You are invited to Joe’s Outdoor Performance Series on May 8th at 7:00 pm featuring Tuyet Pham and Kelly King as a dancing duet in “Hey White Girl”.
A duet between Americans dancing across the racial divide. They have come to the table, but now what? Featuring poetry and movement by Tuyet Pham and Kelly King.
Hey White Girl is part of "Awkward Conversations" - A series of artistic interventions to help groups and individuals practice having difficult conversations. The audience is invited to participate in an Awkward Conversation following the performance.
An honest, vulnerable dialogue based on our collective willingness to listen across racial divides based on the shared experience of witnessing the performance.
Experience this special event in person, at a socially safe distance! Masks are required.
In case of inclement weather, the show will be live streamed via Joe’s Youtube Channel.
About Hey White Girl
The current title, "Hey White Girl" came about organically as a subversive use of the phrase - my original collaborator, Greer Reed, uses the term affectionately with me; and she taught me the emergent strategy of "calling in" vs. "calling out". It evolved with the version with Tuyet and I; and, I am excited to follow the work where it leads now. - Quote from Kelly King
About Tuyet Pham
Tuyet Thi Pham is a Helen Hayes award winning actor who has been seen in over 35 productions in the Baltimore-Washington DC area that include roles at Centerstage, Everyman Theatre, Bodywise Dance Company, Constellation Theatre Company, Rep Stage, Roundhouse Theatre, Imagination Stage, Signature Theatre, The HUB Theatre, The Inkwell, Ford’s Theater, The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts, Arena Stage, and The Capital Fringe Festival. She has also worked with Perseverance Theatre in Alaska, The Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, and was an Allen Lee Hugh Artistic Fellow and member of Arena Stage’s famed Living Stage Theatre Company. Tuyet is grateful for all the love and support from her family and friends.
About Kelly King
Kelly King is a creator. She generates movement, dialogue, and joy. Kelly serves individuals, communities, and businesses as an educator, consultant, advocate, and audience member. She is the Founder of The Movement Movement, a consulting firm specializing in Moving Dialogues techniques for Embodied Joy.
Kelly currently performs as a teaching artist with BodyWise Dance, Story Tapestries, and InterAct StoryTheatre. She has also performed with Contradiction Dance Theatre (Founder), Liz Lerman Dance Exchange, Cirque Du Soleil, Echo Park Contemporary Ballet, City Dance Ensemble, and JazzDanceDC in major venues across the U.S. and abroad.
Kelly has choreographed for regional theaters including: Constellation Theater, Round House Theatre, Taffety Punk Theatre Company, Synetic Theater, and Olney Theatre (Just Arts Festival 2020). She choreographs for stage, film, street, and just about anywhere people go.
"Choreographer Kelly Mayfield [King] proved that this aging genre can be fresh and relevant in the 21st century." - The Washington Post
Kelly earned the Mayor’s Arts Award for Excellence in Arts Education as the Director of Education for CityDance Ensemble, and has received numerous individual awards including the DC Commission’s Individual Artist Fellowship, Helen Hayes Award Nomination (Choreography), Best of Fringe (Dance), #MAMAISAMAKER Residency, 202Creates Resident Artist, and the Friend and Spirit of Goddard Scholarships.
In 2021 Kelly earned an MFA in Interdisciplinary Arts from Goddard College with a concentration in Performance Creation. Her studies focused on community engagement, Embodied Joy as practice, transformative art, and dance and movement in community building.
KELLY KING
