Carmen Yih’s practice skates along the boundaries of hybrid dance-theatre, telling urgent stories that draw on forgotten histories and marginalised voices. In her theatrical work, Carmen uses movement scores and structures influenced by non-Western narrative world-building, immersive theatre, and street and club dance forms.
Carmen’s major works include: M_N (2024) at Bowery Theatre - tackling toxic masculinity’s impact on youth mental health through street dance-theatre. Texture of Absence (2025) at Platform Arts Geelong - a quiet ode to the complex experience of ageing and loss. And ‘to disappoint a god.’ (2025) at Melbourne Fringe - currently in development.
Beyond her major projects, she has created and presented various site-specific, video and community-based works including REGENESIS (Club Alt, Bluestone Church Arts Space), Home (Union House Theatre), SWARM (Science Gallery Melbourne), Empty Your Plate (Bunjil Place, Sharp Short Dance, Blackbird Protostars), and Holding Absence (Geelong Arts Centre - in development).
See Carmen’s past works here.