Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada

22 May 2018 | 7:00 p.m. | Innis Town Hall, University of Toronto, 2 Sussex Avenue, Toronto

Event Poster | Bios of presenters

Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists

Master of ceremony: Vania Chan
Opening Address: Mr. Justin Poy, Honourary Patron, Asian Heritage Month-CFACI

Justin Poy welcome, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Justin Poy


Golden Fish from the Monkiest King

By Alice Ping Yee Ho | Text by Marjorie Chan
Vania Chan, soprano | Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp

Alice Ping Yee Ho’s New Opera with Canadian Children’s Opera The Monkiest King will open on 26 May 2018. We are honoured to have a beautiful preview of this new opera.

Vania Chan, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Vania Chan

Watch a video of Golden Fish, from The Monkiest King

Journey to the West
Chi-Ping Dance Group | Dancers of Chinese Collective Arts Association

The Chinese Legend dance drama, Journey to the West, depicts the Monk Tang Sanzang with his disciples: Monkey King, Pigsy and Sand who travel through disasters, fight demons and overcome obstacles during their journey to the West. Finally, they are able to obtain the Buddhist Scriptures.
Four parts of this short dance drama:
1. Flower Valley—baby monkeys and Monkey King
2. Pigsy and Sand followed Tang as disciples to travel to the West.
3. Fight demons in Spider Cave
4. Finale

Journey to the West performance, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Journey to the West performance, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Journey to the West performance

Watch the video for the Journey to the West performance | Part I, Part II

Canadian Fusion—Theme Song of the Virtual Museum of Asian Canadian Cultural Heritage (VMACCH) by David Keane
Stephen Tam, flute | Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp | Alice Ho, piano | Chan Ka Nin, guitar

Watch the video of the Canadian Fusion performance

Showcase of Works from the Canada 150 Photography Workshops
Slideshow prepared by Philip Chan and Linda Lai
“from line” by Daryl Jamieson | Stephen Tam, flute | Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp | Alice Ping Yee Ho, piano | Chan Ka Nin, guitar

Showcase of works from storytelling and film workshop. Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Chan Ka Nin and Alice Ho, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Chan Ka Nin and Alice Ho
Teresa Suen-Campbell and Stephen Tam, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Teresa Suen-Campbell and Stephen Tam

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Past and Present

By Chan Ka Nin
Mushtari Afroz, dancer | Aba Amuquandoh, theatre actor | Vania Chan, soprano | Stephen Tam, flute | Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp | Alice Ho, piano | Chan Ka Nin, guitar | text by Mark Brownell

Mushtari Afroz, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Mushtari Afroz

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Ten Ten Duo
(Japanese music)
Kiyoshi Nagata, taiko | Aki Takahashi, shamisen, vocal

Ten Ten Duo, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Ten Ten Duo

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Showcase from Works from Storytelling and Film Workshops
Video “Halloween PSA” by “Samantha’s Group”
Poem by Erma Pandeling
“Haru no Umi” by Michio Miyagi, arranged by Josef Molnar
Teresa Suen-Campbell, harp | Stephen Tam, flute
Facilitators | Lien Chao, Arlene Chan

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Emerged: যখন বসন্ত এলো
A Kathak Band | Celebration of Spring by Mushtari Afroz

Event Poster

Concept, choreography and dance | Mushtari Afroz
Music | Shirshendu Mukherjee, Hindustani vocal | Ahilan Kathirgamathamby, tabla | Swathika Anandan, graphic design | Dewan Karim & John Martin, audio/video

Emerged, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Ahilan Kathirgamathamby and Shirshendu Mukherjee
Mushtari Afroz, Unity in Diversity: Fusion of Communities in Canada, Asian Heritage Month Concert and Arts Showcase of Asian Canadian Artists, Asian Heritage Month 2018
Mushtari Afroz

Video—Introduction by Mustari Afroz
Watch a video of Mustari Afroz’s dance

Reception Follows

Photographs by Tam Kam Chiu, Chinese Canadian Photographic Society of Toronto, and Stephen Siu

Co-organizers:
Asian Heritage Month—Canadian Foundation for Asian Culture (Central Ontario) Inc.; Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies, York University; Richard Charles Lee Canada Hong Kong Library; York Centre for Asian Research, York University; Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto; Social Services Network

Asian Heritage Month Festival is partially funded by the Government of Canada through the Department of Canadian Heritage and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council,, and supported by Toronto Arts Council with funding from the City of Toronto

Acknowledgements:
Mr. Justin Poy for sponsoring the Reception
Steinway Piano sponsored by Steinway Piano Gallery, Toronto

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