Fall Lecture: Dana Tai Soon Burgess, A Conversation with Dana Tai Soon Burgess

Dana Tai Soon Burgess, A Conversation with Dana Tai Soon Burgess
October 18
1:45–2:45 PM
In-Person at OLLI

Dana Tai Soon Burgess, a Korean American choreographer, has been referred to as “a national dance treasure” (Washington Post’s Sarah Kaufman). He has been a cultural ambassador for the US State Department for over two decades.

Burgess founded Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (DTSBDC.org) in 1992. It is the preeminent modern dance company in the DC region. In 1994 he received the Mayor’s Award for Outstanding Emerging Artist. His dance company was awarded the Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in 2005. He has completed two Fulbright Specialist Awards in dance and received the 2021 Selma Jeanne Cohen Fulbright Lecture Award. He was prominently featured in the Smithsonian exhibition “A Korean American Century” in 2003 as well as “Dancing the Dream,” the Smithsonian’s first exhibition on American dance. Burgess was named the Smithsonian’s first ever choreographer in residence in 2016. He is the author of Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly: A Memoir and editor of and contributor to Milestones: in Dance History. Burgess is the host of Slantpodcast.com which focuses on Asian American artist journeys. 

Burgess’s book, Chino and the Dance of the Butterfly: A Memoir, will be available for purchase and signing immediately following the lecture.

Reservations are required to attend in-person lectures. In-person lectures will be held in the Spring Valley Building, 4801 Massachusetts Ave. NW, in Room A on the First Floor. Registration for the above lecture will open here at 10:00 AM on the Friday prior to the lecture. The direct registration link will also be included in the Friday newsletter the week prior. You must have an OLLI account to register. If you do not have one, you can create an account when going to register. Each registrant may reserve up to two seats. Your name must be on the list of registrants to enter the lecture and you must be in your seat five minutes before the lecture starts to guarantee your seat.