Sim Yan Ying “YY” is a theatre artist based in Singapore and New York. She creates as a director, performer, and deviser, and strives to make works that are experimental and accessible, physical in nature, and reflective of a diversity of lived experiences. YY believes in the power of live performance to bridge perspectives within and across communities in an increasingly polarised world.
Her original works include: Where Are You? (Wild Rice/Mabou Mines), a series of productions on how we experience grief and confront death; Who Are You? (Esplanade), a devised performance about migrant-local relationships in Singapore; I LOVE WHITE MEN (Caveat NYC/Ars Nova/Dixon Place), a one-woman show excavating white worship and postcolonial baggage from an immigrant’s perspective in New York; and Without Reason (ArtsWok Collaborative/Esplanade) about the struggles of an interracial relationship in Singapore.
Digital works: Who’s There? (New Ohio Theatre), an international collaboration about the socio-political and racial unrests in 2020; (un)becoming (T:>Works N.O.W. 2021), exploring the complex dynamics of mother-daughter relationships in modern-day Singapore; and Bloodlines 血脉 (Fault Line Theatre), a work-in-progress with artists across the Sinosphere examining the volatility and promise of Chinese-ness.
YY obtained a BFA in Theatre and a BA in Psychology from New York University, and has trained in programmes such as the SITI Company’s Summer Intensive, Singapore Repertory Theatre’s Directing Residency, and The Necessary Stage’s Devising Platform. She is presently a Director under The Studios: TRIP at Esplanade, an Associate Artist at Fault Line Theatre, and a participant of Emergency Academy as well as T.H.E Dance Company’s Training Initiative.
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