Speyer Hall @ University Settlement

March 27 @ 7:30pm

184 Eldridge Street, 2nd Floor

NYC 10002

Free with registration

Join us for a free workshop work-in-progress of The Performance Project @ University Settlement Artist in Residence Yibin Wang’s new interactive work, Tongues.

Tongues is a gathering, an event, and an audience-participation performance where we’ll re-enact the most mundane daily moments, belt out our go-to karaoke songs, and, of course, explore the art of swearing in our native languages. Performers of Asian descent will first share their personal stories of navigating two language worlds, offering a glimpse into the cultural crossroads they live in. And we invite you to join us in celebrating the power of our mother tongues as we connect and create new shared experiences together.

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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. He was the Co-curator of Designing Care, an interdisciplinary community art project in Hangzhou, China. His recent 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), “A Theater Letter To You” (Columbia University), “The Vanya Project” (Columbia University).

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.

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The Performance Project at University Settlement is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.