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“How do I talk to my studio director about our insensitive Nutcracker?!” It’s that time of year folks! If you haven’t read it yet, don’t miss out! If you have read it, please leave a comment with your own recommendation! (And thank you to @isabellaboylston @calvinroyaliii@jeanettekakareka @biscuitballerina @the_vinyl_seb @christopher.wheeldon for sharing your reading experience!) #FinalBowForYellowface #bookstagram #read #reading #nutcracker #ballet #dance

“How do I talk to my studio director about our insensitive Nutcracker?!” It’s that time of year folks! If you haven’t read it yet, don’t miss out! If you have read it, please leave a comment with your own recommendation! (And thank you to @isabellaboylston @calvinroyaliii@jeanettekakareka @biscuitballerina @the_vinyl_seb @christopher.wheeldon for sharing your reading experience!) #FinalBowForYellowface #bookstagram #read #reading #nutcracker #ballet #dance

“How do I talk to my studio director about our insensitive Nutcracker?!” It’s that time of year folks! If you haven’t read it yet, don’t miss out! If you have read it, please leave a comment with your own recommendation! (And thank you to @isabellaboylston @calvinroyaliii@jeanettekakareka @biscuitballerina @the_vinyl_seb @christopher.wheeldon for sharing your reading experience!) #FinalBowForYellowface #bookstagram #read #reading #nutcracker #ballet #dance

“How do I talk to my studio director about our insensitive Nutcracker?!” It’s that time of year folks! If you haven’t read it yet, don’t miss out! If you have read it, please leave a comment with your own recommendation! (And thank you to @isabellaboylston @calvinroyaliii@jeanettekakareka @biscuitballerina @the_vinyl_seb @christopher.wheeldon for sharing your reading experience!) #FinalBowForYellowface #bookstagram #read #reading #nutcracker #ballet #dance

“How do I talk to my studio director about our insensitive Nutcracker?!” It’s that time of year folks! If you haven’t read it yet, don’t miss out! If you have read it, please leave a comment with your own recommendation! (And thank you to @isabellaboylston @calvinroyaliii@jeanettekakareka @biscuitballerina @the_vinyl_seb @christopher.wheeldon for sharing your reading experience!) #FinalBowForYellowface #bookstagram #read #reading #nutcracker #ballet #dance

“How do I talk to my studio director about our insensitive Nutcracker?!” It’s that time of year folks! If you haven’t read it yet, don’t miss out! If you have read it, please leave a comment with your own recommendation! (And thank you to @isabellaboylston @calvinroyaliii@jeanettekakareka @biscuitballerina @the_vinyl_seb @christopher.wheeldon for sharing your reading experience!) #FinalBowForYellowface #bookstagram #read #reading #nutcracker #ballet #dance

How do we build bridges with people different than us? @blueprintsartpolicy#FinalBowforYellowface #Vote

On @nbcnews in 2022 with @lesterholtnbc @vickynguyentv talking about “The Nutcracker” and the way forward for ballet…#ballet #future #nutcraker #yellowface #nbc #nbcnightlynews

Who gets to tell the story…and who gets misrepresented?

Author and Final Bow for Yellowface co-founder Phi Chan unpacks the history of Western artists exoticizing Asian cultures across all art forms, including ballet.

“When you don’t know what that culture over there looks like…you get to make it up.”

🎥 “Voices Rising: Asian Americans in Motion,” co-produced with the Serica Initiative and moderated by Duke Dang, Executive Director of Works and Process.

▶️ Now streaming on the ALL ARTS YouTube channel.

Step into the ballet world this weekend with these exciting events:

• ABOUT FACE: DISRUPTING BALLET
Making its premiere at CAAMFest, this inspiring documentary follows Oakland Ballet’s Resident Choreographer Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin (first female AAPI soloist at the New York City Ballet) as they push back against the racial stereotypes long embedded in ballet in classic programs such as THE NUTCRACKER.
📍 AMC Kabuki | 🗓️ May 9 | ⏰ 11 a.m.
Use code CF26OBC for a special discount
Get tickets at CAAMFest.com > ABOUT FACE: DISRUPTING BALLET
@aboutface_film @philschan @georgina_pazcogyn

• ANGEL ISLAND
Presented by the Oakland Ballet Company with Del Sol Quartet and Volti, conducted by Robert Geary. Composed by Huang Ruo, this moving performance brings to life the stories of Chinese immigrants detained on Angel Island. Choreography includes Phil Chan, who is also featured in ABOUT FACE.
@oaklandballetcompany
📍 Herbst Theatre I 🗓️ May 8–9
Tickets are automatically discounted (no code needed)
Purchase at Cityboxoffice.com

