Modern Dance: ExitOct.13th - Oct. 14th，2016 PSA Theatre
In her newest work titled Exit, Gu Jiani explores the human desire to exit the mundane. In a perpetual cycle of creation and destruction, we seek paths to liberty and self-fulfillment, yet our desires simultaneously stand in our own way. Inspired by the physics principle that all acting forces create equal and opposite reacting forces, Exit explores the interplay of cause and effect.
With explosive athleticism, Gu Jiani and dancers create an inter-locking system; one dancer’s action sparks a current that flows throughout the others. Against the tonal wash of a grayscale backdrop, the dancers’ precision movements interconnect like parts of a machine. Yet, juxtaposed with the perpetual motion is the idea of confrontation and rejection. In exploring the tension between conflict and acceptance, Gu Jiani’s work ultimately provokes these fundamental questions:
Where is the exit really? Or, should we re-examine our original desires?
Director and Choreographer: GU JIANI
Dancing: LI NAN WANG XUANQI GU JIANI
Lighting Design: WU WENAN (MALAYSIA)
Sound Design: HONG QILE
Stage Design: GU JIANI HE ZHENG
Costume Design: GU JIANI JING TING
Producer: GU JIANI
Technology Management: WU WENAN (MALAYSIA) LIU HE
Stage Supervisor: ZHOU YAJING
Photography: KEZI
English Editor: PINGPANG PRODUCATIONS
