Duration is 30 minutes without intermission.
No age limitation, free admission.
Bolero in Kaohsiung
Weiwuying's very first artist-in-residence, CHOU Shu-yi, initiated the "Dance-Travel Project" ten years ago and has since traveled to 14 cities and given 60 performances in open spaces without sets and lighting. This time, CHOU plans to restart this project by inviting professionals to teach dance to the dance students of Zuoying High School through educational cooperation. Moreover, with the help of Weiwuying, CHOU intends to recruit freelance dancers to perform a dance piece across Kaohsiung, bringing performing arts out of the theater and into the city.
When you wear that dress with floral print which you find in your mother's or auntie's wardrobe, you actually demonstrate the combination of an old-fashion style and a young body. It indeed reminds us of the long-forgotten golden age. Inspired by the personal experience during his artistic residence around the world, the choreographer Shu-Yi Chou visualizes his careful observation and reflection on urban life in the work. He also invites his fellow dancers to collect their personal experiences together, using the ordinary physical movement and the abstract body language to express the ups-and-downs of life. Just like the exciting feeling when we take a ride on a roller coaster, the work presents the juxtaposition of the contrasting emotions. Through the dancers' bodies, Chou interprets each moment of repetition, transition, or tranquility. Experiencing the ephemerality of time, we feel the existence of the "present".
The work "1875 Ravel and Bolero" premiered in the year of 2006. The re-adapted version premiered at Taipei in the following year. In 2009, the work won the first prize of Sadler's Wells Theatre (England) first "International Dance Competition Award". In January of 2010, it was invited to perform in London. In October of the same year, she was invited to perform at "Fall for Dance Festival" in New York. Later, it traveled back to Taiwan and performed in a non-traditional space for theatre performance.
The open space allows dancers to walk into the crowd and dance their way out. The production has inspired us to dance in the city and to communicate with each other through dance. It thus opens up the possibility of the 2011 dance-travel project "1875 Ravel and Bolero". The 16 cities make dance an unexpected part of our life, naturally but yet surprisingly.
Session
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Performers
Tsoying Senior High School Dance Class:
WANG Shu-ya, LI Jun-jun, LEE Szu-chieh, LI Tong-xin, LI Jing,jie, LIN Yu-qian, LIN Ying, HONG Kai-jun, KAO Chin-en, ZHANG Zhi-xuan, CHANG Yung-chi, CHUANG Chia-jie, CHEN Yu-ching,
HUANG Min-hsun, YE Rou-xin, DAI Yi-chen, WANG Siang-yu, NI Yu-xin, CHEN Shih-bin
Independent dancer:
HUANG Cheng-wei, CHEN Pin-ni, KUO Yen-wei, TSAI Wan-yu, IP Pui-ling, WANG Yu-jie, YANG I-wan, KE Gui-ting, KO Kai-feng, LIN Man-ting, LI Wan-jhen, WU Kai-wen, WU Chao-jung, LIN Si-qi, Liao Wen-yu
Artists Introduction
CHOU Shu-Yi
Born in 1983, Chou is a choreographer and dancer. His recent creations, in the forms of theatre, site-specific performance or dance video, question the value of life and reflect the status of an individual or a group in different social contexts, and create "a body vocabulary that belongs to Asia". Chou continues to seek new methods of creation, and potentials of cross-disciplinary collaboration using different mediums.
Sponsor
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Bolero in Kaohsiung
Weiwuying's very first artist-in-residence, CHOU Shu-yi, initiated the "Dance-Travel Project" ten years ago and has since traveled to 14 cities and given 60 performances in open spaces without sets and lighting. This time, CHOU plans to restart this project by inviting professionals to teach dance to the dance students of Zuoying High School through educational cooperation. Moreover, with the help of Weiwuying, CHOU intends to recruit freelance dancers to perform a dance piece across Kaohsiung, bringing performing arts out of the theater and into the city.
When you wear that dress with floral print which you find in your mother's or auntie's wardrobe, you actually demonstrate the combination of an old-fashion style and a young body. It indeed reminds us of the long-forgotten golden age. Inspired by the personal experience during his artistic residence around the world, the choreographer Shu-Yi Chou visualizes his careful observation and reflection on urban life in the work. He also invites his fellow dancers to collect their personal experiences together, using the ordinary physical movement and the abstract body language to express the ups-and-downs of life. Just like the exciting feeling when we take a ride on a roller coaster, the work presents the juxtaposition of the contrasting emotions. Through the dancers' bodies, Chou interprets each moment of repetition, transition, or tranquility. Experiencing the ephemerality of time, we feel the existence of the "present".
The work "1875 Ravel and Bolero" premiered in the year of 2006. The re-adapted version premiered at Taipei in the following year. In 2009, the work won the first prize of Sadler's Wells Theatre (England) first "International Dance Competition Award". In January of 2010, it was invited to perform in London. In October of the same year, she was invited to perform at "Fall for Dance Festival" in New York. Later, it traveled back to Taiwan and performed in a non-traditional space for theatre performance.
The open space allows dancers to walk into the crowd and dance their way out. The production has inspired us to dance in the city and to communicate with each other through dance. It thus opens up the possibility of the 2011 dance-travel project "1875 Ravel and Bolero". The 16 cities make dance an unexpected part of our life, naturally but yet surprisingly.
Session
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Performers
Tsoying Senior High School Dance Class:
WANG Shu-ya, LI Jun-jun, LEE Szu-chieh, LI Tong-xin, LI Jing,jie, LIN Yu-qian, LIN Ying, HONG Kai-jun, KAO Chin-en, ZHANG Zhi-xuan, CHANG Yung-chi, CHUANG Chia-jie, CHEN Yu-ching,
HUANG Min-hsun, YE Rou-xin, DAI Yi-chen, WANG Siang-yu, NI Yu-xin, CHEN Shih-bin
Independent dancer:
HUANG Cheng-wei, CHEN Pin-ni, KUO Yen-wei, TSAI Wan-yu, IP Pui-ling, WANG Yu-jie, YANG I-wan, KE Gui-ting, KO Kai-feng, LIN Man-ting, LI Wan-jhen, WU Kai-wen, WU Chao-jung, LIN Si-qi, Liao Wen-yu
Artists Introduction
CHOU Shu-Yi
Born in 1983, Chou is a choreographer and dancer. His recent creations, in the forms of theatre, site-specific performance or dance video, question the value of life and reflect the status of an individual or a group in different social contexts, and create "a body vocabulary that belongs to Asia". Chou continues to seek new methods of creation, and potentials of cross-disciplinary collaboration using different mediums.
Sponsor
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Duration is 30 minutes without intermission.
No age limitation, free admission.
