"To capture this sense of nostalgia and congregation, visual journalist and documentarian Jennifer Carpenter immersed herself in the [Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association] as a member for the last year. The result was Generation Dance, an exhibit comprising of Carpenter’s photos intertwined with Chinese ballroom historical accounts, conveying a largely unknown past to non-Chinese, as well as an important lesson as to what today’s Chinatown dancers can teach us about our own catharsis and roots..."
-- Sean McCabe, The Dig magazine. |