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PERFORMING
ARTS
Seoul
Music: Where Korean Sanjo Meets New York Jazz
In this contemporary interpretation of
the sanjo
genre, acclaimed musicians are joined on Asia Society's stage by
Grammy-winning jazz artists for a night fusing Korean music, American
jazz and blues, and klezmer traditions in one memorable performance.
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ASIAN
AMERICAN INTERVIEWS
Meet the
Woman Shattering Gender Barriers in Competitive Lion Dancing
When
Sara Lai,
a Chinese-American New Yorker, was recently inducted as a permanent
member of the New York Chinese Freemasons, she became one of the
first women ever to join Chinatown's prestigious lion dancing crew.
In a conversation with Asia
Blog, Lai discusses what sparked her interest in the
Chinese cultural tradition at a time when many of her fellow
Millennials have turned away.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
How a
Rural Chinese Town Unwinds
Zhang
Xiaowu is an art teacher
and freelance photographer who has spent his whole life in Rui'an, a
rural town in China's Zhejiang Province transformed by four decades
of economic reform. In this stirring set of images, Zhang documents
Rui'an's changes through the lens of leisure and entertainment.
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