With her intensity of presence, embodied musicianship, and fierce vulnerability, yuniya edi kwon creates performance work that is deeply felt, spiritually emergent, and “absolutely stunning” (The Wire Magazine).
silver through the grass like nothing finds kwon stretching her capacities as a solo performer, creating an immersive world of sound, welcome & unwelcome shadows, entangled gazes, and fluid voices, within which she journeys as both messenger and message. The piece is a ritual convergence of continuums, including embodied story-singing, experimental music-theater, and emergent movement.
Connecting to the history of pearl relics (sari) and their keepers, as well as the true story of yuniya’s sudden, sibylline illnesses and their accompanying medical traumas, silver through the grass like nothing is an impressionistic, bardo-like meditation on sickness, grief, and the body’s incessant pull toward transformation.
silver through the grass like nothing is created and performed by Princeton Arts Fellow yuniya edi kwon with dramaturgical support from Du Yun and lighting design by Maggie Heath.
This is an early, in-process performance. The complete work will premiere in March 2025 at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, New York.
Assistant Professor of Music Nathalie Joachim will lead a post-show Q&A.
Tickets & Details
The performance is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.
Directions
Get directions to the Hearst Dance Theater, located on the Forum level of the Lewis Arts complex.
Accessibility
The Hearst Dance Theater is an accessible venue equipped with assistive listening devices. Visit our Venues and Studios section for accessibility information about the arts complex. Guests in need of access accommodations are asked to contact the Lewis Center at LewisCenter@princeton.edu at least one week prior to the event date.
