Lenora Lee Dance

02/03/2026

Hope you can join us this Sunday, 2/8, 1:30pm Clarion Performing Arts Center for a very special Chinatown Shorts screening of "At the Heart of Barrio Chino: Tusán Perspectives in Lima, Peru" Click here to RSVP: https://www.theclarionsf.org/events/chinatown-shorts-barrio-chino-tusan-perspectives-from-lima-peru. The short documentary dance film features Moyra Silva Angie Chang and Marco Loo . Chinatown Shorts founder James Q. Chan will facilitate our discussion after the film. Anson Ho's short film Pinwheel will open the program!

02/03/2026

Hope you can join us this Sunday, 2/8, 1:30pm Clarion Performing Arts Center for a very special Chinatown Shorts screening of "At the Heart of Barrio Chino: Tusán Perspectives in Lima, Peru" Click here to RSVP: https://www.theclarionsf.org/events/chinatown-shorts-barrio-chino-tusan-perspectives-from-lima-peru. https://vimeo.com/1161192133?share=copy&fl=sv&fe=ci The short documentary dance film features Moyra Silva Angie Chang and Marco Loo . Chinatown Shorts founder James Q. Chan will facilitate our discussion after the film. Anson Ho's short film Pinwheel will open the program!

Chinatown Shorts: Barrio Chino Tusán Perspectives from Lima, Peru Sunday, February 8, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:00 PM (Free to the public but donations welcome…

11/05/2025

We are deeply grateful for all your support over the last 18 years of the LLD company! In celebration of Lenora’s birthday, please consider contributing towards our 2026 artistic performances, films, and programs! Click here to find out more: https://conta.cc/4nFB9PZ Many thanks and well wishes for a beautiful end to 2025…

Email from Asian Improv aRts SAVE THE DATES for LLD's 1st NEW WORKS Festival April 10 - 12, 2026 at Dance Mission Theater! Johnny Huy Nguyễn (center), photo by Robbie Sweeny Dear Friends & Supporters

03/31/2025

TODAY! free CRUDO Movement Workshop by José Avilés ( ) Registration here: https://tr.ee/yAOitOB0Wy

Peruvian artist José Avilés will share different dynamics of movement exploration, which respond to the time of work and processes shared in CRUDO Colectivo; oriented to stimulate: power, agility, multiple senses, fluidity, from a somatic and creative consciousness. Boxing, kung fu, physical theater and dance are the references that enrich José’s practice. This workshop will progressively go through different phases, and build on choreographic and improvisational structures.

CRUDO MOVEMENT WORKSHOP
By José Avilés

Monday, March 31st, 11am - 2pm
at Joe Goode Annex- 401 Alabama Street, SF 94110

Don't miss this chance to learn from an international dance artist!

03/31/2025

Thank you, San Francisco! We are grateful to have shared our research with a wide audience in two cities globally, through dance performance.

Our offering won’t stop just yet!
TODAY, March 31st, 11am-2pm, LLD’s guest dance artist of CRUDO Colectivo from Lima, Peru will be leading a Movement Workshop at Joe Goode Annex, SF! This workshop is FREE of charge, RSVP is required -sign up here: https://tr.ee/yAOitOB0Wy

CRUDO MOVEMENT WORKSHOP
By José Avilés

Monday, March 31st, 11am - 2pm
at Joe Goode Annex- 401 Alabama Street, SF 94110

Photo by Robbie Sweeny

03/30/2025

Inspired by the dance performance of A Bridge To Now? You can now learn from the best, José Avilés of Crudo Colectivo! TOMORROW, March 31st, 11am-2pm, LLD’s guest dance artist José Avilés from Lima, Peru will be leading a Movement Workshop at Joe Goode Annex, SF! This workshop is FREE of charge, RSVP is required - fill out the form here: https://tr.ee/yAOitOB0Wy

And don't forget, today is your last chance to see us perform if you haven't yet for the performance of:

