Leaving Pusan

Leaving Pusan

“Leaving Pusan” is based on my grandmother’s emotional and physical departure from Korea in 1903. She voyaged to Oahu, Hawaii where she would work on the Del Monte plantation her entire life. 

-Dana Tai Soon Burgess

15 minutes in length, 6 dancers
Choreography
Dana Tai Soon Burgess
Music

Jason Kao Hwang

Costume design
Judy Hansen
Original Light Design
Carl Gudenius
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