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“Angel Island Insight”

Del Sol Performing Arts Organization’s “Angel Island Insight” explores the history of the Angel Island Immigration Station by offering a suite of virtual and in-person programs that examines the musicality of the disappearing Hoisan-wa dialect by The Last Hoisan Poets and The Del Sol Quartet.

United States of Asian America Festival 2021: Angel Island Insight with The Last Hoisan Poets & Del Sol Quartet

Zoom performance on Saturday, May 22, 2021, 2pm-3:30pm, presented by the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center’s “United States of Asian America Festival” (2021: Forging our Future – SoMa & Chinatown)

Three descendants of Angel Island immigrants, the Last Hoisan Poets – Genny Lim, Nellie Wong and Flo Oy Wong – use poetry to speak their individual truths and creatively reclaim the Hoisan-wa language and culture. The program weaves together their poetry with performances by the Del Sol Quartet, music by Asian-American composers Kui Dong, Theresa Wong, Jungyoon Wie, Huang Ruo, and a collaborative composition. Q&A moderated by Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation’s executive director Edward Tepporn.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. This project was also funded in part by a grant from Grants for the Arts.

SF Wednesdays: The Last Hoisan Poets & Del Sol Quartet in Union Square

Wednesday, October 6, 2021, 12-2pm. Free to the public — 2 sets at 12pm & 1pm, with pop-up exhibits by the Chinese Historical Society of America on the history of Angel Island and the Chinese in the Sunset.

World Premiere: Huang Ruo’s ANGEL ISLAND: Oratorio for Voices and Strings

The world premiere of Huang Ruo’s ANGEL ISLAND: Oratorio for Voices and Strings, featuring Del Sol Quartet and Volti with poetry readings by The Last Hoisan Poets, was performed on Friday, October 22, 8pm at the Presidio Theatre and on Saturday, October 23 in the Angel Island Immigration Station barracks on Angel Island, with performances at 11:30am and 1:30pm.

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Theatre

Paper Angels (2010)

Projection of the Chinese Exclusion Act, PAPER ANGELS workshop 2009. Photo by Damian Wampler.

Director Victoria Linchong’s multimedia retelling of the seminal play, Paper Angels, by Genny Lim. Performed in Portsmouth Square on September 15-17, 2010.

San Francisco Fringe Festival, 2010 – Winner, Best Site Specific Production

Workshop production at University Settlement, 2009

PAPER ANGELS takes place on Angel Island in 1915, and follows a group of Chinese who are detained on Angel Island because of the Chinese Exclusion Act. To create the world of the play, we’ll be projecting archival images not only of Angel Island, but also of anti-Chinese magazine covers, posters and advertisements that were prevalent in late 1800s and early 1900s. The play begins with photographs of the Chinese coming across the ocean and the Chinese Exclusion Act itself. 

Victoria Linchong on her 2010 production of Paper Angels
Web Gallery
Paper Angels, Portsmouth Square, May 2010, directed by Victoria Linchong
Paper Angels, Portsmouth Square, May 2010, directed by Victoria Linchong
Paper Angels, Portsmouth Square, May 2010, directed by Victoria Linchong
Paper Angels, Portsmouth Square, May 2010, directed by Victoria Linchong
Paper Angels, Portsmouth Square, May 2010, directed by Victoria Linchong
Paper Angels, Portsmouth Square, May 2010, directed by Victoria Linchong
Playwright Genny Lim joins the cast in a bow.
L-R: Kerry Huang and Doan Ly.
L-R: Jojo Gonzalez and Wai Ching Ho.
L-R: Kerry Huang & Doan Ly.

Promotional images for PAPER ANGELS. 

Photos by Damian Wampler. Styling by Victoria Linchong. Props by Sinotique. http://www.victorialinchong.com/paper-angels


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