Burgess, Dana Tai Soon <br/><br/>
Chino and the dance of the butterfly :  a memoir  
Dana Tai Soon Burgess 
 - Albuquerque, New Mexico  University of New Mexico Press  2022 
 - 326 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates :  photographs, portraits ;  22 cm 
<br/><br/> Santa Fe, the city different --  Origins --  Monarchs --  Migration --  Chinos --  Intrigue at court --  Earliest influencers, early mentors --  The karate kid --  Taking charge (sort of ) --  Finding my place at the University of New Mexico --  The monarch finds his flight pattern --  Welcome to Washington --  Continuing education --  Bringing Asian American experiences to the forefront in dance --  Collaboration comes calling --  My call to dance diplomacy --  Pakistan: flashlights, flashpoints, footwork, and firestorms --  Korea: elbows, elders, excellence, and emotion --  Peru: terrorism, toe shoes, tempers, tempo, and tracings --  Deepening artistic connections: John Neumeier and the crafts --  Nam June Paik and the electronic superhighway --  Creating opportunities, creating art --  Honoring the Ballets Russes at the National Gallery of Art --  The Kreeger Museum: a jewel box in the center of DC --  Alighting at the National Portrait Gallery: becoming the first choreographer-in-residence --  Dancing for a presidential administration --  I still wait for butterflies.  Preface: 
<br/><br/> "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 danced that has informed his life" -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0826364268 9780826364265 9780826364272 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2022937719 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Burgess, Dana Tai Soon
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>2000-2099  <br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Choreographers--United States--Biography.<br/>Asian American gay men--Biography.<br/>Autobiography--Korean American authors.<br/>Modern dance--United States--21st century.<br/>Biography & Autobiography--Entertainment & Performing Arts<br/>Biography & Autobiography--Personal Memoirs<br/>Biography & Autobiography --LGBTQ+<br/>Choreographers<br/>Modern dance
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>United States
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label>
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV1785.B857  / A3 2022 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>792.8209 Bur   13