LLD's 1st NEW WORKS Festival!

Asian Improv aRts and API Cultural Center Present

Interdisciplinary dance works and film by artists from the Bay Area, NYC, and London

Lenora Lee Dance (LLD) is thrilled to present its 1st NEW WORKS Festival with performance works & film by choreographers Lynn Huang, Amber Julian, Flora Kim (NYC), SanSan Kwan, Lenora Lee & Moyra Silva Rodríguez, Johnny Huy Nguyen, Catalina O’Connor, Dazaun Soleyn.

Three performances only!

Friday, April 10, 2026 at 8pm

Saturday, April 11, 2026 at 8pm

Sunday, April 12, 2026 at 3pm, plus post-show discussion with the artists (?)

Performances will begin on time, please arrive early.

Dance Mission Theater

3316 24th Street (between Mission & Valencia), San Francisco, CA 94110

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ABOUT LENORA LEE DANCE

For the last 18 years Lenora Lee Dance (LLD) has pushed the envelope of intimate and large-scale multimedia, immersive dance performance connecting various styles of movement/dance, film, text, research and music to culture, history, and human rights issues. LLD’s works are set in both public and private spaces, inspired by individual stories as well as community strength. From the proscenium, to even underwater, the company’s pieces are site-responsive and immersive calling audiences into deep engagement with the work and environment. Through partnerships, LLD’s work has grown to encompass the creation, presentation and screening of films, museum and gallery installations, civic engagement, and educational programming signifying the power of art as a movement for change. www.LenoraLeeDance.com, IG: @LenoraLeeDance

ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Flora Hyoin Kim Han (choreographer / dancer - NYC) is a Korean American dance artist, choreographer, and educator born in Seoul, South Korea, raised in Boston, MA, and currently based in New Jersey/ NYC. Flora believes that dance is a universal language and she strives to bring inclusivity, empowerment, and joy to individuals and communities through the power of dance. Her ultimate vision is to use dance as a healing tool to connect, uplift and restore freedom and strength within us.

Lynn Huang (choreographer / dancer - SF) is a dancer, writer, and GYROTONIC(R) trainer. Originally from New York City, she arrived in San Francisco via Beijing, where she studied at Minzu University of China on a Fulbright grant. Trained in ballet, modern, and Chinese dance, she holds a BA in English literature from Barnard College, and has danced with New York based HT Chen & Dancers, compani javedani, among others and has performed throughout the US and Beijing. She currently dances with Lenora Lee Dance and was a 2023 Asian Improv Arts fellow. IG: lynnxspirals

Onyx is an all-Black, femme dance collective rooted in traditions such as Hip Hop, Afrofusion, and House. Led by choreographer Amber Julian, their work explores vulnerability and challenges the stigmas surrounding softness and resilience. Through movement, Onyx honors healing, ancestry, and Black visibility, blending tender and powerful expressions to embody the radical act of being fully seen.

SanSan Kwan (choreographer - SF) is chair in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley. Performance: Lenora Lee Dance, Chingchi Yu, H.T. Chen and Dancers, Maura Nguyen Donohue, among others. SanSan premiered her own work, titled Two Doors, in 2025. SanSan is also a dance scholar. Books: Love Dances: Loss and Mourning in Intercultural Collaboration, Kinesthetic City: Dance and Movement in Chinese Urban Spaces. Articles: Dance Research Journal, TDR, Performance Research, and more. Awards: 2024 Dance Studies Association Mid-Career Award, de la Torre Bueno© Book Award, Isadora Duncan Dance Award, Beatrice Manz Faculty Award. https://sansankwan.wixsite.com/my-site

Lenora Lee (artistic director, festival curator) The company is directed by San Francisco (Yelamu) native Lenora Lee, who has been a dancer, choreographer and artistic director for the past 27 years. She has been an Artist Fellow at the deYoung Museum, a Djerassi Resident Artist, a Visiting Scholar at NYU 2012-2016, a 2019 United States Artists Fellow, an Artist in Residence at Dance Mission, Pao Arts Center, and ArtsEmerson.

Johnny Huy Nguyễn (choreographer / dancer - SF) is a Vietnamese multidisciplinary dance artist based in unceded Ramaytush - Ohlone territory (SF), incorporating movement, theater, text, ritual, installation, and humor to interrogate the social, political, and cultural forces that shape us. Nguyễn is a 2023 United States of Asian America Festival Featured Artist, 2022 Isadora Duncan Dance Award recipient, and 2021 APAture Festival Featured Artist. His work has been presented by 500 Capp St, and Asian Art Museum. His dance films have shown at CAAMfest, Sans Souci Festival, Contact Dance International Film Festival (Canada), Dance Camera Istanbul (Turkey). IG: johnny.huy.nguyen

Catalina O’Connor (choreographer / dancer - SF) is a modern/contemporary dancer & teacher. She is currently teaching with LINES Ballet Community Programs, Shawl-Anderson Youth Program, and Nagata Dance. They have had the honor to work with Lenora Lee Dance, pateldanceworks, Rogelio Lopez & Dancers, Andrew Merrell/Slack Dance, Davalos Dance, Chingchi Yu, and Andi Salazar/A Pulso Dance Project in various Bay Area theaters as well as beautiful nature spaces like the National AIDS Memorial Grove and the Yerba Buena Gardens. IG: @catalina_oconnor Facebook: Catalina O’Connor https://sites.google.com/view/catalinaoconnorportfolio/home

Moyra Cecilia Silva Rodríguez (filmmaker, choreographer, dancer - London) from Lima, Peru, holds a Master’s in Dance Anthropology and a Bachelor's in Communication Science and Arts. Her Chinese-Peruvian heritage influences her exploration of art and identity, blending academic research with movement and visual arts. Awarded by the 2023 Economic Stimulus for Cultural and Arts Industries, Instituto Cultural Peruano Norte-Americano, Festival Artes Escenicas Lima, the German Federal Foreign Office, and Goethe-Institut, she is an Erasmus Mundus scholar (2020-2022). www.moyrasilva.com / @moyra_silva

Dazaun Soleyn (choreographer / dancer - SF). With an intention to create art that aims to illuminate the human soul, Dazaun Soleyn (he/she/they), has presented work in the Bay Area since 2013. He received a BFA in Modern Dance Performance and Choreography from the University of South Florida and continued his dance education at the Alonzo King LINES Ballet Training Program. Recently, Dazaun graduated from California College of the Arts with a Masters in Architecture (MArch). Dazaun is an adjunct professor at the University of San Francisco, a Gyrotonic Instructor, Reiki Master and Apprentice Herbalists. His mediums include dance, architecture, sculpture and interactive installations.dazaunsoleyn.org social media: dazaun_s. website: dazaunsoleyn.org

Images: 1) Johnny Huy Nguyễn, photo by Robbie Sweeny. 2) Claire Fisher, Dazaun Soleyn, Jordon Dabney, photo by Kimara Dixon. 3) Catalina O'Connor, photo by Robbie Sweeny. 4) Amber Julian. 5) Flora Kim Han, photo by Joan Dwiartanto. 6) Stacey Yuen, Tatianna Steiner, Iu-Hui Chua, Frances Sedayao, photo by Robbie Sweeny, courtesy of SanSan Kwan. 7) Lynn Huang, photo by Robbie Sweeny. 8) Moyra Silva, courtesy of LLD

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