About this episode
Rohan Zhou-Lee discusses their multifaceted career as a dancer, writer, and community organizer, highlighting their achievements and activism.
Blasian March Founder Rohan Zhou-Lee is an award-winning dancer, writer, speaker, curator, and community organizer. In 2024, they co-curated the Critical Connections exhibit with the Pace University Art Gallery and the George Stephanopoulos photo collection of the Civil Rights Era. In 2023, they became the first mixed race Black Asian admitted to the Open City Fellowship for Journalism at the Asian American Writers' Workshop. They are also a recipient of the 2024 PEN American US Writers’ Aid Initiative, 2023 FIYAH Rest Grant, 2023 New Yorkers for Culture and The Arts, 2022 Bandung Resident, they have written for Newsweek, Hyperallergic, Truthout, and more . They have performed poetry and dance as a reflection of their activism in the United States and the 2022 Unite Festival in Zürich, Switzerland. Spotlight features include CNN, NBC Chicago, USA Today, WNYC, AJ+, and more. Zhou-Lee has spoken at Harvard University, New York University, Yale University, Oberlin College, The University of Tokyo, the 2022 Unite and Enough Festivals in Zürich, Switzerland, and more. As a performing artist , major credits include: Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy on trumpet (ChamberQUEER, 2021,) and for…
People in this episode
Host: Laura Chung
Guest: Rohan Zhou-Lee
Topics covered
- activism
- art
- community organizing
- performance
- journalism
- cultural representation
Keywords
- Rohan Zhou-Lee
- activism
- performance art
- journalism
- cultural representation
- community organizing
- art exhibition
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Pace University Art Gallery, Asian American Writers' Workshop, PEN American, FIYAH, New Yorkers for Culture and The Arts, Bandung Resident, CNN, NBC Chicago, USA Today, WNYC
Books & works: Julius Eastman’s Joy Boy, Lovecraft Country, François & The Rebels, Over Here!, West Side Story, Bluebird from Sleeping Beauty
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