“A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente"
Friday, 3/28/2025, 8pm
Saturday, 3/29/2025, 8pm (NOTA - no one turned away for lack of funds)
Sunday, 3/30/2025, 3pm - with post-show discussion
Dance Mission Theater
Ticket: https://ABridgeToNow.eventbrite.com

Concept, Production, Direction and choreography:
Lenora Lee, Moyra Silva Rodríguez

Performer/Dance collaborators:
José Avilés, Peter Cheng, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Johnny Huy Nguyễn, Catalina O’Connor

Recorded music directed by: Francis Wong & Tatsu Aoki, with Kioto Aoki, JoVia Armstrong, Rami Atassi, Mwata Bowden, Ari Brown, Corey Chan, Suwan Choi, Deszon X. Claiborne, Coco Elysses, Jamie Kempkers, Avreeayl Ra, Karen Stackpole, Melody Takata, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Michael Zerang, courtesy of Asian Improv Records.

Interviewees (contributing to the audio/visual score): Moyra Silva Rodríguez, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Lok Siu, Maria del Pilar Rodriguez Wong, Xuan Gan, Evelyn Kcomt Whu, Julia Wong Kcomt, Diana Li, Cecilia Maria Kcomt, Yujon Choy, John Choy, Jorge Black Tam, Sun Cok, Marco Loo, Angie Chang.

LLD Project Consultant: Lucy Tafler
Photos: Robbie Sweeny
Graphic design: Olivia Ting

Supported by:
Asian Improv Arts , API Cultural Center- San Francisco , California Arts Council, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation

03/30/2025

LAST SHOW TODAY! A Bridge To Now will close today at Dance Mission Theater, SF.
Arrive early to secure your seat if you haven’t yet, or check online for last minute tickets :)
Ticket: https://ABridgeToNow.eventbrite.com

Photo by Robbie Sweeny

“A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente"
Friday, 3/28/2025, 8pm
Saturday, 3/29/2025, 8pm (NOTA - no one turned away for lack of funds)
Sunday, 3/30/2025, 3pm - with post-show discussion
Dance Mission Theater
Ticket: https://ABridgeToNow.eventbrite.com

Concept, Production, Direction and choreography:
Lenora Lee, Moyra Silva Rodríguez

Performer/Dance collaborators:
José Avilés, Peter Cheng, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Johnny Huy Nguyễn, Catalina O’Connor

Recorded music directed by: Francis Wong & Tatsu Aoki, with Kioto Aoki, JoVia Armstrong, Rami Atassi, Mwata Bowden, Ari Brown, Corey Chan, Suwan Choi, Deszon X. Claiborne, Coco Elysses, Jamie Kempkers, Avreeayl Ra, Karen Stackpole, Melody Takata, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Michael Zerang, courtesy of Asian Improv Records.

Interviewees (contributing to the audio/visual score): Moyra Silva Rodríguez, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Lok Siu, Maria del Pilar Rodriguez Wong, Xuan Gan, Evelyn Kcomt Whu, Julia Wong Kcomt, Diana Li, Cecilia Maria Kcomt, Yujon Choy, John Choy, Jorge Black Tam, Sun Cok, Marco Loo, Angie Chang.

LLD Project Consultant: Lucy Tafler
Photos: Robbie Sweeny
Graphic design: Olivia Ting

Supported by:
Asian Improv Arts , API Cultural Center- San Francisco , California Arts Council, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation

03/29/2025

Thank you for your support at our opening night yesterday!
Our second show runs today at 8PM, at Dance Mission Theater.
Today we are offering NOTA (No One Turned Away for lack of funds) tickets. Arrive early to claim yours!

