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A-Squared Asian American ​Performing Arts Festival
co-presented with Links Hall


October 20–23, 2016 at 7 pm
Links Hall
​Studio A
3111 North Western Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60618


The A-Squared Asian American Performing Arts Festival features four 
evenings of contemporary dance, music, performance art, puppetry, sound art, spoken word, and theatre by American artists of Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese, and Vietnamese descent.

On Saturday October 22 at 5:15 pm, there will be a sight, sound and taste installation delving into the interaction of memory, rapid development and food inspired by Hoi An's outdoor night culture and the diverse Vietnamese cuisine derived from China, France, America and the indigenous people of Vietnam.

Featured Artists:
  • Tatsu Aoki with Julia A. Miller, Eblio Barilari, and Jamie Kempkers 
  • A-Squared Theatre featuring A Girl's Gotta Do, etc. by Julia Izumi, directed by Brian Balcom, performed by Helen Lee, Karissa J. Murrell Myers, and Jennifer Zhang
  • eedahahm with Lee Chul Woo 
  • TJ Medel
  • memory vs. memory (Ly Hoang Ly and Patricia Nguyen)
  • Dahlia Nayar, Margaret Paek, and Loren Kiyoshi Dempster
  • Mitsu Salmon
  • Myra Su with Allyson Gonzalez and Cynthia Campos Costanzo
  • Rohan Zhou-Lee and Kitt Lyles

Curated by A-Squared company members Hope Kim, Cary Shoda, and Giau Truong

​This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

 The festival is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council and the Crane Group.

The presentation of 2125 Stanley Street by Dahlia Nayar was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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