Adult third culture kid (ATCK) Alaine Handa is the Artistic Director of A.H. Dance Company, a non profit arts organization. The company's goal is to: "to present and support independent contemporary artists and companies in New York and worldwide. Through collaborations with local dancers and artists of other mediums, Alaine Handa and Dancers hope to share modern dance to communities that lack exposure to it."
Currently, Alaine Handa is working on a multi-disciplinary arts project about third culture kids. The project will include short film, visual art, live music, spoken word, poetry, photography, animation and dance. The project will be shown in New York by University Settlement and A.H. Dance Company on the 13th-15th of May 2010. The project will be at the University Settlement: 184 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002. If you are a third culture kid and would like to be interviewed for the documentary, click here for details.
A.H. Dance Company Promo 2008-2009 from Alaine Handa on Vimeo.
Those interested in supporting the project financially can do so by attending a fundraiser for the project on the 5th of December 2009 from 7-10:30 p.m. at Stone Creek Bar & Lounge located at 140 E. 27th St, New York, NY 10016. Donations will be tax-deductible through the fiscal sponsor, The Solo Foundation, Inc. To donate a product or service to be raffled at the fundraiser, contact Howard Seligman at becrow@earthlink.net. All the sponsoring individuals or companies will be credited in all the publicity materials.
Sources: Denizen & Arts project blog
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She seems very talented! Nice article.
Thank you Emylou for posting this!
(And thank you Sherri for your kind words) :-)
What a cool way to promote awareness of TCKs! The interview questions are very good, so I'll look forward to the documentary.
Great article! Confession - I actually had to look up the definition of Third Culture Kid because I had never heard this term before! Guess I'm a 2nd culture kid only. :-)
Thank you Emylou for posting this!
(And thank you Sherri for your kind words) :-)
Gwen, actually that makes you a TCK too. Your parents culture + Your host culture = Your own unique culture
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Sounds like a cool project.
Rachel, keep reading the blog! I update it pretty often.
Thank you everyone for your support - this project relies on the community.
What a great project! Thanks for spreading the word! :-)
What a great project.
Talented woman!
Very interesting article.
I never even heard the term TCK until reading your articles! I am so glad to learn about third culture kids!
This sounds really interesting.
Thank you Lyn, Deborah, K K, Rebecca, and Chris! I don't make art for arts' sake, most works I make have a sociological component to it. This particular project has a lot of community building slant to it. I wouldn't be able to do this without the community of global nomads.
Don't know how I missed this. Nice to see such artistic ability.
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