Fragmented Hope by Jing Wang

No life shall be born from me to despise my gender.
My flesh and blood shall not become the blade that cuts me.
If the world born from my body is destined to oppress me, I will not let that world be born.

 
Fragmented Hope is a performance about womanhood under dictatorship.

In this world, women become primary targets. Women who refuse to give birth or surrender their daughters to the government are sent to a re-education camp to have their thinking corrected and their bodies prepared for reproduction.

On an inescapable island, how do women survive, resist, and hold on to hope? If motherhood is weaponized, where do women go?


I am Hope. 希望. Harapan. Esperança. Hoop.

Dedicated to the hope we hold onto in this upside-down world.


The New School College Of Performing Arts APEX Festival 

Jing Wang – Playwright & Director & Performer

Christian Johnson – Assistant Director & Dramaturg

Allison Teegarden – Assistant Director & Movement Director

Weiyang Ding – Composer & Sound Designer

Cherilyn Tan – Composer & Sound Designer

Sadie Redmond – Deviser & Performer

Giovanna Dalla Vecchia – Deviser & Performer

Nana Kruger – Deviser & Performer

Sydney Gerlach – Deviser & Performer

Tea Alagić - Mentor

Maiko Chii – Scenic Designer

Jennifer Fok – Lighting Designer

Ien DeNio – Sound Designer

Yana Biryukova – Projection Designer

Grace Jeon – Costume Designer

Lindsey Zinbarg – Apex Festival Manager

Photographer: Nathaniel Johnston, Anh Nghyen

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