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lean, a performance by Sharon Chohi Kim
Description
Thursday, June 11, 6:30–9PM
FCCW: 3053 Rosslyn St. LA, CA 90065
Info on our space here
Free
6:30PM — Arrival
7PM — Performance begins
8–9PM — Q&A + Reception
Please join us for this 30-minute, itinerant, ensemble performance in the garden at FCCW! We invite you to arrive at 6:30PM, the performance will begin at 7PM, and will be followed by a Q&A with Sharon Chohi Kim and curator, Chloe Flores, as well as a reception in the FCCW space.
lean is a performance work of voice and body. Through acts of leaning, carrying, resisting and releasing, six performers form adaptive structures of support that echo the dynamics of family systems. Weight redistribution becomes a language passed between bodies tracing how grief, joy, care, anger and addiction move through kinship networks.
Resonating through matrilineal gestures and Korean bathhouse practices, the work unfolds through interwoven vocal and movement canons, like echoes across generations. It invites an embodied experience of interdependence where support is constantly negotiated and in flux.
This is a voice-based performance with amplified sound, featuring performers, Mikaela Elson, Sharon Chohi Kim, Ianthe Marini, Divya Maus, Molly Pease, Rachel Steinke.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Sharon Chohi Kim is a Los Angeles–based performing artist and composer whose work spans experimental opera, performance art, improvisation and sound installation. Described in Fjord Review for creating a “journey into worlds, physical, spiritual, philosophical and otherwise,” and praised for evoking “otherworldly sounds, seemingly bubbling up from deep within,” Kim brings an expansive, multidisciplinary approach to performance. Through voice and movement, she creates immersive, site-responsive works that explore human and nonhuman collectivity and feminist ecologies of care. Her work and collaborations have been presented by MOCA, REDCAT, LA Phil Insight, GYOPO, the Getty Villa, Hammer Museum and Long Beach Opera, among others. She is a recipient of the 2026 Creative Capital Award. She has performed in projects by Meredith Monk, Yuval Sharon, Raven Chacon, and Du Yun, among others. She is a Company and Board Member of The Industry Opera, singer at LA Master Chorale, and composer-performer with the ensemble HEX.