Name: From Barbed Wire to Boogie Woogie: A Presentation by Rusty Frank with Camp Survivors followed by an All Camps Swing Dance with The Fabulous Esquires Big Band
Start: 2023-06-17
End: 2023-06-17
Location: Japanese American Museum DTLA

From Barbed Wire to Boogie Woogie: A Presentation by Rusty Frank with Camp Survivors followed by an All Camps Swing Dance with The Fabulous Esquires Big Band

Saturday, June 17, 2023

NOTE: The program has two parts and tickets need to be purchased separately:

A Conversation with WWII Concentration Camp Survivors

12 p.m.–1:30 p.m. PDT

$16 General, $9 Students/Seniors, Members FREE

Explore the impact of swing music and dance on youth in America’s concentration camps with dance expert Rusty Frank in conversation with camp survivors June Aochi Berk and Takayo Tsubochi Fischer.

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All Camps Swing Dance with The Fabulous Esquires Big Band

2 p.m.–5 p.m. PDT

$10 General, $5 Members

Celebrate the resilience of a community in struggle through swing music and dance.(Rusty will be teaching a beginner swing dance class at 2:10pm, and then dance, dance, dance).

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LOCATION:

Japanese American National Museum

100 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90012

Questions: https://JANM.org