I’m pleased to be performing Lost Chinatowns (solo) at the invitation of Joy Brooke Fairfield as part of the Contemporary Performance Series at Rhodes College.  The series features artists working at the intersection of multi-media performance and cultural ritual — Enzo V. Toral (Peru/Chicago), DJ Siphne Aaye (Memphis/New Orleans), and myself — and is part of the Memphis Fringe Festival organized by Voices of the South.

Lost Chinatowns is a solo dance-theater work that explores the invisibilized histories of Santa Cruz’s Chinatowns from 1860-1955. Santa Cruz, now known for being the ultra-liberal “leftmost” city of the US, was once a center for virulently xenophobic anti-Chinese racism in California. “Lost Chinatowns” brings these forgotten histories to life while making connections between the historical othering of Asian bodies and current racialized xenophobia in the era of Trump.

June 8-9, 2019

McCoy Theater

Rhodes College

Ticket information and exact show times TBD

http://voicesofthesouth.org/performancedetails/86/FRINGE-FESTIVAL