JOIN US on October 8th at Corlears Hook Park for Not Your Mother’s Pan-Asian Festival Volume 2! Featuring Dancers Unlimited, Sun Kim Dance Theater, Minbuza, Saung Budaya, Kevin Toyo, gorno & suzuki, Kinding Sindaw, and Urvashie Kissoon.

Yong / Zhu (勇/竹. Inspired by part of her parents’ Chinese names: yong (bravery) and zhu (bamboo), the choreographer Linda Kuo created this piece as a duet with her 6-year-old, honoring the legacies of her parents and the values they instilled in her to live and love with the strength and tenacity of the bamboo. The kāʻekeʻeke or Hawaiian bamboo drums are traditionally used in Hula. For this contemporary performance, Kuo uses the bamboos gifted by Uncle Calvin Hoe, a Native Hawaiian master instrument maker.

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