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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Meet Asian American Choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess
Description: Today we’re closing our celebration of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month by re-visiting our 2017 conversation with the acclaimed Washington DC-based dancer and choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess. Burgess and I spoke as his dance company was marking its 25th anniversary; so, the podcast is a retrospective of his philosophy and vision as a pioneering Asian American choreographer as well as a look at his first quarter century creating and leading the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company-- a company the Washington Post has called “a national dance treasure.” In this podcast, we discuss his backgrou...