CanAsian Dance Festival 2015 Feature #2: Inspiration

In my first blog interview covering the 2015 CanAsian Dance Festival, Natalie Gan cited a performance by Lee Su-Feh --  part of the massive 2 year multinational collaborative project Migrant Bodies -- as one of the most inspiring and impactful performances she has experienced.

A wonderful thing: Lee Su-Feh is also part of the 2015 CanAsian Dance Festival with her work "Everything".  More on that work and Lee Su-Feh coming up here later.  But for now, here's a link that tells you a bit about the Migrant Bodies project....Fascinating and inspiring stuff.


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