Hyphen (Asian American Students Association) Culture Show

Last Saturday, I had the great fortune of going to the Hyphen (Asian-American Student Association) Cultural Showcase.

Bryn Mawr is lucky to have a significant Asian population on campus. A population that some might argue often gets homogenized into one big lump. This cultural showcase blew that assumption out of the water.

Pieces in the event covered art forms from across the continent.

From Japanese Taiko drumming (Performed by Swarthmore Taiko)…

…to traditional Chinese ribbon dance…

…to Kpop (performed by BMC Choom Boom)…

(I stole this picture of them rehearsing from their Facebook page...sshh) — (I stole this picture of them rehearsing from their Facebook page…sshh)

This is from last year, but still just as good

…to an exceptionally entertaining Wushu inspired performance of Peter Pan (performed by Wellesley Wushu).

These people were literally too fast to get a picture of

The show didn’t limit itself to just music and dance though.

Jennifer Vo Le performed spoken word poetry written about navigating her experiences being queer and her identity as Vietnamese American.

And Jason Chu performed socially aware rap.

And of course, how could I forget?

The food was excellent.

I'd already eaten the noodles by the time I thought to take a picture... — I’d already eaten the noodles by the time I thought to take a picture…