The de Young Museum, Asian Improv aRts, Chinese Historical Society of America, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center and Donaldina Cameron House present

Miyoshi Sketches & The Escape

Miyoshi Sketches is a new work by composer Francis Wong created with the support of Individual Artist Commissions of Cultural Equity Grants. This work features Tatsu Aoki and Chizuru Kineya, shamisen (Japanese 3 string lute), Yangqin Zhao on yangqin (Chinese hammered dulcimer), Jim Norton and Francis Wong on woodwinds, Wayne Wallace on trombone, Melody Takata on taiko, Karl Evangelista on guitar, and Deszon Claiborne on multiple percussion. In addition to Miyoshi Sketches the ensemble will also perform two older compositions by Wong entitled La Chine Africaine (for my mother), and Dream. www.franciswong.net

The Escape by Lenora Lee Dance with Kei Lun Martial Arts & Enshin Karate, South San Francisco Dojo. Featuring media design by Olivia Ting, music by Francis Wong, text by Genny Lim, and cinematography directed by Tatsu Aoki, filmed by Ben Estabrook & Eric Koziol. The Escape is inspired by stories of women who had become vulnerable upon arrival into the U.S. during the early 20th Century. The piece seeks to shed light on the experiences of these women in the context of the social history of the period for Chinese in America as well as for women in the society as a whole with the struggles and achievements of the 20th Century Women’s Movement, which took on such issues as child labor and human trafficking. www.LenoraLeeDance.com

Friday, May 17, 7pm
Koret Auditorium, de Young Museum, Golden Gate Park
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive • San Francisco, CA 94118
For more info http://deyoung.famsf.org/
The Escape is part of the de Young Artist Fellows project, funded
by James Irvine Foundation’s Innovation Fund & the Institute of Museum and Library Services/Museums for America.