
Projects & Collaborations
The Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance Association is proud to have been a part of many publications, interviews, photo shoots, and commercials throughout the years.

Feb 8, 2024
Members of the Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance Association perform a traditional Chinese Dragon Dance at the Shirley Bird Perry Ballroom in the Texas Union on Tuesday. Daniel Nguyen, Wesley Vu Tran, Maya Goodman, Greyson Baker, Anthony Pham and Aria Guat performed the dance, while Kevin Gian, James Dam, Tia Truong and Kelly Phan played the musical accompaniment. (Young He/The Daily Texan)
Mar 17, 2024
Attendees celebrate Lunar New Year at Mozart’s Coffee Roasters in Austin, Texas, on Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. The celebration was the first Lunar New Year festival hosted by the venue since its opening in 1993.
(Tori Garcia/Reporting Texas TV)

Jordyn Chang instructs a teammate controlling the lion head during a Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance Association practice at the Fo Guang Shan Xiang Yun Temple in Austin, May 11, 2024. Supporting the lion head and moving it properly requires both strength and good form. (Sara Diggins/American-Statesman)
May 15, 2024
Aug 3, 2024 – Nov 2, 2024


Round 22: Plastic Bag Lion Dance combines the Chinese tradition of Lion Dance with the ritual of saving plastic shopping bags to create a new Chinese American Lion species. Collected plastic shopping bags surround the cage, combined with fringed plastic grocery twine, transforming the caged trailer into the lion’s body. This lion has many heads adorned with plastic bags and crocheted plastic yarn to ward off evil from all directions. (Jasmine Chock in collaboration with Heavenly Dragon Lion Dance)
Sep 6, 2024
Meet Kevin, a pharmacist by trade who embodies the Texas spirit of blazing his own trail to follow his dreams. His troupe of Lion Dancers doesn’t just wow crowds: they help keep a centuries-old tradition alive, building community and deepening their connection to a rich history that now calls Texas home. (Texas.gov)

Sep 9, 2024
An Asian Lion Dancing Troupe cook-up their favorite dish - Vietnamese Shaking Beef - with the same rhythm and passion as their traditional dance. (YouTube)