Tida
“A masterfully envisioned interdisciplinary work... a captivating investigation of Prescott’s maternal heritage and our American life.”
Tida is an evening length interdisciplinary performance examining intergenerational cultural identity through the artist’s maternal lineage. Integrating music, movement, word and film, Prescott investigates her mother’s undocumented Thai ancestry, her experience as a Southeast Asian immigrant raising biracial children in Midwest America, and the resulting impact of these histories on three generations of women.
A work-in-progress performance was originally presented and live streamed by Roulette Intermedium on December 19th, 2020 https://roulette.org/event/mary-prescott-tida/
Tida premiered in-person at Mabou Mines in NYC on December 5-7, 2022.
Read the full Pioneer Press review HERE.
Read more about the project in I Care if You Listen’s feature article HERE.
“A lush, intimate portrait of family... Introspective, innovative and ethereal...”
Photo credit: Adela Wagner. Live stream videography by Ben Miller.
Tida is co-commissioned by Roulette Intermedium, American Composers Forum, Living Arts of Tulsa, and Public Functionary; made possible in part with funding from National Performance Network, New Music USA, NYSCA, The Jerome Foundation, The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and National Endowment for the Arts.
