The Slant Podcast

The Slant Podcast

By Dana Tai Soon BurgessSociety & CultureEducationArts
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The Slant Podcast episodes

  • Ping Chong

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    A conversation with Ping Chong, an American contemporary theater director, choreographer, video and installation artist who was raised in New York City's Chinatown. Internationally recognized as a director, and a creator of interdisciplinary theater work, Ping discusses the influence of Cantonese Opera,  using the "physical body" as an element of performance in theatre, and his take on the American Dream.

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    38 min
  • David Henry Hwang

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    A conversation with David Henry Hwang, an award-winning Chinese American playwright, librettist, and theatre professor known for his iconic works—M. Butterfly, Yellow Face, and Soft Power—all of which have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. David discusses racial roles in American Theatre, the failure of the model minority myth, and almost losing his life as the victim of a hate crime.

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    40 min
  • Priya Darshini

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    A conversation with Priya Darshini, an Indian American singer, composer, and actress whose debut album titled Periphery  has been nominated for a 2021 Grammy for best New Age Album. Priya shares the difficult cultural and personal questions she undertook in the creation of Periphery, the spiritual experience of recording songs in an abandoned church, and how she ended up running an ultramarathon in the Himalayas.

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    47 min
  • Introducing Slant Podcast

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    Introducing Slant Podcast. Hosted by Dana Tai Soon Burgess, the first choreographer in residence at the Smithsonian, this podcast is an ongoing conversation about art, culture, and belonging in the Asian American experience. Joined by leading voices in the American and International arts, literary, and activism community, this podcast hopes to create a place of generational mentorship, healing, and community—through storytelling.

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    4 min

About The Slant Podcast

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Introducing The Slant Podcast. Hosted by Dana Tai Soon Burgess, the first choreographer in residence at the Smithsonian, this podcast is an ongoing conversation about art, culture, and belonging in…