Swingposium is an immersive production that combines taiko, jazz, swing dance, and theatre to tell a

hidden history of one way Japanese Americans maintained morale in WWII “internment camps” –

through swing dances with live big band music. The audience is surrounded with the sights and sounds

in a fictional mess hall serving as a dance hall behind barbed wire. Active participation pulls them

deeply into the emotional trajectory of the story: the fear and loss of being incarcerated without due

process, the struggle to maintain dignity and hope, and the perseverance of the human spirit