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Contemporary Dance - Sprawling Darkness

The choreography took inspiration from the novel The Everlasting Regret by the prominent Shanghai female writer Wang Anyi, the most prestigious female writer known for vivid and insightful description of Shanghai. It focuses not on the glorious skylines of the metropolis, but on the sheets of shadow sprawling under the skyscrapers, where all kinds of people can be found, struggling or being lost in life. It is the darkness that visualizes the images of Shanghai on the negative film in ones mind. The stage starts from a whole sheet of white paper with the rising of arches and doors shaping the typical lanes and dwellings of Shanghai. Performers dancing through the lanes and darkness give an insightful portrait of real life. Yin FangBorn in 1986, Yin Fang was originally a ballet dancer. He joined Beijing Dance Theater in 2008 and worked with Chinas leading modern dance choreographer Wang Yuanyuan. He also worked as a choreographer in productions like Martlet, Start off on the Road, Movement Copy and Puppet, and has toured in the UK, the USA, Iceland, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Holland and Belgium. In 2012, Yin Fang became an independent dancer and choreographer and has been engaging himself in more contemporary or inter-disciplinary works. He co-choreographed and starred in the dance drama Haizi, which premiered at China National Center for the Performing Arts.

Dance 2012

Erhu Physical Theatre - Cooing and Wooing

Inspired by the household poem in The Classic of Poetry, the best known verse collections in Chinese literary canon, Dong Jie joins forces with Zhao Lei to create Cooing and Wooing, a visceral expression of a young man to the fair maiden he loves via the interaction of live performance of Chinese traditional music and contemporary dance. The virtuosic Erhu player Zhao Lei, taking the role of the youth, with the accompaniment of three other ancient Chinese instruments (Xiao, Guzheng and Zhonghu) and the cross-over dialogue with the dancers, indulges himself in the longing for the maiden recurrent in his dreams; after his wooing is frustrated, the musician cannot fall asleep but tosses all night long, with only the sorrowful music lingering on to comfort his lonely heart. Dong JieAward-winning choreographer Dong Jie graduated from Beijing Dance Academy majoring in Contemporary Dance Choreography. Many of his works have received both national and international recognition and awards in various competitions, including the Helsinki International Ballet Competition, the Ludwigshafen dance competition and Lotus Cup, the most important dance competition in China. His choreography features the elements of Chinese traditional folk dance and the powerful expression of contemporary dance. Dong Jie was commissioned by Oper Graz in 2012 to co-create modern dance I Can Think and Dream about It as part of the theatres international collaboration program. Zhao LeiAs the new icon of Erhu player, Zhao garners the reputation not only for his quintessential techniques but also for his soul-stirring story-telling skills. While mastering the traditional Erhu repertories, he innovatively plays jazz, tango and other Western genres with this two-stringed bow instrument. He learned to play Erhu from a number of mostly respected masters and graduated from Shanghai Conservatory of Music. Since 2007, he has held many recitals at key venues like Shanghai Oriental Arts Center and appeared in a number of music festivals in Asia. He has also been actively collaborating with musicians all over the world, such as Bobby McFerrin, electronic organ player Yuki Kanda and British band "Temple".

Dance 2012

Physical Theatre - Somnolencia

Somnolencia (somnolence in Spanish) is about two attitudes towards changes, especially amongst urban residents. It develops along three dialogues between a well and a river, which are boldly vitalized as a woman in pregnancy and the other delivering. The focus is put on the different "water" they have: different source, quality, motion and shape; reacting differently to temperature, time, surroundings and landscapes. In a loose "dialogue form", the well and the river encounters jumping topics in unconstrained set-ups of scenes. The audience could associate various metaphors of "the water" to their own observation or experience of life. Luo YuebingLuo Yuebing is an independent performing artist in Guangzhou. She utilizes dance, video, installation and physical theatre to investigate issues of identity, gender relations, cross-influence between individual & community, and humanity embodiment in architecture. Her major theatre works are best known for the sharp focus of woman. From 2008, Luo extended her interest to choreography in public space. As one of the pioneering choreographers, she has completed 6 full-length theatre works, many short pieces and 4 site-specific projects. Luo has been invited to various festivals, residency programs in South Korea, France, Spain, Germany and Italy.

Dance 2012

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