Summer Sun: the Los Angeles Asian American Dance Scene

This blog is devoted to your stories and recollections on the Asian American dance scene in Los Angeles at places like Rodger Young's and the Elks Club, listening to the bands Carry On, Free Flight, Winfield Summit and Hiroshima. Collecting the stories is important because it was “our” time as Asian Americans. The decade of the 1970s was a period in the awakening of Asian pride following the Civil Rights movement, and minority groups were instilled with self-esteem in ethnic identity.

Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Gidra's Poster for a Dance at the Rodger Young Auditorium

Thanks to Russell Wong for bringing to my attention of a poster he spotted on a video piece by CGTN America.

The same footage showing the poster appeared in two CGTN videos - the one for the Chinese American Museum in Los Angeles, but also another piece profiling Susan Wong and her efforts to revive the original Gidra publication (1969-1975) that started during the Civil Rights Movement.

Here is a screen grab - it's a little blurry.

From a CGTN America news video

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Wednesday, May 20, 2020

Gidra's Poster for a Dance at the Rodger Young Auditorium