In spring 2020 the musical “Miss Yellow” finally hits Hamburg, Germany’s heart for musicals. Already before its premiere, “Miss Yellow” has attracted the public attention as THE LOVE STORY of the 21st century. The producers are busily searching for its female lead, she shall be sweet like a peach and as spicy as a dragon lady. The performance group “Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim” has taken this audition notice seriously and brought “Miss Yellow and Me – I wanna be a musical”, a musical talentshow into life. Asian stereotypes and exotifying clichés are being playfully satirized and at the same time explored as tools for self-empowerment.
Video: [Trailer] http://www.tanzforumberlin.de/produktion/miss-yellow-and-me-i-wanna-be-a-musical/
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◎ Place & Date:
▶ Premiere Tanzfestival Rhein-Main 2017, Mousonturm Frankfurt, 18th till 20th of October 2017
▶ Sungmisan Theater Festival, Sungmisan Theater Seoul, 25th till 26th of November 2017
▶ Sophiensaele Berlin, 3rd till 5th of May 2018
▶ Clinch Festival Hannover, 4th of November 2018
▶ Aufstand der Geschichten Festival Chemnitz, 10th of November 2018
◎ Credit
▶ Concept, Choreography, Performance: Olivia Hyunsin Kim
▶ Choreography, Performance: Jungyun Bae, Yeonsook Jeong
▶ Dramaturgy, The Voice: Wicki Bernhardt
▶ Music: Elischa Kaminer
▶ Produced by Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim in co-production with Künstlerhaus Mousonturm in the scope of Tanzplattform Rhein-Main and SOPHIENSÆLE. Funded by Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main, Kulturamt Gießen, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture and Goethe Institut Munich.
◎ Press
[German] https://missy-magazine.de/blog/2018/04/25/deutschland-muss-aufwachen/ or https://www.kultur-oeffnet-welten.de/positionen/position_7296.html
“Anfang Mai präsentierte Olivia Hyunsin Kim in den Sophiensaelen in Berlin ihre Performance „Miss Yellow And Me – I Wanna Be A Musical“. Das Stück konfrontiert exotisierende Klischees der asiatischen Frau* und fordert dazu auf, eigene Stereotype zu hinterfragen. Im Interview spricht Olivia Hyunsin Kim über asiatisch-deutsche Repräsentation, den Blick auf „das Fremde“ und Diversifizierung im Kulturbetrieb.(…)”
Olivia Hyunsin Kim/ddanddarakim 