"The dance moved like a force of nature." Financial Times
Formed in 2008 by Beijing-based choreographer Tao Ye, TAO Dance Theatre is known for its collaborations across art forms including film and visual art, creating dances that have a mesmeric, trance-like quality. In 6 & 7, he continues his numbered series of experimentations that explore the potential of the human body as a purely visual form, freed from the constraints of story-telling or representation.
In 6, his six dancers move in dynamic and hypnotising unison, in a shifting landscape of light created by Swedish lighting designer Ellen Ruge. His latest work 7 continues Tao Ye’s fascination with pattern, precision and ritual, and is distinguished by a sound track of acoustic effects generated by the seven dancers’ own bodies. Both 6 & 7 will be accompanied by specially commissioned music from Chinese indie folk composer Xiao He.
“6”
Choreographer：Tao Ye
Dancers: Fu Liwei, Mao Xue, Li Shunjie, Yu Jinying, Huang li, Ming Da
Music : Xiao He
Lighting design: Ellen Ruge (Sweden)
Executive Lighting: Ma Yue
Costumes: Tao Ye, Li Min
Sound: János Rembeczky
Premiere February 1, 2014 “6: The Sami Chinese Project” as the opening performance of the 2014 European Cultural Capital at NorrlandsOperan in Umea, Sweden
Commissioned by NorrlandsOperan
Supported by Umea2014, Swedish Arts Council, Swedish Arts Grants Committee Region Vasterbotten, and China Literature and Art Foundation
“7”
Choreographer: Tao Ye
Dancers: Fu Liwei, Mao Xue, Li Shunjie, Yu Jinying, Huang li, Ming Da，Hu Jing
Rehearsal Director: Duan Ni
Vocal Design: Tao Ye
Lighting Design: Ma Yue, Tao Ye
Sound: János Rembeczky
Costumes Li Min, Tao Ye
Premiere September 19, 2014 at OzAsia Festival, Australia
A commission by Sadler’s Wells
with additional support from Adelaide Festival Center Development
supported by the Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associates program
Formed in 2008 by Beijing-based choreographer Tao Ye, TAO Dance Theatre is known for its collaborations across art forms including film and visual art, creating dances that have a mesmeric, trance-like quality. In 6 & 7, he continues his numbered series of experimentations that explore the potential of the human body as a purely visual form, freed from the constraints of story-telling or representation.
In 6, his six dancers move in dynamic and hypnotising unison, in a shifting landscape of light created by Swedish lighting designer Ellen Ruge. His latest work 7 continues Tao Ye’s fascination with pattern, precision and ritual, and is distinguished by a sound track of acoustic effects generated by the seven dancers’ own bodies. Both 6 & 7 will be accompanied by specially commissioned music from Chinese indie folk composer Xiao He.
“6”
Choreographer：Tao Ye
Dancers: Fu Liwei, Mao Xue, Li Shunjie, Yu Jinying, Huang li, Ming Da
Music : Xiao He
Lighting design: Ellen Ruge (Sweden)
Executive Lighting: Ma Yue
Costumes: Tao Ye, Li Min
Sound: János Rembeczky
Premiere February 1, 2014 “6: The Sami Chinese Project” as the opening performance of the 2014 European Cultural Capital at NorrlandsOperan in Umea, Sweden
Commissioned by NorrlandsOperan
Supported by Umea2014, Swedish Arts Council, Swedish Arts Grants Committee Region Vasterbotten, and China Literature and Art Foundation
“7”
Choreographer: Tao Ye
Dancers: Fu Liwei, Mao Xue, Li Shunjie, Yu Jinying, Huang li, Ming Da，Hu Jing
Rehearsal Director: Duan Ni
Vocal Design: Tao Ye
Lighting Design: Ma Yue, Tao Ye
Sound: János Rembeczky
Costumes Li Min, Tao Ye
Premiere September 19, 2014 at OzAsia Festival, Australia
A commission by Sadler’s Wells
with additional support from Adelaide Festival Center Development
supported by the Sadler’s Wells New Wave Associates program
