championing asian voices in dance
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A service organization for AAPI dance creatives
Our mission is to champion Asian voices within multiple creative disciplines by offering opportunities for collaboration, commissioning support, professional development, community building, and advocacy to build greater equity in the field of dance and the greater spectrum of the performing, visual, and media arts and other creative pursuits.
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A hub for artists
Connect with other dancers, directors, educators, choreographers, composers, fashion and costume designers, administrators and board members of Asian descent.
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Join us for our online and in-person events this year! Our board members and guest speakers discuss everything from career spotlights, professional development, networking opportunities, and more.
Watch recordings of previous programs on our YouTube channel.
10,000 Dreams film festival
season 2025-26
Update
As you may know, there has been a transition in leadership at The Kennedy Center. As a result, the Center's "Office Hours" initiative has been disbanded and the institution will no longer commit to the $10,000 funding and week-long residency support of the Commissioned Dreamer program. This update recently came to us during the review period for this award, and we want to make sure you, the community, are up to date with this information as well.
Our team is actively finding ways to support this Commissioned Dreamer program.
Please consider a donation to our community fund to contribute to this award, or reach out to info@goldstandardarts.org if you have resources that you’d like to offer as part of a robust package from the greater creative community. If you work in film, have resources that could support this prize, have available studio space, would like to support with in-kind mentorship/consultations, film equipment to donate, and/or any other creative way to support, please don't hesitate to reach out to us.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support of our efforts!