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The Finest Asian American Performances
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Portland Taiko presents the
finest o f four region's Asian Pa­
cific American performance at
ArtExplosion! Asian Pacific
American Performing Arts Fes­
tival - celebrating contemporary
and traditional dance, music and
th ea ter.
T he
first-e v e r
ArtExplosion will feature a dy­
namic range ofbeauty, intensity,
drama, and the many diverse
c u ltu res o f A s ia n /P a c ific
America.
Portland Taiko has discov­
ered a veritable explosion o f
Asian American art in our re­
gion and will showcase 18 artists
and ensembles - over 100 per­
formers in all - at a series o f four
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specti ve disciplines. The per­
formers will draw from their
roots in V ietnamese, Chinese,
Indonesian, Indian, Hawai­
ian,
Ja p a n e se ,
Nepalese and Per­
sia n c u ltu re s.
Sharing excel­
lence in artis­
tic integrity,
th e p e rfo r­
m ances w ill
span the uni­
verse o f ex ­
p re s s io n s ,
ranging from
traditional to
c o n te m p o ­
rary, sacred
to secular,
and folk to
classical.
T h e
ArtExplosion
Fam ily M ati­
nee on Satur­
day,June 23,will
treat families to
the Chinese rod
p u p p e try
of
Dragon Art Stu­
dio and the col­
orful celebration
o f youth p e r­
formers from the
Cambodian, Chi­
n e se, H m ong,
Lao, Samoan, In­
dian, Japanese
and other Asian
American com­
munities.
The M atinee
will also feature
p e rfo rm e rs
from: The C am ­
b o d ian D ance
Troupe o f O r­
e g o n , H m ong
Cultural Dance
from the Asian
Fam ily Center,
P acific Islan d
C o u n c il
of
American dancers, musicians, O regon’s Samoan Dancers,
and actors. Many o f the per­ and United Voices o f the
formers on these evening pro­ Am erican Friends Service
grams are masters o f their art Com m ittee Latin/Asian Pa­
forms and leaders in their re- cific Program.
events. The first, a Brown Bag
Lunch Artists’ Dialogue, will be
a free public dis-
cussion with the
evening program
artists on M on­
day, June 18
noon at th<
M u ltn o m a h
County Public
Library. The
ArtExplosion
Evening Con­
certs on Fri­
day and Sat­
urday nights,
June 22 &
23, w ill
p resen t
o u r
r e g i o n ’s
most ac-
c o m -
plished
Asian/
Pa­
cific
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