Rohan Zhou-Lee is Black Asian writer, dancer, trumpeter and community organizer in New York City
Pronouns: They | Siya | 祂(Tā) | Elle
Gender: Firebird
Rohan Zhou-Lee is a dancer, writer, and organizer. A 2023 Open City Fellow at the Asian American Writers' Workshop, they have written for Newsweek, Prism Reports, NextShark, and more. Siya is also the founder of the Blasian March, a Black-Asian-Blasian grassroots solidarity organization, and for their work has been featured on CNN, NBC Chicago, USA Today, WNYC, and more. Blasian March has received several awards, including a certificate from the New York City Public Advocate. Zhou-Lee has spoken on organizing, human rights, and other subjects at New York University, The University of Tokyo, the 2022 Unite and Enough Festivals in Zürich, Switzerland, Harvard University, and more. Dance credits include West Side Story (New Bedford Festival Theatre, 2018) the Off-Broadway revival of Over Here! (Triad Theatre, 2019), Lovecraft Country (HBO 2018), and siya's ballet Homage (Unite Festival, 2022.) Zhou-Lee holds a Bachelor of the Arts in Ethnomusicology from Northwestern University.
Rohan Zhou-Lee standing on a rock facing a cloudy sky and river. Siya wears a blue malong tube skirt to celebrate their Filipinx heritage. Photo Credit Stas Ginzburg.
Awards and Fellowships
2024 At Capacity Fellowship, Movement Research Artists of Color Council
2024 PEN America U.S. Writers’ Aid Initiative Grant
2024 Asian Women’s Giving Circle Grantee
2024 What Can We Do? Grant from Asian American Arts Alliance
2023 FIYAH Rest Grant
2023 Open City Fellow at The Asian American Writers' Workshop
2023 NAFCON Community Forum Awards Recipient
2023 New Yorkers for Culture and Arts Fellow
2022 City of New York Public Advocate Certificate for Blasian March
2022 Bandung Residency