Dance spans cultures

Peggy Myo-Young Choy is producer of the Asian-American dance series.

Attempting to bridge the span in both space and culture from East to West, two concerts of Korean and Korean-American dance will be featured on campus this weekend.

Peggy Myo-Young Choy, associate lecturer in dance and producer of this series, says her dance re-envisions what it is to be an Asian woman in America. She will perform her work, “Outsider/Insider: Asian American Journeys,” 8 p.m., Friday, in the Margaret H’Doubler Theater in Lathrop Hall. Senior Jeff Miller will accompany her in two pieces inspired by the Korean women who served as sex slaves to Japanese military men during World War II.

Truman Lowe, professor of education and art, will collaborate with guest artist Dana Tai Soon Burgess in his latest work, “Helix,” which premiered at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.

“Across Bridges of Masks and Song: Dance and Music of Korea” will showcase singing, mask dance and instrumental music by four master performers affiliated with the National Center for Korean Traditional Performing Arts. This Saturday concert, which also will integrate Korean and English song, will be 8 p.m. in the State Historical Society auditorium.

These performances are free and open to the public as part of the Asian American Studies Program symposium, “Re-Searching Asian American Studies: Critical Issues for the 21st Century.” For information, call 263-2976.