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Five Actions of Wu Kong

Wu Kong, the most famous Chinese character, is actually an ideal complex of ambivalence. On one hand, as a monkey born from a rock, it is one-of-a-kind creature doesnt belong to human being, holy or evil spirits, but meanwhile bears characteristics of these three categories of spirits. On the other hand, when the monkey was given the Buddhist name Wu Kong (means to realize the void senses it was caged by its fate), which is to struggle and fight for its freedom all its life, by accomplishing the tests preset by Buddha. Wu Chengen (1501-82, the author of Journey To the West, one of the four Chinese novel classics) didnt let Wu Kong to think about its own fate in the novel, leaving the space to interpret on our own. Isnt it true that there lives a creature like Wu Kong deep in the soul of each human being? Isnt it true that each of us is fighting for the freedom defined by oneself all ones life? Five Actions of Wu Kongreflects on the inner complexity of ambivalence. The five actions are constructed with a Chinese theatrical approach to tension and relaxation. All means are taken to realize this oriental linear development:Lento – the Purple Forest of SpiritsPresto – There is a young lady on the road ahead!Andate－Monolog in the MoonlightLargo – Wear this, then you will be freeAllegro – Eternal Battle

Music 2015

2o15

2015 unfolds like an unfinished history book and tragicomedy in our life. In the other side of 2015, we have 2o15. These are two parallel universes where the same people and similar landscapes recur but develop in different ways.This work is based on scenarios of our daily life. Players, as normal citizens lead you through worlds of reality and imagination, conventional and alienated worlds. The boundary between the real world of 2015 and the virtual one of 2o15 will be broken at last, for both of them share peoples confusion, pain and love.

Music 2015

Oratorio: Rubbish on the Square

In the morning of October 1st 2013, the National Day of China, lots of people from all over the country came to Tiananmen Square to watch the flag-rising ceremony in the rain. After the ceremony, about 5 tons of rubbish was left on the square. This situation was published on the website and became the hot topic nationwide. Oratorio Rubbish on the Square is based on this event. It is performed by 4 soloists, mix chorus and a piano. The work not only shows the inflexion of the debate, but also describes lots of famous or nameless opinion leaders and public figures. The composer wants to call attentions to the mob phenomenon--out of sense when flocking together through this work, at the same time he wants people to protect the environment and love our country rationally.

Music 2015

Chamber Opera: The Trio

In his newly-rented apartment, a young man meets the middle-aged and elderly incarnation of himself. These personages are destitute and hopeless, both hoping to return to their youth and rewrite their destinies. Their shared inheritance becomes a point of dispute, and argument breaks out among them in which each party only think of their own benefit. The three of them have no other choice than to bring out their childhood self to help them make a decision, but their continued fighting fills the child with dread. The child cannot withstand the young mans expressions of anger and despair, so the boy jumps from a window, ending his life. The three men immediately vanish: with no once upon a time, there can be no future.

Music 2015

Hear the Way in the Morning

Is there some kind of emotional mood, which is shaking our faith and is going to destroy our mutual spiritual home? Is there some kind of extending culture, which will let us become completely irrational and will wreck the life that we painstakingly built up? Maybe there is no answer in the end; maybe everything is outside of the plan. Hear the Way in the Morning shows a brand new method of how we express ourselves on stage.The director rebuilt the relationship between audience and the theatre. The daily life of every audience and the play itself will combine with each other, and this connection is the most important part in this show.

Music 2015

Sever

Wrapped in an absurd and hyperbolical narrative, the music film revisits an ancient Chinese folk tale: Guan Yu beheaded Diao Chan. In this film adaptation, Guan Yu, the once proverbial historic hero in the Three Kingdom period, travels to the modern urban society and finds himself frustratingly debilitated day by day, while a modern thespian devoted to playing Diao Chan (a femme fatale in Guan Yus time), primps and preens herself for her performance, not knowing the tragic looms ahead. The two storylines are intertwined and eventually come to an end as Guan Yu severs Diao Chan on the stage, a symbolic scene with stark historical resemblance: back in the Three Kingdom period, Guan Yu killed Diao Chan for the sake of loyalty and justice. By juxtaposing this anachronism, this innovative rendition attempts to answer how we should reflect on our tradition.

Music 2015

Day and Night

Day and Night is an electronic neoclassic music piece with multimedia and installation recomposed from the 24 Preludes Op.28 by Chopin. 24 motives taken from each of the 24 preludes carefully weaved into 24 minutes of blasting enjoyment. Discarding the original composing technique and inner structure of Chopins work, Day and Night follows the shifting time within one day. Starting from the midnight to dawn, noon, afternoon, dusk and coming back to the end of the day, the work will take you through the evolvement of modern music in the 21st century.

Music 2015

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