Lynda Trang Đài

Lê Quang Quý Trang Đài, also known by the stage name Lynda Trang Đài (Đà Nẵng, 1968), is a Vietnamese American singer.^[1][2] She has appeared in many of the Paris By Night shows of Thuy Nga Productions,^[3] for example Paris By Night 36, 59, 66, 93, 94 and 100. She is noted as one of the first more provocative Vietnamese-American performers.^[4] Her racy costumes and stage antics have earned her the title "the Vietnamese Madonna,"^[5] "well established but very controversial" (1999)^[6] "notoriously bold veteran" (2005).^[7] and so on.^[8]

References

1. Lynda Trang Đài (Vietnamese article, bio and interview) "Lynda Trang Đài sinh tại Đà Nẵng, 9 tuổi sang Hong Kong và đến Mỹ năm 1978, tên khai sinh là Lê Quang Quý Trang Đài, tên khi lấy chồng là Lynda Trang Đài"
2. Ca sỹ hải ngoại Lynda Trang Đài "15 năm bay cùng phi công trẻ" "Lynda sinh năm 1968"
3. Yao Souchou House of Glass: Culture, Modernity and the State in Southeast Asia 2001 Page 124 "The audience will see Lynda Trang Dai leaping about on the stage, then Huong Lan in black peasant's pyjamas and a conical hat, then Ngoc Hue in a swimming costume and a pointed bra aping Madonna, then finally Ai Van, holding a broad ..."
4. Stuart Cunningham, John Sinclair Floating Lives: The Media and Asian Diasporas 2000 Page 124 "This "assertive hybridity" is exclusively a phenomenon of youth culture, and centres on its very specific formation at "ground zero" in Southern California. The "excesses" of controversial performers such as Lynda Trang Dai, Nhu Mai,"
5. Mimi Thi Nguyen, Thuy Linh N. Tu -Alien Encounters: Popular Culture in Asian America 2007 Page 207 "Cunningham and Nguyen's third category, assertive hybridity, celebrates these liberating aspects of diasporic performances. Encapsulated by the creative work of artists such as Lynda Trang Dai, known as the Vietnamese Madonna ..."
6. Media International Australia Issues 90-93 Australian Film, Television & Radio School - 1999 - Page 143 "The 'excesses' of controversial performers such as Lynda Trang Dai or Don Ho have some precedent within the ... Lynda Trang Dai is prototypical of this stance, and is a well-established but very controversial figure in Vietnamese music ..."
7. Laura B. Lengel - Intercultural communication and creative practice 2005 Page 169 "The opening number was performed by five of TN's regular female artists, two of whom I caught up with in between their recording sessions and rehearsals. Lynda Trang Dai is a notoriously bold veteran of new wave music and a hard-working ..."
8. Orange Coast Magazine Vol. 24, No. 9 Sep 1998 - Page 70 - Magazine "Lynda Trang Dai shocked audiences while thrusting her pelvis to the pulsating beat of the music and sliding sensually along the stage."