Scroll down for more in this section	August 31 - September 6, 2001

	A Giant Step for Womankind Core artist Alena Cawthorne balances on the back of dancer Mariko Drew. \ By Neela Banerjee Jill Togawa, artistic director of the Purple Moon Dance Project, leads her dancers through a series of hula steps. The late afternoon sun streams through the windows at the end of the long dance studio on Mission Street in San Francisco, silhouetting the fluid swivel of hips. Togawa’s eyes are vigilant, absorbing each minute movement of the women who gracefully sway in front of her. “Watch your arms,” Togawa calls out sternly, her voice barely loud enough to rise over the strumming hula music. “Make it clean.” It is barely two weeks before The Tenth, Purple Moon’s retrospective of work, opens at the Cowell Theatre at Fort Mason. Featuring two new pieces in collaboration with Vancouver-based instrumental group Loud, Togawa believes that this is the strongest group of artists her company has ever showcased. COMPLETE STORY...		Identity 101 (Feature) On the Records (in National News) Construction on Chinatown Campus Halted (in Bay Area News) Weiiiiiii... China's Cell Phone Market Ready to Explode (in Business) Emil Amok: The Connie-Condit Affair (in Opinion) Mr. Ogawa - The Trickster Hero (in Sports) A Giant Step for Womankind (in A&E)

Also In Arts & Entertainment

Qfilmistan Queers the Third Eye and Asks Why by kevinjamesgardner Why did I film Rajasthani men making love to me on hidden camera? Why did I flee across the desert to escape their bunco brethren’s scheme to capitalize on my digital daring? Why did I borrow a DV handicam in the first place as I set out to reveal latent lovespaces along my sensual Hindustani odyssey? FULL STORY...

Akira Returns: Thirteen years after its first release, post-apocalyptic anime thriller Akira returns to teh big screen as a stu nning reminder of the industries artistic standards. The Buzz: Come Out of the Shadows. Columnist Fiona Ma rounds up the most exciting in film and television for your participation: get yourselfthe latest reality/game show, screen your film at the 20th SF International Film Festival and read up on who’s who in the APIA film community in Roger Garcia’s book. A&E Calendar Arts, entertainment, and community events around the country, listed alphabetically by region and category.

Top of This Page

AsianWeek Home

---

©2001 AsianWeek. The information you receive on-line from AsianWeek is protected by the copyright laws of the United States. The copyright laws prohibit any copying, redistributing, retransmitting, or repurposing of any copyright protected material. Privacy Statement