MOCA PERFORMS – Heteroglossia, Day 3
Performing Artists-in-Residence Works-in-Progress Presentation
December 28, 2024, 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Free Admission | Registration Required
Museum of Chinese in America’s 2024-2025 Performing-Artist-In-Residence program welcomes a cohort of 5 performing artists to generate a theme-based project. This year’s theme, Heteroglossia, encourages the resident artists to explore the construct of identity based on their particular lifestyles and cultures.
“MOCA Performs – Heteroglossia” will present the resident artists’ works-in-progress. In this presentation, resident artists will share the vision for their projects and present a draft of the project. Audience will have the opportunity to have an in-depth conversation with the resident artists on the projects, and learn about the cultural significance behind each of resident artists’ works.
In this performance, Theater/Performance Director YIBIN WANG will present a documentary performance project, Tongues, illuminating the cross-cultural experiences of Asians in America through the prism of our mother tongues. It will be structured around personal stories and daily-life experiences of Asian performers, exploring themes of cultural heritage and identity.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
YIBIN WANG, theatre & performance
Yibin Wang is a New York-based theater and performance director hailing from Hangzhou, China. Yibin’s interdisciplinary work delves into cross-cultural experiences, new technology, and vibrant audience relationships. His recent directing/curatorial projects include A Hunger Artist (Lenfest Center for Arts), Three-Second Angels (TheaterLab), A Tree Has Not Yet Woken Up In A Dream (Beijing International Youth Theater Festival), Playdate (En Garde Arts), A Theater Letter To You (Columbia University), The Vanya Project (Columbia University), Designing Care (Hangzhou Fengshan Community). Recent assistant credits include The Following Evening (dir. 600 Highwaymen); Medee, This Body Is So Permanent (dir. Peter Sellars); Promenade (dir. Morgan Green); Mothers’ Stories (dir. CHIA). BA, Bard College; MFA in Directing, Columbia University.