Bloodlines 血脉

An Irons in the Fire Project

January 7-9, 2022

Lead Artists: Cinthia Chen & Sim Yan Ying "YY"

PRESENTED ONLINE
Presentation #1: Fri, 7th January 2022, 9:30am EST (10:30pm SGT/HKT/CT)
Presentation #2: Sat, 8th January 2022, 9:30am EST (10:30pm SGT/HKT/CT)
Presentation #3: Sat, 8th January 2022, 9:30pm EST (Sun, 9th January 2022, 10:30am SGT/HKT/CT)

This project will feature subtitles.
Feel free to contact us with any questions on accessibility.

Tickets are free:

Synopsis

Bloodlines 血脉 is an ongoing artistic investigation of the Chinese identity by six multidisciplinary artists across the Sinosphere. Over the past six months, our collective has gathered online from our individual homes in Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, China, and the United States to share in our perspectives and artistic practices. This work interweaves our personal and family histories of migration and dissent, in an effort to trace the volatility and promise of Chineseness as an individual, cultural, and global identity.

Bloodlines will be presented as a work-in-progress online from 7 - 9 January 2022, as part of New York-based Fault Line Theatre's Irons in the Fire series. Languages that will be used include English, Mandarin, Cantonese, and the Wuhan dialect, with subtitles provided.

The estimated duration of the presentation & feedback session is 2 hours.

Creative Team

Cinthia Chen (she/her): multidisciplinary artist from Taiwan based in New York
Sim Yan Ying "YY" (she/her): theatre creator, director & performer from Singapore
Andrew Chan Xiyong (he/him): actor & creator from Hong Kong
Annie Jin Wang (she/her): Chinese-American dramaturg based in New York
Kiwi Chan (she/her): theatre & movement artist from Hong Kong
Sam Lu (he/him): Chinese-Canadian sound artist based in Shanghai

Stage Management: Lim Shien Hian (he/him) from Singapore

Lead Artists

SIM YAN YING “YY” (she/her) is a theatre artist based in Singapore and New York. She creates as a director, performer, writer, and deviser, and strives to make works that are experimental, accessible, and reflective of a diversity of lived experiences. Original works include: (un)becoming (T:>Works N.O.W. 2021), Where Are You? (Wild Rice/ Mabou Mines), Who’s There? (New Ohio Theatre), I LOVE WHITE MEN (Caveat NYC/ Ars Nova/ Dixon Place), and Without Reason (ArtsWok Collaborative/ Esplanade). YY is presently a Directing Resident at Singapore Repertory Theatre, an artist in the Mabou Mines SUITE/Space program, and a playwright as part of Emergency Stairs’ Writing with AI experimentation. Training: BFA NYU Tisch, 2021 The Necessary Stage Devising Platform, 2017 SITI Company Summer Intensive. simyanying.com. IG: @simyanying

CINTHIA CHEN (she/her) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn and Taiwan. She was a Mabou Mines SUITE/Space artist, Creators Collective’s AEIN artist, as well as a Theater Mitu affiliated artist, presenting work through their Hybrid Arts Lab and Expansion Works programming. Original works include: Anna May Wong, The Actress Who Died a Thousand Deaths (Mabou Mines), Waters of Oblivion (Corkscrew Theater Festival/Theater Mitu). Cinthia is also a video and projections designer and was recognized for her work at La MaMa’s Design Fest 2020. Highlights include: O - Life's a Drag (Guling Street Avant-garde Theater), The Yellow Wallpaper (IRT Theater), Notes from the Basement (Dixon Place). She is a film editor as well and has worked for independent artists and production companies such as Five Sisters Productions and ARRI China. cinthiachen.com

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