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In an unnamed American concentration camp, she encounters a child who dreams of becoming a professional dancer and who asks Naomi to teach her.\n </p>\n <p>\n  Produced by the Asian American media arts organization Visual Communications,\n  <i>\n   Harusame Spring Rain\n  </i>\n  was funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, Expansion Arts Program.\n </p>\n <p>\n  A pioneering Asian American (of Filipino and Columbian descent) dancer and choreographer, De Vega (1934–90) starred as Chino in both the Broadway and Hollywood versions of\n  <i>\n   West Side Story\n  </i>\n  appeared in numerous television shows and movies in the 1960s and 1970s. After reuniting with the other prominent Asian American\n  <i>\n   West Side Story\n  </i>\n  cast member,\n  <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Nobuko_Miyamoto\" title=\"Nobuko Miyamoto\">\n   Nobuko Miyamoto\n  </a>\n  , at a cast reunion, De Vega became a key figure in the Asian American performing arts organization that she founded, Great Leap.\n </p>\n <div id=\"authorByline\">\n  <b>\n   Authored by\n   <a class=\"encyc notrg\" href=\"https://encyclopedia.densho.org/wiki/Brian_Niiya\" title=\"Brian Niiya\">\n    Brian Niiya\n   </a>\n   , Densho\n  </b>\n </div>\n <div id=\"citationAuthor\" style=\"display:none;\">\n  Niiya, Brian\n </div>\n <p>\n  <br/>\n  Might also like\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Eagle%20Against%20the%20Sun%20(film)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    Eagle Against the Sun\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (1992);\n  <i>\n   <a class=\"external text offsite\" href=\"https://resourceguide.densho.org/Hito%20Hata:%20Raise%20the%20Banner%20(film)/\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n    Hito Hata: Raise the Banner\n   </a>\n  </i>\n  (1980);\n  <i>\n   Strawberry Fields\n  </i>\n  (1997)\n </p>\n</div>\n","moreinfo":"<div class=\"section\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n <h2>\n  <span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"For_More_Information\">\n   For More Information\n  </span>\n </h2>\n <div class=\"section_content\">\n  <!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCached time: 20250814184316\nCache expiry: 86400\nDynamic content: false\nComplications: []\nCPU time usage: 0.023 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.027 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 357/1000000\nPost‐expand include size: 6885/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1345/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 4/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0/100\nUnstrip recursion depth: 0/20\nUnstrip post‐expand size: 0/5000000 bytes\nExtLoops count: 0\n-->\n  <!--\nTransclusion expansion time report (%,ms,calls,template)\n100.00%   13.470      1 -total\n 27.26%    3.672      1 Template:RGDatabox-Core\n 26.10%    3.516      1 Template:Databox-Films\n 16.15%    2.176      1 Template:Published\n 14.81%    1.995      1 Template:AuthorByline\n 14.32%    1.929      1 Template:publish-rgonly\n-->\n  <!-- Saved in parser cache with key encycmw:pcache:idhash:4682-0!canonical and timestamp 20250814184316 and revision id 38233\n -->\n </div>\n</div>"}