Performance by Guangdong Modern Dance Company May 15, 2008

Time: 2008/5/15
Venue: Tian Qiao Theater
Price: 50/100
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Choreography: Liu Qi
Music:Ivo Bol
Lighting:Goh Boon Ann
Costumes:Wu Bing
Text: Paul De Bruyne
Still Images:Xu Pei-wu
Time: 70min
Premiere: May 2007 Guangzhou

Modernization and urbanization are giants that gobble and swallow. Some describe Chinaas a construction site ina cloud of sand and dust, on which high risesshoot from the ground or crumble to rubble, likely overnight. Otherssay China is a picture that is never still. It changes every time you close and open your eyes.

The city is a fantasy. It is a dream.

There are all sorts of sounds

There is all sorts of action, all the time

People move, buildings move, even rivers and mountains move

To this rhythm

Forward-Forward-For

About Guangdong Modern Dance Company
Guangdong Modern Dance Company is mainland China’sfirst professional modern dance company. Internationally renowned forits exquisite and captivating performances, the company was founded inJune, 1992 under the auspices of the Department of Culture ofGuangdongProvince.Ms. Yang Mei-qi was appointed the first managingdirector, and Mr. Willy Tsao from Hong Kongwas invited to be the first artistic director for the company.Tsaoserved his term till 1998 but in 2004, he was invited again to be thedirector and artistic director of the company.

GMDCis a company based in the fastest growing region of the fastest growingeconomy in the world.Its vision that modern dance is a tool forself-expression attracts some of the most talented dancers andchoreographers in China, paving the way for the development of dance ina country with distinctly different social and cultural backgroundsfrom the West.Works created by its dancers, resident choreographers,artistic directors and international guest artists have been staged athome and abroad winning critical acclaims and overwhelming audienceresponses.

Thecompany performs abroad frequently and has appeared at the IndiaInternational Dance Festival, the Singapore International ArtsFestival, Korea’s Chang-Mu International Dance Festival, England’sEdinburgh Festival, Millennium Moves of Germany, Japan’s Tokyo TinayAlice International Theatre Festival, Hong Kong Festival of Asian Arts,the Holland Dance Festival, the International Festival of ContemporaryDance in Venice and most recently the Festival of China in WashingtonD.C..

During the past decade, China’smodern dance has witnessed not only the growing of a company but therise of many sparkling stars. The Company’s dancers and choreographersQiao Yang, Shen Wei, Xing Liang, Sang Ji-jia, Li Han-zhong, YangYun-tao, Shi Xuan, Liu Qi, Long Yun-na etc., have gained internationalrecognition with their outstanding artistries.

GMDChas also hosted the annual Guangdong Modern Dance Festival since 2004.Besides presenting performances by international dance companies, thefestival also stages works by young independent dancers/dance groupsfrom all over China.In May 2005, it gathered more than 200 dancers from 13 cities andprovinces. Hailed as the nation’s cradle of modern dance, GMDCcontinues to cultivate new grounds for the promotion and development ofthe art in China.

Price RMB50 for students only

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