Welcome to Iny Asian Dance Theater!

Iny Asian Dance Theater is your local Asian dance school and have been around for more than 11 years.  Our dance theater participate in many celebration performances and cultural festivals around the Saint Paul, and Minneapolis –  the Twin Cities. Our primarily focus is Asian dances: Hmong, Chinese, Thia, and Bollywood dance style, all taught and choreographed by Internationally renowned Hmong artist – Iny Mai Vang along with a well-qualified dance coach team.

Iny Asian Dance Theater has a long history of winning 1st place titles at many Hmong New Year Dance Competitions.  We have also received well review at other dance festivals.

Founded in 2000 by Iny Xiong (aka. Mai Vang), Iny Asian Dance Theater (IADT)’s mission is to promote and celebrate Hmong Arts and Culture through dance, theater, educational workshops and other cultural enrichment activities.    Our two major projects are: 1) Bringing the Asian Traditional Dances to Life, with a special focus on Asian Indian, Chinese, Hmong, Laotian and Thai dances through weekly dance classes and community engagement performances; 2) Sharing Hmong cultures and talents with mainstream audience to build a better community of appreciation of diverse arts with Annual Recitals and newly created Dance Drama Performance series.

A particular emphasis is placed on youth participation.    We offer 7 levels of classes:

·      MN Sunshine – girls’ age from 12 and up, with 7 hours training weekly

·      Ocean – girls’ age from 11 – 16, with 6 hours training weekly

·      Silver Skies – girls’ age from 8 – 13, with 5 hours training weekly

·      Rainbow – girls’ age from 6 – 10, with 3 hours training weekly

·      Phab Ej Hmoob/Hmong Heroes (All Boy’s Group) – all age, with 5 hours training weekly

.      Dancing Mist – girls ages 11-16, with 3 hours training weekly

.      Snow Flakes – girls ages 8-13, with 3 hours training weekly

 

The Most Advanced group – MN Sunshine – has long history of winning the 1st place titles at many Hmong New Year Dance Competition.  They just won the 1st Place from 2012 International Hmong New Year Celebration.  Iny Asian Dance Theater is famous with their explosive physical capacities along with beautiful costume, and refreshing Asian music.  

Dance Groups of Iny Asian Dance Theater

Rainbow

Snow Flakes

Dancing Mist

Silver Skies

Hmong Heroes

Ocean

MN SunShine

For you Dance Request

To Request our dance team, download our Dance Contract , fill it out and submit it to see.xiong@amamedia.org

Dance Schedule        Contact Us        Summer Activities        Awards          Parents Page             Coming Up Events

TRY OUT for IADT Enrollment

I A D T     N E W S!!!!

The last TRY OUT for IADT enrollment is this weekend!
Everyone MUST COME to this Try Out again, including the old and new students who came to the first Try Out.
Try Out will be located at Asian Media Access, 2418 Plymouth Avenue North Minneapolis MN 55411

Saturday, March 2nd
Girls Try Out:
Ages 5-11yrs old: noon – 3pm
Ages 12yrs old and up: 3-6pm

Sunday, March 3rd
Boys Try Out:
All Ages: noon – 4pm

Welcome to Iny Asian Dance Theater.  Led and Choreographed by Acclaimed Hmong Artist, Iny Xiong, Iny Asian Dance Theater has successfully served more than 120 students annually.   Our mission is to broaden students’ ability and general public’s appreciation of Asian Dances through teaching and performance.   Our 2 major projects are: 1) Bringing the Asian Traditional Dances to Life, with a special focus on Asian Indian, Chinese, Hmong, Laotian and Thai dances through weekly dance classes and community engagement performances; 2) Sharing Asian cultures and talents with mainstream audience to build a better community of appreciation of diverse arts with Annual Recital and newly created Dance Drama Performance series.

Currently, Iny Asian Dance Theater has 9 different levels and ages groups. The top 6 groups for Competition/Performance and 2 beginner groups for Recreational only, Competition Group will meet twice a week, and Recreational Group will meet once a week.

Although our dance theater is tuition free, we expect regular and on-time attendances, and we request a $200 conditional refundable deposit per family – if any dancers in the family reaches 3 non-excused absences, the deposit is forfeited. Other fees include a $50 annual facility fee, and costumes fees.

YIYUSA, Our Biggest Performance Yet!

(click on the above image for a large size display)

YIYUSA

          -an Asian Dance Drama.  The story tells of a mythical creature, ascend from the heaven.  Seraphic as she is, she fell in love with the human dancing abilities and begin an adventure of mysterious journey to become a human girl.

