Re-Triptych - T310413194Tibet, Angkor Wat and China's Silk Road are the inspiration behind this trilogy from New York based Chinese choreographer Shen Wei. These moving, transcendent stories of spiritual and geographic homecoming are told through breathtaking and bold movement, music and visuals. Re- (I) - Set to haunting traditional Tibetan chants, this deeply personal, almost spiritual, dance draws on Shen Wei's time on the dizzying heights of the Tibetan plateau. A massive circular pattern made of confetti-like paper covers the stage floor. The design is slowly, deliberately destroyed as the dancers sweep and glide around the space, providing an ever-shifting setting literally scored by their movements. Re- (II) - Shen Wei creates a fluid, dynamic dance inspired by his time spent in Cambodia. The soundtrack mixes his own field recordings from Cambodian villages and temples with indigenous folk music and John Tavener's Tears of the Angels as his dancers create an immersive, atmospheric world of twisted, knotted banyan trees and lost temples, deep in the jungle. Re- (III) - The dance grows to a frenetic pace as Shen Wei celebrates China's vast mix of languages, religions and cultural histories, and juxtaposes them against a China of the future - a 21st-century exporter of goods, ideas and populations. Dancers vibrate with kinetic energy across the stage, driven into electrifying action by David Lang's fizzing electronic soundscape. Please note this show contains partial nudity. Duration: 2hrs 15mins approx.Choreographer Shen Wek. Design Shen Wei. Costume Shen Wei. Lighting Jennifer Tipton. Design Shen Wei. Design Daniel Hartnett. Music Traditional Tibetan Chants (1)). Music John Tavener (II)). Music David Lang (III)). | |
| 1 Sep 11 to 3 Sep 11 | Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh :: V602 listing details L02107376563 |
Connet Transfer - T01595387662Chinese-born Shen Wei trained as a dancer, choreographer, painter and designer. His multi-layered works, based on the fusion of different art forms, are a remarkable hybrid of western and eastern influences. In Connect Transfer, Shen Wei’s dancers interact in an inventive and daring choreography, creating striking architectural and sculptural shapes. With live piano accompaniment performed by Stephen Gosling, dance language is transformed into visual art as the dancers paint their movements onto a giant white canvas. The unique painted floor covering reveals the patterns of the dance in a vivid new light, and the otherwise fleeting moments of movement are given a visual permanence. As they dance, they paint their own movements onto a giant white canvas, bringing the stage alive with another dimension. The unique painted floor covering reveals the patterns of the dance in a vivid new light, giving visual permanence to the usually fleeting movements. A live accompaniment is performed by renowned pianist Stephen Gosling. 70 mins/no intervalChoreographer Shen Wei. Lighting Jennifer Tipton. Sound Shen Wei. Sound Fitz Palton. Design Shen Wei. Costume Shen Wei. | |
| 17 Oct 07 to 20 Oct 07 | Barbican Centre, West End :: V371 listing details L1031253540 |
