“Choreographies of Care” by Kim Ye

The 30-minute movement-based performance combines choreography from the Asian tradition of park dancing with US military parade sequences, Qigong, and gestures taken from pregnancy, childrearing, and sex work. Performed by an intergenerational ensemble to a score that layers Chinese nursery rhymes, traditional East Asian instrumentals, in utero recordings, and “Taps,”  the piece proposes caregiving as a form of national service that requires the sacrifice of feminized, immigrant, and Asian bodies. Choreographies of Care is supported by the Franklin Furnace FUND for the 2025–26 season. PERFORMED BY: Anh Vo, Gentle Mothh, Jas Lin, Kim Ye, and Tina Ye CHOREOGRAPHED BY: Jas Lin, Gentle Mothh ORIGINAL SCORE BY: Micah Huang, featuring Tina Ye COSTUME DESIGN BY: Gumamela Bloom, made by House of Bloom