GRACE YI-LI TONG

GRACE YI-LI TONG (she/her) is an Asian-American movement and performance artist from the Pacific Northwest. Influenced by puppetry, clowning, paper collage, and contemporary dance theater, her work ridiculously adheres “regular” events onstage to decontextualize identity, fairytale, Mother-Earth relationships, and comedy. In 2021, Grace graduated summa cum laude from NYU Tisch School of the Arts with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Gender and Sexuality Studies. 

Recently, Grace has been in process with Jody Oberfelder Projects, Luis A., Monica Bill Barnes, and Patricia Hoffbauer. She has presented work at Art Cake Dance Series II 2022, Arts on Site, Laguardia Performing Arts Center with the Emerging Choreographer Series 2022, and Governor’s Island. Other credits include choreographic collaborations with brands Tod’s Shoes and Yayi Chen. @graceytong

Photo credit: Tatiana Kahvegian