Kennedy Center Presents 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY— PICTURE PREVIEW

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Kennedy Center 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY
Photo: Dean Alexander

WHEN:

June 18–23, 2024

WHERE:

Kennedy Center Opera House
2700 F St NW
Washington, DC 20004

TICKETS:

$ 29   +

For more information and tickets visit the Kennedy Center website.

Kennedy Center 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY
Artists of Houston Ballet in Disha Zhang's ELAPSE Photo: Amitava Sarkar Courtesy of The Houston Ballet
Kennedy Center 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY
Choreographer Phil Chan Photo: Eli Schmidt
Kennedy Center 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY
Artists of Houston Ballet in Disha Zhang’s Elapse Photo: Amitava Sarkar, courtesy of the Houston Ballet
Kennedy Center 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY
Phil Chan rehearsing during the Kennedy Center's Office Hours Residency Photo by Jati Lindsay
Kennedy Center 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY
Washington Ballet in Brett Ishida's HOME COMING Photo by Mena Brunette
Kennedy Center 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY
Washington Ballet in Brett Ishida's HOME COMING Photo by JayLee Media

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...10,000 Dreams: A Celebration of Asian Choreography features two repertory programs of works, including several East Coast premieres, all by Asian and Asian-American choreographers performed by acclaimed ballet companies from across the U.S. The celebration will also include a special one-night-only event with national and international artists on June 21 with a focus on the contributions of Choo San Goh, the late Singaporean-born choreographer of Chinese descent who served as resident choreographer and associate artistic director for The Washington Ballet for nearly a decade and was hailed artistically for his major contributions to the ballet field...

PROGRAM A

Tuesday, June 18–Thursday, June 20, 2024, at 7:30 p.m.

 

home-coming (Britell and Nyman/Ishida)

The Washington Ballet

The Veil Between Worlds (Davis/Liang)

Pacific Northwest Ballet

New Work - TBA

Ballet West

 

SPECIAL ONE-NIGHT ONLY EVENT HONORING CHOO SAN GOH

Friday, June 21, 2024 at 7:30 p.m.

 

Momentum (Prokofiev/Goh)

Singapore Ballet

Amber Waves (Ruo/Chan)

Dancers from Ballet West

Ballade (Fauré/Goh)

Goh Ballet featuring dancers from National Ballet of China

A Tribute to Marian Anderson (Brahms/Burgess)

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company

Fives (Bloch/Goh)

The Washington Ballet

Work performed by Georgia Pazcoguin

 

The evening will also include special guest speakers Phil Chan, Georgina Pazcoguin, Chan Hon Goh (niece of Choo San Goh), Janek Schergen, and more.

 

PROGRAM B

Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 1:30 p.m. & 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 23, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.

 

Elapse (Xiaogang/Zhang)

Houston Ballet

Fives (Bloch/Goh)

The Washington Ballet

New Work - TBA

Ballet West..."

Kennedy Center 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY
Washington Ballet in Choo San Goh's FIVES Photo by Dean Alexander

Photos Courtesy of The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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