JINSHAN: Seams of Gold

WHAT PEOPLE Wrote

A Secret Journey

Your history together brought us to many unknown lands. You left us feeling we witnessed a secret journey. Cats. Ships passing. String. Sisters. Everyone who has peopled this room. Honoring every moment together. Honoring space. Figurative and literal. Timing of join-ups. Use of room. Start > Finish. Complete.

A Miracle in Nature

"Puzzle-like configurations of two bodies coming together. One body moving another, yet not mechanic, but purely organic. Felt like watching a miracle in nature that happened once in a hundred years; like a waterfall full of glowing stars."

an umbilical cord betweeN

"It was beautiful—a cascading shifting relationship with each other and the space that wasn't quite human, in a world where there wasn't quite verticality. But y'all also managed to be firmly connected—an umbilical cord between you. Thank you for your clarity and simplicity of structure; all felt helpful in these dark days. "

Megan Lowe + Rose Huey

present a preview of

JINSHAN: Seams of Gold

in

SF Bay Area AAPI Dance Film Night

as part of Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center's 28th Annual

United States of Asian America Festival

May 24th, 2025

Saturday at 7:30pm

BANDALOOP Studio

1601 18th St, Oakland, CA 94607

Fabulous Featured Films

Demons by Girl Swallows Nightingale
JINSHAN: Seams of Gold by Megan Lowe, Rose Huey, and Nino Fernandez
SCROLL by Johnny Huy Nguyễn and Wilfred Galila
Shubhaarambh by Ishami Dance Company
SONDER by EIGHT/MOVES
Unbecoming by Iu-Hui Chua

Read Program with Artist Bios

Learn More About USAAF

JINSHAN: Seams of Gold has since gone on to screen in the following Dance Film Festivals:

Asian American Dance Festival Film Festival (San Diego, California)
- Critics Choice Award Winner
Frame x Frame Dance Film Fest (Houston, Texas)
IMPINGE Dance Film Festival (Singapore, Singapore)
Luna Dance and Creativity Film Festival (Berkeley, California)
CineVox Dance Film Festival (Portland, Oregon)
- Audience Favorite Award Winner
Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- Best Performance Award Winner
Utah Dance Film Festival (Salt Lake City, Utah)
Pittsburgh International Dance Film Festival (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
FOR THIS EARTH - Screendance Festival (Franklin, Massachusetts)
- Film of the Festival Award Winner
Festival Cuadro por Danza - dance film & photography (Caracas, Miranda, Venezuela)
SF Aerial Arts Film Festival (San Francisco, California)
MOVIE TRAILERS Film Festival (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
- Best Dance Trailer Award Winner
Sans Souci Festival of Dance Cinema (Boulder, Colorado)

Megan Lowe and Rose Huey present SF Bay Area AAPI Dance Film Night on May 24th at BANDALOOP Studios in Oakland, California, as part of the 28th Annual United States of Asian America Festival. This will be a very sweet and casual dance film screening gathering. Come dressed in your comfy clothes and bring a blanket or pillow if you want. We will have some chairs and soft places to rest, popcorn, and other light snacks. This free/by donation event will include dance films by AAPI filmmakers, and culminates in the world premiere screening of JINSHAN: Seams of Gold, an outdoor site-specific vertical dance film by Megan Lowe, Rose Huey, and Nino Fernandez.

In JINSHAN: Seams of Gold, Megan Lowe and Rose Huey use rock climbing technology to transform a rock wall into a place for dance, human connection, story sharing, and reflection. Inspired by the courage, resiliency, and creativity of our ancestors and elders, this dance film evokes hope and wonder, expanding viewers imagination to what is achievable when we come together.

BANDALOOP Studios is a supporter of this event.