“A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente"
Friday, 3/28/2025, 8pm
Saturday, 3/29/2025, 8pm (NOTA - no one turned away for lack of funds)
Sunday, 3/30/2025, 3pm - with post-show discussion
Dance Mission Theater
Ticket: https://ABridgeToNow.eventbrite.com

Concept, Production, Direction and choreography:
Lenora Lee, Moyra Silva Rodríguez

Performer/Dance collaborators:
José Avilés, Peter Cheng, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Johnny Huy Nguyễn, Catalina O’Connor

Recorded music directed by: Francis Wong & Tatsu Aoki, with Kioto Aoki, JoVia Armstrong, Rami Atassi, Mwata Bowden, Ari Brown, Corey Chan, Suwan Choi, Deszon X. Claiborne, Coco Elysses, Jamie Kempkers, Avreeayl Ra, Karen Stackpole, Melody Takata, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Michael Zerang, courtesy of Asian Improv Records.

Interviewees (contributing to the audio/visual score): Moyra Silva Rodríguez, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Lok Siu, Maria del Pilar Rodriguez Wong, Xuan Gan, Evelyn Kcomt Whu, Julia Wong Kcomt, Diana Li, Cecilia Maria Kcomt, Yujon Choy, John Choy, Jorge Black Tam, Sun Cok, Marco Loo, Angie Chang.

LLD Project Consultant: Lucy Tafler
Photos: Robbie Sweeny
Graphic design: Olivia Ting

Supported by:
Asian Improv aRts, Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center, California Arts Council, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation

03/29/2025

Show #2 today! And tonight we are offering NOTA tickets! Arrive early and ask for NOTA tickets at the box office, in case the ticket price is the only barrier.
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Introducing SanSan Kwan a dancer and collaborator of “A Bridge To Now.”
SanSan Kwan is professor and chair in the Department of Theater, Dance, and Performance Studies at UC Berkeley, where she teaches dance and dance studies. She has performed in New York City with Jonathon Appels, Joanna Mendl Shaw, Chen and Dancers, and Maura Nguyen Donohue/In Mixed Company, among others. In the Bay Area, she has danced with Scott Rubin, Chingchi Yu, and Jen Liu.
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We are deeply appreciative of SanSan’s long-time contribution to Lenora Lee Dance! Catch her perform at Dance Mission Theater, tonight and tomorrow!


“A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente"
Friday, 3/28/2025, 8pm
Saturday, 3/29/2025, 8pm (NOTA - no one turned away for lack of funds)
Sunday, 3/30/2025, 3pm - with post-show discussion
Dance Mission Theater
Ticket: https://ABridgeToNow.eventbrite.com

Concept, Production, Direction and choreography:
Lenora Lee, Moyra Silva Rodríguez

Performer/Dance collaborators:
José Avilés, Peter Cheng, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Johnny Huy Nguyễn, Catalina O’Connor

Recorded music directed by: Francis Wong & Tatsu Aoki, with Kioto Aoki, JoVia Armstrong, Rami Atassi, Mwata Bowden, Ari Brown, Corey Chan, Suwan Choi, Deszon X. Claiborne, Coco Elysses, Jamie Kempkers, Avreeayl Ra, Karen Stackpole, Melody Takata, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Michael Zerang, courtesy of Asian Improv Records.

Interviewees (contributing to the audio/visual score): Moyra Silva Rodríguez, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Lok Siu, Maria del Pilar Rodriguez Wong, Xuan Gan, Evelyn Kcomt Whu, Julia Wong Kcomt, Diana Li, Cecilia Maria Kcomt, Yujon Choy, John Choy, Jorge Black Tam, Sun Cok, Marco Loo, Angie Chang.

LLD Project Consultant: Lucy Tafler
Photos: Robbie Sweeny
Graphic design: Olivia Ting

Supported by:
Asian Improv Arts,API Cultural Center- San Francisco, California Arts Council, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation

03/28/2025

Thank you for the review, Dance Art Journal / Maxine Flasher-Duzgunes!
Come visit us in the theater for this opening night, today!

