A Leaf’s Pilgrimage

Dominique Fung (b. 1987, Ottawa, Canada) lives and works in New York, NY. She has held solo exhibitions at institutions including ICA SF, San Francisco, CA (2026) (forthcoming); Rockefeller Center, New York, NY (2023); and Pond Society, Shanghai, China (2022). Her work has been featured in major international group exhibitions including Where the Real Lies, Ogunquit Museum of American Art, Ogunquit, ME (2025); Spirit House, Cantor Arts Center, Stanford, CA (2024); Day for Night: New American Realism, Galleria Nazionali di Arte Antica, Rome, Italy (2024); I’m Not Afraid of Ghosts, Palazzo Tiepolo Passi, Venice, Italy (2024); Full Disclosure: Selections from the Thomas-Suwall Collection, Plains Art Museum, Fargo, ND (2024); Women of Now: Dialogues of Identity, Memory and Place, Green Family Art Foundation, Dallas, TX (2022); My Secret Garden, Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan (2021); SITE: Michigan Central Station, Library Street Collective, Detroit, MI (2021); Friends and Friends of Friends: Artistic Communities in the Age of Social Media, Schlossmuseum, Linz, Austria (2020); Barmecide Feast, The 14th Factory, Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC (2018); and among many others. Fung’s work is included in the collections of the M+, K11 Art Foundation, Pond Society, Yuz Foundation, Aïshti Foundation, Cantor Art Center of Stanford University, East West Bank Collection, Hammer Museum, High Museum of Art, ICA Miami, LACMA, LA MoCA, The Huntington Library, among others.

Reyna Bonaparte-Sandoz, Assistant Director

Reyna Bonaparte-Sandoz is a multi-talented teaching artist, educator, community organizer, facilitator, podcaster, and poet from the vibrant Harlem, NYC neighborhood. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Bard College and a Master’s in Applied Theatre from CUNY’s School of Professional Studies, reflecting her commitment to artistic expression and educational growth. With over 20 years of experience in the arts, Reyna has dedicated her career to positively impacting her community. With every artistic endeavor she undertakes, Reyna brings a profound commitment to breaking barriers, promoting diversity, and igniting conversations that lead to positive societal transformations. Her work catalyzes embracing differences, challenging societal norms, and inspiring collective action toward a more inclusive and equitable world.

Performers

Sun, Xiaoxiao (孙骁骁) appeared in film Blue Sun Palace (2024 Cannes winner), Lucky Lu (2025 Cannes selected); is reviving TONY winning musical Thoroughly Modern Millie with its authors (produced by The MUNY); is devising a new play on the ACT UP movement with some SITI alum.

Kayla May Paz Suarez is a 1st-generation PilipinUH American (anti) multidisciplinary artist, born and raised on Ohlone Land (East Bay / San Lorenzo, CA). She is currently settled in Spanish Harlem, New York (Munsee Lenape Land). K May is dedicated to authentic storytelling by way of decolonizing media and communications. Some of her original solo work includes, ‘Say it With Me: Words of Affirmations for a colonized child’, ‘The Kaylamay Project: Come laugh at my trauma’ and her ongoing web series ‘Expressive AF’k / 5 Ft. Lumpia’.

Virginia Santucci, born in Florence, Italy, began ballet at a young age at La Scuola del Balletto di Toscana, later training in contemporary and modern dance at Opus Ballet and Axe Ballet. At 19, she moved to Paris to study jazz at the Rick Odums Institute, then to New York in 2019, graduating with honors from The Ailey School in 2022. While there, she performed works by Amy Hall, Patrick Coker, Helen Simoneau, and Hollie Wright, and danced in the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s 2022–23 season at New York City Center and Lincoln Center. She also performed with Fredrick Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance and apprenticed with Philadanco! II. Now a freelance artist, Virginia dances with Neville Dance Theatre and Drye Marinaro Dance Company, and teaches through Ailey Arts in Education and other programs.

Cam Arnold is a Brooklyn-based movement artist originally from Michigan. They began dancing at the age of five and have since cultivated a dynamic practice rooted in both contemporary and street styles. Known for their style, versatility, and infectious energy, Cam brings heart to everything they touch. Cam’s professional experience includes performances and contracts with Eryc Taylor Dance Company, the McKittrick Hotel, Candace Brown’s Soul Project Dance Company, and Kiss My Face. They are currently performing with Kyla Bullings’ Ugly Movement and serve as an instructor for Dance Church, where they continue to share their passion for dance in community-centered spaces. In addition to their performance work, Cam is deeply engaged in choreography, dance creation, social dance, and improvisation.

David Zhenqian Li is a playwright, performer and filmmaker. He holds a BFA in Dramatic Arts from The New School (2025). His works include the plays Memoria, Beyond the Oak, The Birthday Present, and Still Portrait, as well as the films The River and Saturday Dream. He is a recipient of the Judith Malina Award for Artistic Distinction and an astrologer.

Summer Gan is an actor, dancer, model, choreographer, and intimacy coordinator. Born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, she trained in classical ballet and contemporary dance before moving to New York to study Dance Theater. Her credits include Joe’s Pub at the Public Theater with TerryandTheCuz, Wiederhoeft at NYFW, Mei-Be WHAT Ever at the Museum of Chinese in America, Disney, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, and WHY NOT HERE? at ILHAM Gallery.