Elsewhere/Otherwise is a dance theatre performance, featuring original choreography and sound co-created by Kristen Yeung and Sadie Leigh. This work is a vehicle and a vessel for processing the deeply personal and universally shared experience of moving from one place to another.
Kristen moved to Seattle in August 2020 from Baltimore, MD and Sadie arrived in Portland in June 2022 from Washington, DC. We both left behind our families, a beloved community of friends and artists, and the only homes we’d ever known. Our bittersweet relocations propelled us toward the challenge and excitement of newness, and toward romance and partnership with people who wanted to be out west.
There were four performances of Elsewhere/Otherwise – for one night only in both our old homes and new – serving as a bridge connecting our east coast roots to our west coast bloom. We invited viewers to join us, asking east coast audiences to see us off and west coast audiences to welcome us in.
WASHINGTON, DC: May 12 , 2023 at The Fillmore - Georgetown
BALTIMORE, MD: May 13, 2023 at Church on the Square
PORTLAND, OR: June 3, 2023 at Performance Works NorthWest SEATTLE, WA: June 10, 2023 at Open Flight Studio
Choreography & Performance: Kristen Yeung and Sadie Leigh
Music: “Never Can Say Goodbye” by Gloria Gaynor, “Being in Love” by Wet Leg, “Home to You” by Cate Le Bon, “Right Now” by Angel Olsen, “Geometry” by Rubblebucket, “Hannah Sun” by Lomelda
Featuring original songs by Sadie Leigh and recorded audio from Linda Yeung, Mairi Breen Rothman, Claire Alrich, Kate Folsom, Jamie Hale, and Ian McEniry
Music/Sound Editing: Sadie Leigh and Kristen Yeung
Photography: Allina Yang
This project was funded in part by the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture.
“this again” is a dance-theater exploration of choices and chance, blunders big and small, and what sticks when things just don’t go as you had planned. With movement and text sourced from the cast’s personal experiences, this piece examines the theme of “If/Then” regretfully playing back, nervously peering forward, and stumblingly navigating the in between.
Performed at “If/Then” by The Collective
Baltimore Theatre Project
March 22-23, 2019
Choreography: Kristen Yeung in collaboration with performers
Performers: Kelly Alt, Alayna Baron, Polly Hurlburt, Samantha Hopkins, Gianna Rodriguez
Understudy & Prop Assistant: India Palmer
Music: “Girl from Petaluma” by Cocktail Shakers, “Midnight Directives” by Owen Pallett
Photography: Kate Sage
Videography: Kevin Vinck
"Luckily, I did" listens to the stories of choreographer Kristen Yeung's immigrant family across generations and examines how they have shaped her as an American-born Chinese-American who straddles two cultures. This deeply personal solo explores themes of physical labor, barriers, community, and the significance of luck & good fortune in Chinese culture. How can you make luck, not for yourself, but for future generations?
Performed at "SENSES" by The Collective
Baltimore Theatre Project
April 21-22, 2018
Choreography: Kristen Yeung
Performers: Kristen Yeung with Shane Vong, Shannon Vong, and Alyssa Yeung
Music: Recorded conversations with James Hom, Tuey May Hom, Steve Yeung, Linda Yeung, and Brandon Yeung; “Sai Shang Qu” and “Company” (original composition by Philip Glass) performed by Liu Fang & Michael O’Toole
Music/Sound Editing: Kristen Yeung
Lighting Design: John McAfee
Photography: Matt Roth
Videography: Kevin Vinck
Lynne Price and Kristen Yeung create another chapter in the world of their 2016 duet "If you'd rather leave." In "Here is my home," they contemplate the relationship between architecture, scale, and the body while exploring the place-making process, emotional space, and anatomy of "home." What constitutes a home and how do we make one? Can a home exist within yourself? Is home always a safe space?
Performed at "This is Home" by The Collective
Baltimore Theatre Project
April 29-30, 2017
Choreography: Lynne Price & Kristen Yeung
Dancers: Kelly Alt, Alyson Jacques, Lynne Price, Gianna Rodriguez, Kristen Yeung
Music: “Preparation” by Hans Zimmer, “Mr. Moustafa” by Alexandre Desplat, “Labyrinth” by Sergey Cheremisinov
Music/Sound Editing: Lynne Price & Kristen Yeung
Set Design: Lynne Price & Kristen Yeung
Lighting Design: John McAfee
Photography: Matt Roth
Videography: Kevin Vinck
"If you'd rather leave" draws from personal experiences while navigating disparities of needs across relationships. No matter the type of relationship, as we negotiate the effects of being pushed and pulled, affection and frustration, distances and changes, desperation and endurance, we are left with a choice: we can stay or we can leave.
Performed at "The Art of Movement" by The Collective
Baltimore Theatre Project
April 9-10, 2016
Selected to perform in the Baltimore Dance Invitational at The Gordon Center
February 26, 2017
Choreography & Performance: Lynne Price & Kristen Yeung
Understudies/Split Cast: Kelly Alt & Lizzy Purcell
Music: "Whale" and "Hold On" by Yellow Ostrich
Lighting Design: John McAfee
Photography: Matt Roth
Videography: Kevin Vinck
An exploration of interpersonal dynamics of clinginess, power, and space. What do we do when we are dependent on our partner, someone we share space and time with, and they are gone? In this work, we bring the legs of the theater onto the stage, manipulating and splitting the space into different places and times. "Bound to" is a playground for changing space, obfuscation, hierarchy and power. What do we allow others to see, what do we hide, and when are we hidden?
Recipient of the 2017 NextNOW Fest alumni commissioning project
Performed at The Clarice, University of Maryland
September 15-16, 2017
Choreography & Performance: Lynne Price & Kristen Yeung
Music: “Sunrise" and "Tightrope" by Yeasayer
Lighting Design: Jane Chan
