1.4 We Rise Together - with Lenora Lee

Choreographer, Dancer, and Artistic Director Lenora Lee joins Michelle, Dara, and Kazumi to discuss her dance company's current work-in-progress "And The Community Will Rise," a series of site-specific, multimedia, and immersive dance performances that incorporates the stories of community members living in Chinatowns across the country. Lenora shares about her beginnings as a dancer and artist in San Francisco and how she came into her process of working with immigrant communities to transform their experiences into dance. The performances of Lenora Lee Dance blend time, forge connection, and call attention to the ways people overcome the trauma of immigration and exclusion.

Show Notes and Full Episode Transcription here: https://tinyurl.com/wewontmove-4