandasianfestival.org ### ------------------------- Johnny Wu O: 216.539.4634 Dynamic Multicultural Branding Video Production Branding www.mdifilm.com inducted into The International Indie Filmmakers Hall of Fame for Outstanding Achievements in Film Editing 2013 Minority Business Entrepreneurs Award Recipient Co-Producer One World Day - Celebrating 99 Years of Cleveland Cultural Gardens The event hosted by the Cultural Gardens for the Gardens August 23, 2015 http://www.clevelandculturalgardens.org/ Co-Founder/Co-Chair Executive Committee Cleveland Asian Festival May 16-17, 2015 www.ClevelandAsianFestival.org VP of Organization and Public Relations OCA-Cleveland Chapter "Embracing the Hopes and Aspirations of Asian Pacific Americans" OCA Image TV- reaching over 200 million viewers each month OCA AsiaTown Voice - 88.7FM Sundays 7pm-8pm, reaching 9000 listeners monthly worldwide OCA Interactive Kiosk - Interactive Tablet at several AsiaTown locations to promote AsiaTown. www.ocagc.org OCA AsiaTown Voice Radio - Sundays 7pm at 88.7FM or listen online at www.ocagc.org/imagetv Administrator Cleveland IndieClub www.clevelandindieclub.com www.FaceBook.com/groups/ClevelandIndieclub St. Clair Superior Development Board Member Cleveland Museum of Art's International Cleveland Community Advancement Task force AsiaTown Masterplan Inducted into International Karate and Kickboxing Hall of Fame Inducted into World Head of Family Sokeship Council 2014 Legendary Master of the World Head of Family Sokeship Council