Melissa Lewis Wong + Joy Chenyu Lewis

Melissa Lewis Wong (they/she) AKA Deuce Lee – is a queer, mixed-race Chinese American nonbinary dance + drag artist born in 1992 in Massachusetts to Joy and Todd Lewis. Joy Chenyu Lewis is a singer + performer born in 1949. Joy fled to Inner Mongolia for five years during China’s Cultural Revolution before immigrating to NYC in 1980 to study English and music at Columbia / City College. She is an avid gardener and has worked as a medical interpreter for 3+ decades. Joy and Melissa have been working together since 2020 on their debut project, 花和霧 flowers and fog, which they’ll be sharing a short excerpt for Movement Research at the Judson Church. Their performance includes sound design by Lawrence Tome, a Bay-Area based composer and dancer. This project explores intergenerational questions, translation, song and movement — and will premiere in SF Chinatown May 17-26, 2024.

  • Spring 2024 MR@Judson Artist
Melissa, a light-skinned and mixed race person leans their head on Joy's shoulder while extending one elbow diagonally upward and the other arm behind Joy. Joy, an older Chinese woman stands upright while looking out with a slight smile. They wear brown silk Chinese garments behind a gradient gray background.
ID: Melissa, a light-skinned and mixed race person leans their head on Joy's shoulder while extending one elbow diagonally upward and the other arm behind Joy. Joy, an older Chinese woman stands upright while looking out with a slight smile. They wear brown silk Chinese garments behind a gradient gray background.