Reception to follow.

ADMISSION:
Admission is free.

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DESCRIPTION:
Join us for the launch of Beyond the Monolith, a long-term series of events at the USC Kaufman School of Dance designed to uplift the important, diverse, and multifaceted voices of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) artists, and to increase representation and engagement with their creative work. 

Directed by USC Kaufman faculty Achinta S. McDaniel, the first event will feature screenings of award-winning dance films by Kaufman students and faculty. Kaufman BFA students will perform excerpts of new works by renowned dancer-choreographers Yin Yue founder of Yin Yue Dance Company, NYC) and Peter Chu (chuthis., Las Vegas). Yue and Chu will then join the Kaufman artists for a conversation about creating work and navigating the professional dance world in a panel moderated by USC professor Bonnie Oda Homsey, which will include filmmakers Hayden Rivas and Ryan Phuong and USC professor Tiffany Bong and McDaniel.

Program:
•  Films:
   Construct of One, Hayden Rivas
   Embrace, by Ryan Phuong
    Firebrand Sway, by Achinta S. McDaniel and Saam Gabbay, Blue13 Dance Company
•    Student Performances
•  Panel Conversation

Presented by USC Visions and Voices. Organized by the USC Kaufman School of Dance. Reception hosted by USC Kaufman Board of Councilors member Jennifer Cheng, with additional support provided by Board of Councilors member Sue Tsao and faculty member Bonnie Oda Homsey.

Photo (Achinta S. McDaniel): Nisha Sondhe
Photo (Peter Chu): Levi Walker
Photo (Tiffany Bong): Chris Emerick
Photo (Yin Yue): Steven Trumon Gray