Hubbard Street and 10,000 Dreams challenge stereotypes while centering AAPI choreographers
Hubbard Street's Unboxed spills Nutcracker tea; Final Bow for Yellowface builds a dance incubator. Act two: a flute trill hurries over a plodding bassoon, chased by string pizzicato, a merry sound that sounds "fun," "festive," and "not authentically Chinese""in this way, not unlike your average takeout, particularly in the rapidity of its delivery. At just about a minute long, Chinese Tea…