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Topic “Performing Arts”

For our final installment on the SF Ethnic Dance Festival, dancer/choreographer Rasika Kumar discusses her artistic process and her take on cultural fusion (versus collaboration) in dance and music.

Joy Tang | Fri, Jun 10th- 12:04pm | Abhinaya Dance Company, Dance, Rasika Kumar, san francisco ethnic dance festival, San Jose Taiko, Events, Performing Arts

Eric Solano of Parangal Dance Company talks about Filipino artistic traditions, and the delicate dance involved in honoring your mentors while creating contemporary work.

Joy Tang | Thu, Jun 9th- 11:56am | Eric Solano, Parangal Dance Company, san francisco ethnic dance festival, Events, Performing Arts

Rumia brings together eighty dancers from 10 different Tahitian dance companies, bringing disparate Tahitian dance styles into an exploration of freedom and unity.

Joy Tang | Thu, Jun 9th- 12:03am | Aaron Sencil, Dance, hui tama nui, san francisco ethnic dance festival, Tahitian dance, Events, Performing Arts

The San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival, now in its 33rd year, is a huge, 5-weekend extravaganza that features 50 performance companies working within traditional music and dance genres. But as many of us living in the Bay Area already know, it...

Joy Tang | Wed, Jun 8th- 12:16pm | Abhinaya Dance Company, Dance, hui tama nui, Parangal Dance Company, san francisco ethnic dance festival, San Jose Taiko, Events, Performing Arts

Our Own Song

Before Nobuko Miyamoto became a chopstick activist, she was probably best known for her role in what is commonly dubbed as the first Asian American...

Margot Seeto | Mon, Oct 31st- 5:15pm | A Song for Ourselves, charlie chin, Chris Ijima, yellow pearl, Food and Agriculture, Issue 23: Bittersweet - Spring 2011, History, Music, Performing Arts

photo by Michael Lamont

 

“Krunk” is Asian flush magnified exponentially; “Krunk Fu” is causing flush on someone else -- by kicking their ass while you are krunk.

Ken Choy | Tue, May 24th- 12:07pm | Blogger Column, East West Players, Krunk Fu Battle, Performing Arts

Speaking in Tongues

Fresh out of college, I used to put "spoken word poet" on my resume. I know — this is the equivalent of adding something like "mime" or  "bucket drummer" to your work experience — but did I mention I was an angsty Asian college kid in...

Dino-Ray Ramos | Mon, Oct 31st- 4:59pm | Activism, Front of the Book, Issue 23: Bittersweet - Spring 2011, Performing Arts

This Chinese American cinematographer's creative genius would garner him 10 Academy Award nominations and two wins – at a time when he also came head to head with anti-miscegenation laws and strong anti-immigrant sentiment.

Victoria Yue | Fri, May 13th- 9:08pm | APAH month, cinematography, film, filmmakers, James Wong Howe, Diaspora, Film Festivals, History, Immigration, Performing Arts, Politics, Profiles, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice

Three Asian Americans took home the Pulitzer Prize this year. We offer a recap and bio of the recipients.

 

Robin Lapid | Mon, Apr 25th- 1:45am | Books, Opera, Pulitzer Prize, Reporting, Books Section, Community, Culture, Media, Music, Performing Arts

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