QT Fusion Dance PRIDE Night: Bhangra, Tinikling, & West Coast Swing
For our Pride celebration this year, we are partnering with the QTAPI community for a very special event featuring South Asian/Filipino dance styles of Bhangra and Tinikling!! We’re also very excited to bring you world champion dancer Erica Smith for our first West Coast Swing lesson since 2020.
Please fill out this google form if you plan on attending: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLSe6gYj5vjpRYB…/viewform
Expect on-theme giveaways at some point during the night.
SCHEDULE
7-8:30: Tinikling & Bhangra Lessons with Eddie & Radhika
8:45-9:45: West Coast Swing Lesson with Erica Smith
9:45: Fusion Social Dance with variety of styles
7-8:30: Tinikling & Bhangra Lessons with Eddie & Radhika
8:45-9:45: West Coast Swing Lesson with Erica Smith
9:45: Fusion Social Dance with variety of styles
PRICE
Bhangra & Tinikling lessons will be donation-based. Pricing for swing lesson TBD.
Bhangra & Tinikling lessons will be donation-based. Pricing for swing lesson TBD.
VENUE
Upstairs at As You Are (AYA) Bar in Eastern Market. D.C.’s new woman-owned queer bar and café. Coffee/tea, delicious food, drinks, free wifi.
Nearby bus stops: 90, 92, V1, V4
Upstairs at As You Are (AYA) Bar in Eastern Market. D.C.’s new woman-owned queer bar and café. Coffee/tea, delicious food, drinks, free wifi.
Nearby bus stops: 90, 92, V1, V4
COVID-19 Safety
All attendees will be required to show proof of full vaccination (such as card or photocopy) along with photo ID. Masks are required while not eating/drinking. We’ll have plenty of 3-ply masks on hand in case anyone needs an extra mask.
All attendees will be required to show proof of full vaccination (such as card or photocopy) along with photo ID. Masks are required while not eating/drinking. We’ll have plenty of 3-ply masks on hand in case anyone needs an extra mask.
Please know that you’ll need to pass through the downstairs café area to reach this event, and we don’t know how crowded it will be downstairs.
We ask that you do not attend if you are feeling any COVID-19 symptoms on the day of the event or have tested positive within the previous 10 days. Please get tested ahead of the event if you have been in any high-risk social settings in the 7 days before the event.
ACCESS
Please let us know if you will need ASL-interpreting services! 48-hour advance notice needed.
This event is on the second floor and requires entering via flight of stairs; the downstairs café is wheelchair accessible which allows for socializing at the same venue, but not at the event itself.
Please let us know if you will need ASL-interpreting services! 48-hour advance notice needed.
This event is on the second floor and requires entering via flight of stairs; the downstairs café is wheelchair accessible which allows for socializing at the same venue, but not at the event itself.
Event Co-Sponsors: Asian Pacific Islander Queer Society DC (APIQS), Asian Queers United for Action DC (AQUA), KhushDC, Korean Queer & Trans Org. (KQT DC), Mayor’s Office of APIA Affairs (MOAPIA), National Association of Asian American Professionals (NAAAP) Pride DC, and Capital Pride Alliance
*This is an LGBTQ-centered event. Allies are welcome.*
