Book Signing
"Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly"
A Memoir by Dana Tai Soon Burgess
Wednesday, September 28, 2022, at 6:00 pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
(Limited space. RSVP required)
Renowned Korean American modern-dance choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess shares his deeply personal hyphenated world and how his multifaceted background drives his prolific art making in Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly. The memoir traces how his choreographic aesthetic, based on the fluency of dance and the visual arts, was informed by his early years in Santa Fe, New Mexico. This insightful journey delves into an artist’s process that is inspired by the intersection of varying cultural perspectives, stories, and experiences. Candid and intelligent, Burgess gives readers the opportunity to experience up close the passion for art and dance that has informed his life.
Burgess will be interviewed about his memoir and answer audience questions. Dancers from his acclaimed company will also perform excerpts from their repertoire.
Burgess will sign books before the program and during the reception after the program. Copies of the book, published by University of New Mexico Press, will be available at the Arts Club for $24.95.
Recent quotes about the book:
“Burgess makes art with movement. His memoir illuminates how he has navigated his hyphenated world as a gay Asian American man and his metamorphosis as an artist. Finding strength in diversity, his artmaking brings multiculturalism, social justice, and equity to the forefront in the universal language of dance. His voice is honest, open, and important.”—George Takei
“Dana Tai Soon Burgess has written a memoir as intimate, delicate, and, ultimately, beautiful as the dances he creates. Anyone interested in how an artist develops should read this book.”—Michael M. Kaiser, president emeritus of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
“Dana Tai Soon Burgess is a spellbinding storyteller in words no less than movement. With this memoir, he entrances readers as he has so long entranced audiences, with scene after scene of an extraordinary and transformative life.”—Susan Choi, author of Trust Exercise: A Novel
The event includes an interview with the author followed by a book signing reception.
Discounted parking after 6 pm at 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
RSVP now online. Members can also call (202) 331-7282 or email dining&artsclubofwashington.org.
Online payments are non-refundable. Paid tickets can be canceled online for an account credit up to 48 hours before the event. Members can canceled their reservation without a penalty until the day before the event.