Step into the ballet world this weekend with these exciting events:

• ABOUT FACE: DISRUPTING BALLET
Making its premiere at CAAMFest, this inspiring documentary follows Oakland Ballet’s Resident Choreographer Phil Chan and Georgina Pazcoguin (first female AAPI soloist at the New York City Ballet) as they push back against the racial stereotypes long embedded in ballet in classic programs such as THE NUTCRACKER.
📍 AMC Kabuki | 🗓️ May 9 | ⏰ 11 a.m.
Use code CF26OBC for a special discount
Get tickets at CAAMFest.com > ABOUT FACE: DISRUPTING BALLET
@aboutface_film @philschan @georgina_pazcogyn

• ANGEL ISLAND
Presented by the Oakland Ballet Company with Del Sol Quartet and Volti, conducted by Robert Geary. Composed by Huang Ruo, this moving performance brings to life the stories of Chinese immigrants detained on Angel Island. Choreography includes Phil Chan, who is also featured in ABOUT FACE.
@oaklandballetcompany
📍 Herbst Theatre I 🗓️ May 8–9
Tickets are automatically discounted (no code needed)
Purchase at Cityboxoffice.com

One out of 7 characters “The Narrator”👀 and the lore of the final scene for my music video NEVER FIND OUT🙈

7人のうちのキャラ「ナレーター」👀の最後のシーンを解説し、ます✊

#neverfindout #finalbowforyellowface #yellowface #whitewashing #asianrepresentation

Come for the screening, stay for the ballet! After ABOUT FACE’s screening and Q&A at CAAM Fest in Japantown, head over to the Herbst Theatre to see the Oakland Ballet’s Dancing Moons Festival, featuring choreography by Phil Chan!

#ballet #nutcracker #dancefilm #yellowface #aboutface

🌸🌸🌸 GSAF is beyond excited to partner with The Center for Ballet and the Arts (CBA) to present the 10,000 Dreams Film Festival 2025-2026!

The film screening is open and free to everyone. All you need to do is RSVP.
RSVP link in bio.

Location: The Center for Ballet and the Arts (20 Cooper Sq, New York, NY 10003)
Date & Time: Sunday, May 17th, 2026 at 4pm

Hope to see you there!

How are Asians doing in the ballet field? Check out our 2025 impact report (link in our bio) as we continue to expand our work across the ballet ecosystem! #asianamerican #ballet #dance #aapi #finalbowforyellowface

How are Asians doing in the ballet field? Check out our 2025 impact report (link in our bio) as we continue to expand our work across the ballet ecosystem! #asianamerican #ballet #dance #aapi #finalbowforyellowface

ABOUT FACE is making its WEST COAST and Bay Area premiere at CAAMFest 2026! Join us in SF Japantown on May 9th at 11 AM; tickets and more info on our Linktree!

Find reviews here or on our Linktree!
Dance Informa: https://www.danceinforma.com/2026/03/17/the-artistic-possibility-within-culturally-informed-art-about-face-disrupting-ballet/
thINKingDANCE: https://thinkingdance.net/articles/2026/02/17/about-face-yellowface-and-the-cost-of-looking-away/

#ballet #nutcracker #dancefilm #yellowface #aboutface

OMG @licunxin CONGRATS and we can’t wait until October!!! #MaosLastDancer #NewBook

There's been a lot of ✨mainstream discourse✨ recently about ballet's survival and relevance in 2026.

Our film moves the conversation forward by focusing on "artistic possibility and on the artists who keep it alive," writes @kb1moves for @danceinforma. Creating culturally-informed art opens up endless possibilities for dancers, ballet, and audiences.

We love this thoughtful take and the question the writer poses: "What will be your part in the story of this art form and how it moves with the ever-spinning, ever-changing world around and through it?"

There's been a lot of ✨mainstream discourse✨ recently about ballet's survival and relevance in 2026.

Our film moves the conversation forward by focusing on "artistic possibility and on the artists who keep it alive," writes @kb1moves for @danceinforma. Creating culturally-informed art opens up endless possibilities for dancers, ballet, and audiences.

We love this thoughtful take and the question the writer poses: "What will be your part in the story of this art form and how it moves with the ever-spinning, ever-changing world around and through it?"