Winter Jasmine — Good Spring

This event is presented by SFU's David Lam Centre and Heart of the City Festival 

Since 2020, women at the Downtown Eastside Women’s Centre have gathered bi-weekly to practice Chinese dance, including fan dancing. Ranging in age from 60 to 87, the group includes retired women from diverse regions of China with backgrounds in traditional, Latin, and modern dance—or simply a love of movement. Participants come from the Strathcona Tai Chi Group, Stephen Wong Lion Group, DEWC Peer Program, and Chinatown Community Policing Centre. Instructor Eva Cho, a lifelong dancer and former Saskatchewan dance teacher, leads the group in routines set to traditional music and Cantopop, celebrating culture, joy, and community.