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SUMMARY:Dana Tai Soon Burgess
LOCATION:Oxford Community Center\, 200 Oxford Road
URL:https://shoplocaldelmarva.com/events/dana-tai-soon-burgess-2026-10-09/
DESCRIPTION:he Oxford Community Center (OCC) welcomes internationally accla
 imed choreographer\, author\, and cultural ambassador Dana Tai Soon Burges
 s and members of the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company\, Washington\, D.
 C.’s preeminent contemporary modern dance company\, for a unique evening
  combining conversation\, storytelling\, literature\, and live dance on Fr
 iday\, October 9 at 5:30 p.m. The event offers audiences an intimate look 
 inside the life and creative work of one of the nation’s most distinguis
 hed choreographers. The Washington Post hails Burgess and his eponymous Co
 mpany – “not only a Washington prize\, but a national dance treasure.
 ”         Burgess will discuss his award-winning memoir\, Chino and the
  Dance of the Butterfly\, in an onstage conversation with Margaret Anderse
 n. Their discussion will explore Burgess’s remarkable personal and artis
 tic journey\, his multicultural heritage\, the development of his career\,
  and the experiences that have shaped his choreography. Members of the Dan
 a Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company will bring the conversation to life throu
 gh live dance excerpts of the Company’s signature work\, giving the audi
 ence an opportunity to see how memory\, identity\, history\, and personal 
 experience are translated into movement.This special OCC presentation offe
 rs audiences something rarely experienced in a traditional performance set
 ting: the opportunity to hear the story behind the dance and then see thos
 e ideas expressed through movement onstage.         Burgess founde…\n\n
 https://shoplocaldelmarva.com/events/dana-tai-soon-burgess-2026-10-09/
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