“She says, sh-sh-shh…. tiān hēi hēi. My little china girl, do–do-do-doo”
A raw and slanted portrait of the Asian female lived experience, That ch*nk in y/our armour offers an unsettling and playful exploration of memory, stereotype and the silent truths that lay beneath the skin.
Commissioned by CanAsian Dance for its 2018 KickStart Festival September 27 – 29, 2018, Toronto.
Choreography and Peformance: Pam Tzeng Created and Performed with: Su Lin Tseng and Jamie Tognazzini Dramaturgy and Mentorship: Lee Su-Feh Rehearsal Assistant: Linnea Swan Lighting Design: Nicole Olson Grant-Suttie Sound Design: Pam Tzeng & Krzyzstof Sujata Costumes: Bianca Manuel and Ping Tzeng
SHE who discovers and confronts her “Asian Mystique” and he who holds the world with wonderbread existence. Pleasure and shame climax to transform Jo-Lee (and John’s) questionable reality in this coming of age performance that playfully explores exoticism, stereotype and cultural expectations of being.
Created by Pam Tzeng Performed by Pam Tzeng and Chad Bryant Sound Design by Krzysztof Sujata; Music by Colleen Lighting Design by Nicole Olson Grant-Suttie Outside Eye - Andy Curtis Rehearsal Direction - Helen Husak
Video Direction Michael Manus
Supported by: Canada Council for the Arts Calgary Arts Development
Past Presentations On the Boards NW New Works Festival, June 2018 | Seattle, WA Festival of Animated Objects, March 2019 | Calgary
Jo-Lee has a problem. She just died of old age, but she doesn’t know it. Floating at the edge of the undiscovered country, Jo-Lee must wave goodbye to her life and embrace her return to the clear blue ether.
With death in arms, then at her feet, Jo-Lee muses on what has given her life meaning. In this bare bones duet, Tzeng leaps into the fragmented memories of an imagined other, crafting a theatrical dance that embraces the poetry and humour of existential longing.
Performance & Choreography by Pamela Tzeng Sound Design Krzysztof Sujata Lighting Design Nicole Olson Grant-Suttie Dramaturgy: Andy Curtis Rehearsal Direction: Linnea Swan & Helen Husak
Made possible with the support of: Alberta Foundation for the Arts / Azimuth Theatre Expanse Festival /Canada Council for the Arts / One Yellow Rabbit / W&M Dance Projects
Video created by Alimzhan Alan Sabir Music credits: HIldur Guðnadóttir _____________
