We Won't Move on APEX Express (Episode 4 & 5)

We Won’t Move returns to APEX Express this Thursday, January 13 at 7pm on KPFA 94.1. (update: episode now available to listen to)

APEX Express will play the final two episodes of We Won’t Move Season 1. Episode 4 features acclaimed choreographer and dancer, Lenora Lee, and Episode 5 brings our hosts, Michelle, Kazumi, and Dara together for a season 1 debrief, discussion, and a little bit of fun and games.

Episode Notes

Choreographer, Dancer, and Artistic Director Lenora Lee joins Michelle, Dara, and Kazumi to discuss her dance company's current work-in-progress "And The Community Will Rise," a series of site-specific, multimedia, and immersive dance performances that incorporates the stories of community members living in Chinatowns across the country. Lenora shares about her beginnings as a dancer and artist in San Francisco and how she came into her process of working with immigrant communities to transform their experiences into dance. The performances of Lenora Lee Dance blend time, forge connection, and call attention to the ways people overcome the trauma of immigration and exclusion.

and then our co-hosts Kazumi, Michelle, and Dara reflect and expand on the conversations recorded with our first season guests (Thea Quiray Tagle, Estella Habal, Erina C. Alejo, and Lenora Lee). What are we learning from these artists and community leaders about the role of art-making in liberation work? And in what exciting directions will the podcast move toward for season 2?

After the episode airs we’ll post the link here when it goes up on the APEX Express page!