MOCA PERFORMS - Heteroglossia, Pt. 2, Day 2

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, Pt. 2" will present the resident artists’ works-in-progress. Audiences will experience the resident artists' works, gain insights into the cultural and artistic nuances of each project, and learn about the refined visions and timelines leading to the final presentation outside of the residency.

Performer-Composer-Improviser SHINYA LIN will present an experiential music project, New Music City. Audience will be invited out into Chinatown on a designed sound journey. This project draws inspiration from the concept of Ubiquitous Music, aiming to offer the public an altered experience of the ordinary. The goal is to reflect on how we typically experience sounds, cultivating a deeper awareness of auditory experiences in contemporary society—an inseparable element of daily life and cultural intricacy.

Theatre Composer/Writer TIDTAYA SINUTOKE will present a song cycle performance, White Rice, inspired by interviews with Thai Americans exploring the authenticity of Thai food and its evolution. In this performance, audiences will experience intimate sentiments connected to food and home, brought to life through reenactments of these interviews.

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.

SHINYA LIN, music

Shinya Lin is a performer-composer-improviser. He is also a co-founder of Chaospace, a nonprofit organization that supports the curation of Asian artists in New York City. Shinya’s musical style encompasses various genres, including new music, jazz, improvisation, and electroacoustic music. He focuses on composing and playing the piano, prepared piano, and electronics, drawing inspiration from artists such as John Cage and Cecil Taylor. He believes in embracing whatever comes as a consequence of life and finding enjoyment in exploring the soundscape informed by life and nature. Shinya places great emphasis on “being present” in his music, as it is inseparable from ordinary life. He believes that music brings people together internally, leading to a realization of life’s purpose. Shinya graduated from Berklee College of Music and now holds a Master degree from The New School. He has embarked on a creative path, collaborating with various art communities in New York.

TIDTAYA SINUTOKE, musical theatre

Tidtaya Sinutoke (ฑิตยา สินุธก) is a Jonathan Larson Grant, Billie Burke Ziegfeld Award, Jerome Hill Artist Fellowship, McKnight Composer Residency and Fred Ebb Award-winning theatre composer and writer. Current composition and writing credits: HALF THE SKY (The 5th Avenue Theatre’s First Draft Commission & 20/21 Digital Season); SUNWATCHER (The Civilians R&D Group); DEAR MR. C (Diverse Voices Playwriting Initiative Award); THE ADVENTURES OF SKY AND FRIENDS (New Victory Theater’s LabWorks); KHAM – Crossing (Dramatic Questions Theatre) and LITTLE DUGONG AND HER SEAGRASS SONG (American Opera Project). Her works have been developed and supported by the Composer-Librettists Studio at New Dramatists, Yale Institute for Music Theatre, Johnny Mercer Foundation, NYFA IAM Mentoring Program, Robert Rauschenberg Residency, Kurt Weill Foundation, Drama League, Tofte Lake Center, Loghaven Artist Residency, and Rhinebeck Writers Retreat. MFA: NYU. tidtayasinutoke.com

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.

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