Read more: https://danceartjournal.com/2025/03/28/review-of-a-bridge-to-now-by-lenora-lee-dance-in-collaboration-with-moyra-silva/

"A Bridge To Now" OPEN TODAY!
We are grateful for this creative process full of learning, made possible by these artistic collaborators and interviewees.
If you haven't grabbed your ticket yet, now is that time! Come see us Dance Brigade's Dance Mission today until Sunday!

“A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente"
Friday, 3/28/2025, 8pm
Saturday, 3/29/2025, 8pm (NOTA - no one turned away for lack of funds)
Sunday, 3/30/2025, 3pm - with post-show discussion
Dance Mission Theater
Ticket: https://ABridgeToNow.eventbrite.com

Concept, Production, Direction and choreography:
Lenora Lee, Moyra Silva Rodríguez

Performer/Dance collaborators:
José Avilés, Peter Cheng, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Johnny Huy Nguyễn, Catalina O’Connor

Recorded music directed by: Francis Wong & Tatsu Aoki, with Kioto Aoki, JoVia Armstrong, Rami Atassi, Mwata Bowden, Ari Brown, Corey Chan, Suwan Choi, Deszon X. Claiborne, Coco Elysses, Jamie Kempkers, Avreeayl Ra, Karen Stackpole, Melody Takata, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Michael Zerang, courtesy of Asian Improv Records.

Interviewees (contributing to the audio/visual score): Moyra Silva Rodríguez, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Lok Siu, Maria del Pilar Rodriguez Wong, Xuan Gan, Evelyn Kcomt Whu, Julia Wong Kcomt, Diana Li, Cecilia Maria Kcomt, Yujon Choy, John Choy, Jorge Black Tam, Sun Cok, Marco Loo, Angie Chang.

LLD Project Consultant: Lucy Tafler
Photos: Robbie Sweeny
Graphic design: Olivia Ting

Supported by:
Asian Improv Arts , API Cultural Center- San Francisco California Arts Council , Kenneth Rainin Foundation , San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation

03/28/2025

"A Bridge To Now" OPEN TODAY!
We are grateful for this creative process full of learning, made possible by these artistic collaborators and interviewees.
If you haven't grabbed your ticket yet, now is that time! Come see us Dance Brigade's Dance Mission today until Sunday!

“A Bridge to Now / Un Puente hacia el Presente"
Friday, 3/28/2025, 8pm
Saturday, 3/29/2025, 8pm (NOTA - no one turned away for lack of funds)
Sunday, 3/30/2025, 3pm - with post-show discussion
Dance Mission Theater
Ticket: https://ABridgeToNow.eventbrite.com

Concept, Production, Direction and choreography:
Lenora Lee, Moyra Silva Rodríguez

Performer/Dance collaborators:
José Avilés, Peter Cheng, Lynn Huang, SanSan Kwan, Johnny Huy Nguyễn, Catalina O’Connor

Recorded music directed by: Francis Wong & Tatsu Aoki, with Kioto Aoki, JoVia Armstrong, Rami Atassi, Mwata Bowden, Ari Brown, Corey Chan, Suwan Choi, Deszon X. Claiborne, Coco Elysses, Jamie Kempkers, Avreeayl Ra, Karen Stackpole, Melody Takata, Edward Wilkerson Jr., Michael Zerang, courtesy of Asian Improv Records.

Interviewees (contributing to the audio/visual score): Moyra Silva Rodríguez, Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Lok Siu, Maria del Pilar Rodriguez Wong, Xuan Gan, Evelyn Kcomt Whu, Julia Wong Kcomt, Diana Li, Cecilia Maria Kcomt, Yujon Choy, John Choy, Jorge Black Tam, Sun Cok, Marco Loo, Angie Chang.

LLD Project Consultant: Lucy Tafler
Photos: Robbie Sweeny
Graphic design: Olivia Ting

Supported by:
Asian Improv Arts , Cultural Center- San Francisco California Arts Council , Kenneth Rainin Foundation , San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, Zellerbach Family Foundation