Performance Art
The Red Thread
The Red Thread is a piece of performance art co-created by Jiening Zhu and Annora Dong, as a continuation of the inquiry sparkled by their earlier theater work Trapped in the Flash. Through an intimate dialogue between body and space, two dancers move with and through a red thread -- entangling themes of feminism, experimental theater, and embodied memory. Their movements unravel and reweave the fates of three figures: a photographer, an actress, and a railroad worker. In their crossing lines, the hidden struggles of Chinese Americans quietly emerge -- tender, resistant, and unresolved.
Photo: Becky Fu, Patrick Liao, Tewtic El-Sawy
Postmodern Performance Art
Private Etiquette
Private Etiquette is a piece of postmodern performance art investigates the power dynamics embedded in everyday rituals and feminine-coded objects. Inspired by Lucinda Childs' Carnation, it shifts between absurdity and control, tension and grace. The choreography leans into breath as punctuation -- rapid, restrained, regal -- while exploring how the body transforms under the weight of imposed roles, or simply, the sponges in the mouth.