More Details >>

Performances on
Tuesday, April 2, 2013, 7:30 PM
at Florida A&M University, Lee Hall Auditorium, Tallahassee, FL

Admission is Free & Open to the Public

For more information contact Asian Media Access at  612-376-7717 or Email see.xiong@amamedia.org

Media Downloads (photos, wallpapers, flyers) >>

Bringing A Hmong Dance Drama to the Saint Paul Community

Longing for Qeej

Frost Lake Magnet School of Technology and Global Studies and Iny Asian Dance Theater are bringing a one time show, Hmong Dance Drama to the Saint Paul Community on Wednesday, December 23rd at 6:30pm – 8pm.  The performance will be held in the auditorium of Central High School, located on 275 Lexington Parkway North, Saint Paul MN 55104.  This performance is a free public event, good for any age.

Longing for Qeej is a 60 minute show, interweaving non-stop acrobatics, amazing costumes, dazzling dances along with a Hmong folktale portraying the origin of Qeej, a traditional music instrument that communicates between the heaven and the earth, the living and the dead.

Qeej is a mouth organ with six bamboo pipes of different lengths attached to a wooden air chamber. Long ago, there was Sinsay, a great warrior, if Sinsay won a challenge, his prize was to marry one beautiful woman from that kingdom.   Eventually, Sinsay conquered 7 kingdoms with 7 wives and enjoyed 7 celebrations.

The God of Heaven decided to have a grand festival to honor Sinsay.  All 7 wives arrived, found out each other, all shouted, “He’s my husband!” The God of Heaven then told the women, “If all 7 of you say that each of you are his wife, then each of you must go and make something so that when all seven parts are put together into one, words will come out of it.”  So each of them went off to make something, and all came back with different length of pipes. The seven pipes were put together, becoming one instrument – Qeej and when it was blown, the words came out. And the God of Heaven declared that all of the women were Sinsay’s true wives.   Therefore, the Qeej has become the symbol of the Hmong culture.  MN Sunshine will present the century-old story with dances, weaving in with narration and multi-media effect, creating a seamless cultural conversation from Ancient Asia to Modern America.

For more information, please contact: Asian Media Access or www.amamedia.org and www.inyasiandancetheater.org.  Enquiries can be also fax to 612-376-7730
or mail to Asian Media Access, 2418 Plymouth Ave. N., Mpls., MN 55411.

This unique project is sponsored by the MN State Arts Board (which that was created by a vote of the people of Minnesota on Nov., 2008), City of St Paul’s Cultural Star Grant, Metropolitan Regional Arts Council (MRAC), Minnesota Department of Education, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Asian Media Access and with a Special Thanks to Saint Paul Public School.

Fundraising

Iny Asian Dance Theater (and Asian Media Access) are doing a fundraising, selling Herberger’s Coupon Booklet for a prize of only $5.  Amazingly, you will save $400 at Herberger’s from this Community Days Coupon Booklet!

Click on this link for more information:   http://bit.ly/O3ACqv

Free Service Starting September 21st – November 5th

 

Promoting Asian American and Pacific Islanders to register to VOTE!

Celebrating the May Pan Asian Heritage Month With Iny Asian Dance Theater

A 2-day AMAZING Hmong Cultural Festival at Southwest Minnesota State University

1501 State Street, Marshall, MN 56258

May 11th-May 13th, IADT will show cast two separate performances of ‘Longing for Qeej’ dance drama.

We are taking our whole crew of 75 dancers and helpers, traveling a 2 hours drive from Minneapolis to Marshall just to share and interact with YOU at the Hmong Community Day Fair!

 

IADT 1st Dance Recital

Join our May 4 Fundraising Party at Brooklyn Park!!!

Buasavanh Banquet Hall

7324  Lakeland Avene North,

Brooklyn Park, MN 55428

 

Ocean and Silver Skies, two of the youth dance groups from IADT are going to China this Summer. In this 12-day study trip the youth could strengthen their knowledge by understanding the cultures and creating friendships with students from different countries and local students from China. The youth will participate in 2012 Tianjin International Children’s Culture & Art Festival and 2012 Shandong International Youngsters’ Culture Tour. To make this study trip happen, A Night with Iny Asian Dance Theater is a fundraising event for whom supports foreign studies for youth in MN. We start with Asian dance perform by IADT from 7pm. All our kid-youth dance groups will be presenting their amazing Asian dances & acrobatics. You probably will feel like you want to dance too. Dance Party for everyone will start from 9pm until Midnight. Tickets: $15 per guest / $150 per table (light snacks included) Ticket purchase: Call AMA 612-376-7715 / email see.xiong@amamedia.org This fundraising event is organized by Iny Asian Dance Theater and Asian Media Access

http://www.facebook.com/events/353049301419127/