Road to Cultural Beats: Persuasian

PersuAsian is an all female hip hop dance crew at Emory that incorporates sass and swag with a hint of Asian culture. Originally founded as a small dance team Spring of 2008, the team hoped to reach out to the Asian-American community on Emory Campus via a modern dance style rather than typical traditional Asian dance. Since then, the group has evolved into a dynamic and reputable dance team, and by incorporating dance-fans in their routines, Persuasian uniquely fuses the traditional East Asian dance-forms with modern hip hop. Persuasian often performs for the Asian community on Emory campus at annual events such as Korean Culture Night, Lunar Banquet, and the China Care Fundraiser Banquet, in addition to major campus-wide events such as Cultural Beats, Essence, and AHANA dance. Persuasian has also participated in Atlanta-wide competitions such as Kollaboration ATL II, Kollaboration ATL III, and Culture Shock.