Home: Far and Near

Thu.-Sun., March 25-27, and Sat., April 3, 7:30 p.m., $10-$40, Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St., 215-557-0455, asianartsinitiative.org.

by Julia West

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Published: Mar 23, 2010

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The Asian Arts Initiative was created nearly 17 years ago for events just like this one. Home: Far and Near brings together Asian performance artists for a three-day fest of solo shows, then throws them in a melting pot to come up with a new collaborative piece. Each night is themed: The first is Dynamic Dance and Theater, followed by poetry and comedy with Superstars of Spoken Word and, finally, History in the Making — a performance by artists who have worked with AAI in the past. But that ain't all: The next week, the artists must piece together a whole new work, which they'll première April 3. "It's an Asian-American performance, but it's also an artist exchange," explains Leeroy Kang, development and operations assistant. She confesses that she doesn't know what the performers will cook up for the last installment. "No one really knows yet," she says, "not even the artists."

Thu.-Sun., March 25-27, and Sat., April 3, 7:30 p.m., $10-$40, Asian Arts Initiative, 1219 Vine St., 215-557-0455, asianartsinitiative.org.

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