“It is essential to me to make an impact on the Asian American community through my work. We exist between the East and West, layered with complex feelings of otherness. I aim to rewrite narratives and deconstruct old forms to imagine new pathways for our stories to reveal all of the facets of our identities.”
2021-23 We Belong Here - AAPI Dance Festival
curated by Jessica Chen
produced by Arts on Site
Dancing Lotus
Celebrating Asian Choreographic Voices
curated by Jessica Chen
produced by Madison Theater at Molloy University
* An evening curated by Jessica Chen including works of Rohan Bhargava, Mai Le’ Ho, and J CHEN PROJECT.
Homecoming: love you all ways
BARYSHNIKOV ARTS CENTER
March 14 + 15, 2022
This program brings together music by Chromic Duo, Kenyan composer Nyokabi Kariuki, Brooklyn-based composer Phong Tran, technologist and visual artist Brian Ellis, and dance company J CHEN PROJECT.
Lincoln Center
Restart Stages
JULY 14-31, 2021
New Commission by Andrea Miller to animate Lincoln Center campus with a sound, sculpture and performance installation with GALLIM artists.
Jessica Chen, Artistic Director of J CHEN PROJECT, nominated by the Asian American Arts Alliance to be featured as a representative of A4 and the Asian American arts community as a whole.
New York Times
Final Bow for Yellowface: 10,000 Dreams Virtual Choreography Festival
Featuring Artists:
JCP Artistic Director Jessica Chen (Friday 5/21), Keerati Jinakunwiphat (5/22), Pallabi Chakravorty (5/23), Peter Chu (5/24), and more…
Dancing the Asian American Experience —
May 3, 2021
What is it like to be an Asian American choreographer in the United States in 2021? Four talented, contemporary Asian American choreographers, each representing a different dance style and all with an NYC connection, talk about their work and discuss their experiences in the dance world and in present-day America. Moderated by Phil Chan, author of Final Bow for Yellowface: Dancing Between Intention & Impact, and featuring choreographers Rohan Bhargava, Jessica Chen, Brinda Guha, and Edwaard Liang. The program will include discussion, video clips, and a Q&A session at the end.
AAPI voices - May 19, 2021
4:30 to 6 PM EST
Moderators: Cory-Jeanne Murakami Houck-Cox and Daniel Gwirtzman
Panelists: Kawika Alfiche, Phil Chan, Jessica Chen, and Joel Jacinto
Highlighting perspectives, and personal and professional journeys. This session will focus on creating cultural awareness, sensitivity and accountability and bringing to the forefront thoughtful conversations on equity from world dance. This is a forum intended for participants to interact directly with the panelists. Join us and let’s engage in this needed conversation in pursuing the quest for Dance Education for All!
AAPI
FUNDRAISER WORKSHOPS
May 30, 2021
Workshops & Community Discussion