Promo Code (50% off): AAPIFRIENDS
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) are pleased to present an evening of beautiful, diverse, and vibrant AAPI Dance with performances from the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, H+ / House of Chow, and the J CHEN PROJECT.
Please note this is Day 1 of a two-day festival. Day 2 is on Sunday, Jan 15 at Ailey Citigroup Theater (more info here). If you would like to attend BOTH DAYS, we encourage you to reserve a 2-Day Pass at the special price of $30. We hope you'll join us for both showcases!
PROGRAM:
7:30 pm – Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
“Like endlessly proliferating forces of cosmic energy” says the NY Times. This showcase celebrates the diversity of the dances from the iconic Asian American choreographer Nai-Ni Chen. From her traditional repertoire comes a beautiful, traditional Triple Peacock Dance with music by composer Tao Chen highlights the beauty of nature; Incense, an deeply spiritual contemporary dance reflecting on her memory of the corridor of an ancient temple where incense were burned to send message to the gods. The showcase will end with an excerpt from Mirage, celebrating Nai-Ni Chen’s journey into the Silk Road where she witnessed the dynamism of the dances of the Uyghur people and the powerful whirlwind of the Gobi desert. Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company is represented by Red Shell Mgmt in booth 209, Rhinelander Gallery in the APAP Conference at the Hilton.
8:00 pm – J CHEN PROJECT
This program aims to elevate the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) experience at a turning point in American history. It fosters healing, learning, and connection through the power of dance. It aims to deconstruct old forms to reclaim and demarginalize AAPI stories by reimagining the past, present, and future through an Asian American cultural lens.
8:30 pm – H+ | House of Chow
H+ | House of Chow presents #UnapologeticallyAsian, a dance homage in four acts dedicated to our ancestors’ dreams, to our parents’ dreams, and to our dreams. This Hip-Hop Dance repertory piece elucidates the complex conversation on establishing a legacy that honors our past, is relevant to the present, and sustains into the future for all Asians. Join us on an emotional journey that explores cultural traumas both experienced and inherited, their effect on the current generation of Asians, and the paving of a bold path towards a life unapologetically lived. Learn more @house.of.chow or hdcny.org/houseofchow
