DOYOU: MIGRATION OF THE MONARCHS
Do You: Migration of The Monarchs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MAY 1, 2017
INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE ARTIST ‘YOZMIT’ RELEASES 3-PART “MIGRATION
OF THE MONARCHS” IN LOS ANGELES THROUGHOUT JUNE
avant-garde theatre, interactive performance installation, and durational live ambient art created
and performed by international performing artist Yozmit. Parts 1 and 2 are presented by a grant
from the City of West Hollywood’s One City One Pride LGBTQ Arts Festival. Part 3 was
selected as winner of the 2017 Hollywood Fringe Scholarship Award.
charged transcendence, to reunite the sacred feminine and the sacred masculine. Eastern
techniques like Butoh, Kabuki, and ‘Pansori’ (traditional Korean singing) merge with Western
cabaret aesthetics. The result is an emotionally engaging experience of bold visuals, dance
movement, and enthralling music.
Monarchs” reflects Yozmit’s personal journey of migrating from South Korea to Los Angeles, to
find her voice and freedom as a trans-identified artist. It is a story of personal power dynamics
through the various transformations of identity to encourage a shift in others and society.
Yozmit has performed internationally in Korea, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Spain,
Bulgaria and America including MoMA and The Box, NYC and London as a headliner. Yozmit
was featured in the HBO Documentary “Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present” and was
selected as Queen of the Life Ball Vienna in 2012. Learn more at www.yozmit.com
Part 1: Interactive Performance Installation – “DoYou: Totem”
Saturday, June 3 @ 11am-3pm / Free
West Hollywood Library / 625 N. San Vicente Blvd, 90069
Part 2: Durational Live Ambient Art – “DoYou: Walk”
Friday, June 9 @ 7pm-9pm / Free
Santa Monica Blvd & San Vicente Blvd in West Hollywood
Part 3: Avant-garde Theatre – “Do You: Migration of the Monarchs”
Saturday, June 10 @ 10pm / Sunday, June 18 @ 1pm / Saturday, June 24 @ 5:30pm
Complex Theatres (Ruby Theatre)
6476 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90038
Tickets: $15
www.yozmit.com/dymm
