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13 June 2011

Hong Kong’s “South China Morning Post” tracks Lula Washington’s bilateral dance happening

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Hong Kong tracks the best of the best China stories, in this case, the tale of the Lula Washington Dance Theatre in China’s central provinces. [...]

13 June 2011

Lula tour makes HuffPo headline!

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12 June 2011

Washingtonians wrap up China tour in Hangzhou

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Photos of Lula Washington Dance Theatre posse taken in a dusty stairwell in Xinyang City, Henan Province. [...]

11 June 2011

Lula Washington kicks it in Xinyang City with Rennie Harris’s fabulous REIGN

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Hip-hop hit China hard in Henan Province. Lula Washington Dance Theatre kills in this piece made for them by choreographer Rennie Harris. [...]

10 June 2011

Jiaxing party animals. Yes, *that* Party.

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Greetings from Jaixing, historic home to the Party animal. [...]

9 June 2011

Letter from Wuhan

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Wuhan in NOT the Pittsburgh of China, or so it turns out. [...]

8 June 2011

Micah Moch flies in Rennie Harris’s “Reign” in Luohe, P.R.C.

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Dancer Micah Moch outstanding in Rennie Harris’s brilliant “Reign,” created on Lula Washington Dance Theatre. [...]

5 June 2011

Where the heck are we in Henan Province? We’re in Xinyang.

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Life on the road has its pleasures but it can be disorienting. Like, what day of the week is it and where the heck are we anyway? [...]

4 June 2011

South Los Angeles dance warriors visit Shaolin Temple monks

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A leaping, skipping and jumping tribe of urban warriors hip-hopped their way across Henan Province. Climbing the hills of Shaolin, they visited the local Buddhist monastery. [...]

2 June 2011

Cultures collide, collaborate, in Xucheng, P.R.C.

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In the arts funding world, they call it “cultural exchange.” In the real world, we call it the love and mutual respect that flows between artists. [...]