'HOTPOT East Asia Dance Platform' Greater China II【City Contemporary Dance Festival 2023】City Contemporary Dance Company
"Little One"
Direction and Visual Design: Cici CHEN
Regardless of our social status, all of us face different hidden dilemmas in the current age and society. Sometimes, they are mentioned; at other times, they are ignored. A single individual may have limited power to make a paradigm shift, but with the will to change, you can spark a revolution.
As the Director and Visual Designer of this work, Cici Chen portrays the inner and outer conflicts of one’s survival by combining the dancers’ movements and projections, while drawing on inspirations from her previous work experience. It provokes us to think about our day-to-day life in realistic terms and listen to those hidden ‘voices’.
"Why does the moon come out at night?"
Concept, Choreography, Sound Recording and Music Design: ZHANG Mie
The piece originates from the mythology of the ethnic group, the Hlai, Hainan. By exploring the relationship between the sun, moon, and earth, creator Zhang Mei reveals her contemplations about fate. It is performed by a group of native Hainanese dancers, infused with local cultural features and music that incorporates dialogues in the regional Wenchang and Danzhou dialects. These elements blend and clash with contemporary dance, to present a performance steeped in the modern style.
"Degenerate Evolution"
Choreography and Performance: TAI Chi-lun
If you don’t move forward, you’ll fall behind. What you perceive as regression might be the direction of my progress. If everyone favours a certain direction which I refuse to follow, am I then ‘degenerating’ in the eyes of others?
What is the definition of ‘success’? Is success a necessity? Evolution and degeneration mean different things to each of us. This is a journey of self-doubt, self-realisation, and self-consolation. Choreographer Tai Chi-lun integrates issues of daily life into this work, distilling an aesthetic suffused with his personal style and presenting a ‘theory of degeneration and evolution in 2023’.
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