I remember watching Swan Lake and everybody looking exactly the same, but being able to relate because they … - Joan Chen

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Out of all those millions and millions of planets floating around there in space, this is our planet, this is our little one, so we just got to be aware of it and take care of it.

Joan Chen

I remember watching Swan Lake and everybody looking exactly the same, but being able to relate because they were the only company I had ever seen even on video that had Asian dancers. The Asian community in Hawaii is actually almost as dominant as the Caucasian community. I thought "I can relate to that company because they look like people that I see every day. " They weren't all little stick-thin Russian ballerinas.

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