Members with Ballet Afsaneh and Amir School of Music perform during a celebration of Nowruz, the Persian New Year, at the Mitchell Park Bowl in Palo Alto. Audience members were invited to dance with the performers at the finale. Nowruz is a 13-day celebration of the arrival of Spring.

Shanti, declined to give last name, a student with Ballet Afsaneh, performs during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Ballet Afsaneh performs during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Ballet Afsaneh performers, from left to right, Genevieve Hodge, Svetlana Pivchik, and Marjorye Maciel dance during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Ballet Afsaneh performer Genevieve Hodge dances during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Shanti, declined to give last name, a student with Ballet Afsaneh, performs during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Svetlana Pivchik, with Ballet Afsaneh, dances with audience members during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Ballet Afsaneh members dance with audience members during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Amir Etemadzadeh, right, with the Amir School Of Music, plays the Daf during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Ballet Afsaneh performer Genevieve Hodge dances during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Shanti, declined to give last name, a student with Ballet Afsaneh, dances with audience members during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group) 
Ballet Afsaneh performer Genevieve Hodge dances during “Celebrating 13 Days of Nowruz” at Mitchell Park in Palo Alto, Calif., on Sunday, March 30, 2025. Nowruz, the Persian New Year, is a 13-day celebration marking the arrival of spring. (Nhat V. Meyer/Bay Area News Group)