The performance at the Dancing Moons Festival showcases Huang Ruo's oratorio "Angel Island" and marks its Bay Area debut featuring an additional eighth movement. This collaborative effort includes Del Sol Quartet, Volti, and Oakland Ballet, with lighting and costume innovations to enhance the narrative. The work draws from San Francisco Poet Laureate Genny Lim's translations of poetry from Chinese immigrants at Angel Island's Immigration Station, highlighting a rich yet often overlooked aspect of American history, particularly regarding the Chinese-American experience of discrimination and immigration.
"Despite so many collaborators, and contributions by seven choreographers, it's a seamless production," Lustig says. "We have 12 dancers in the company and it became a jigsaw puzzle."
"I didn't learn that history until I was in college," Lee said. "It opened my eyes to the historical discrimination against Chinese in America."
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