I thought here is my home

(2010)

Choreographer: Wan-Chao Chang

Where can be my home land? Where can I root?

I devote myself to the lands where I was born, were I was raised, were I moved to, and where I see as my home... but really, can I call it home, where I have been called Alien or Non-Local?

'Go back to where you belong to!'- I heard the voice toward 1st, 2nd, 3rd,... Nth generation immigrants, many others like my grand-parents and my parents in Indonesia as ethnic Chinese, my parent and myself in Taiwan as newer Chinese immigrant, and myself in US.

Seeking... the land where I can build home, the heritage I can carry with me and go beyond.

"Keep Her Safe, Please! Jakarta 1998" (Scene III)


Composor: Jason Jong Musicians: Eric Chang, Jason Jong, Kenji Chienshu Liu, Michael Wong, Marvin Yee Dancers: Wan-Chao Chang, Emelie Mahdavian, Miriam Peretz, Jade Raybin, Hannah Romanowsky, Kristen Sague Costumes: Wan-Chao Chang Lighting Design: Cathie Anderson Camera: Silvia Matheus 
Oct. 16, 2010Fort Mason Center Cowell Theater, San Francisco, CA, USA
Work-in-Progress Presentation
Music: Excerpts from "Poem of Chinese Drum", by Yim Hok-man, from Master of Chinese Percussion; Music composed by Wan-Chao Chang, Jason Jong
Dancers: Aliah Najmabadi, Tara Pandeya, Jade Raybin, Hannah Romanowsky, Kristen Sague, Wan-Chao Chang
May 8, 2010Festival of the Silk Road, Mexican Heritage Plaza, San Jose CA, USA
Work-in-Progress Presentation
Dancer: Wan-Chao ChangMusic: Excerpts from "Gendair Cello Flute Piano", by Singgih Sanjaya, from Indonesia Postmodern Vol. 1Camera: Silvia Turchin / Loren Robertson Productions
October 11, 20092nd Sundays, CounterPULSE, San Francisco, CA, USA