On the Move: National Asian Heritage Celebration
Festival Accès Asie presents

On the Move: National Asian Heritage Celebration

Virtual Event
May 29th 2021
8:00 pm – 10:30 pm (EDT)
For more information about this event, please contact Festival Accès Asie at info@accesasie.com.

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During the 2nd National Asian Heritage Month Symposium, many participants expressed their desire to develop a national network of collaboration and exchange to strengthen unity between Asian artistic organizations and artists across Canada. Festival Accès Asie is responding to this call by launching a National Showcase based on a collective program bringing together three Canadian cities to celebrate Asian Heritage Month in May 2021.This event will bring together artists from Montreal, Vancouver, and Winnipeg working in the dance, music, and multidisciplinary fields. Festival Accès Asie of Montreal is proud to work with the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (Vancouver) and the Asian Heritage Society of Manitoba (Winnipeg) for this first national program.

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During the 2nd National Asian Heritage Month Symposium, many participants expressed their desire to develop a national network of collaboration and exchange to strengthen unity between Asian artistic organizations and artists across Canada. Festival Accès Asie is responding to this call by launching a National Showcase based on a collective program bringing together three Canadian cities to celebrate Asian Heritage Month in May 2021.This event will bring together artists from Montreal, Vancouver, and Winnipeg working in the dance, music, and multidisciplinary fields. Festival Accès Asie of Montreal is proud to work with the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society (Vancouver) and the Asian Heritage Society of Manitoba (Winnipeg) for this first national program.

Le Groupe Herencias

Le Groupe Herencias uses the arts to promote, exchange, and encourage acceptance of diversity in identity, culture, and heritage. They create thought-provoking, publicly-engaged projects and powerful performances that deconstruct common notions of who we are and who we are expected to be. By doing so, they work to inspire the creation of more inclusive societies. This collective is composed of and collaborates with, culturally diverse people of colour (POC) who have experienced trauma, violence, adversity, and/or mental health disorders. They experiment with innovative arts practices to share, learn, and exchange on culture, identity, and heritage to create social change. herencias.ca

Vi an

Vi An specializes in spontaneous and intuitive compositions on various Asian long-string zithers, including the Japanese koto, Vietnamese đan tranh, and Chinese zheng instruments. Vi An is self-taught, making her debut in music when she was six years old. Since the age of ten, Vi An has independently produced 25 solo albums, including numerous collaborations with artists, musicians, and theater companies around the world. vian.bandcamp.com

Alcvin Ryūzen Ramos

Alcvin Ryūzen Ramos lives on the Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, Canada, where he teaches, performs, and makes precision jinashi shakuhachi flutes. Born and trained in Japan in the classical Zen Shakuhachi tradition, Alcvin is a genre-bridging artist who transitions between musical genres. He is also a composer and multi-instrumentalist (shamisen, shinobue, shinkin). He is also a recording artist with several traditional and contemporary music CDs to his name. He performs throughout Canada and internationally, and leads the Shakuhachi Roots Pilgrimage to Japan every few years. alcvin.ca

The India School of Dance, Music & Theatre Inc.

The India School of Dance, Music & Theatre Inc. was established in 1980. With over 150 students, the school provides lessons in Kathak, Bharatanatyam, Classical Bollywood, and music. It received the First Community Leadership Award presented by the Asian Heritage Society (2019). www.indiaschool.ca

Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society

explorasian.org/

Asian Heritage Society of Manitoba

www.asianheritagemanitoba.com/