Sorrowful Song, choreographed jointly by LDTX’s executive artistic director LI Han-Zhong and 

dancer/choreographer MA Bo. Drawing inspiration from and paying tribute to the music of the 

Polish composer Henryk GORECKI, the work moves with the solemn sound of GORECKI’s Symphony 

of Sorrowful Songs, and contemplates the inevitability of tragic situation in human life.

Choreographers

LI Han-zhong、MA Bo

Lighting

LI Xin

Music

Henryk GORECKI

Costume

WANG Yan

Dancers

LI Yue, TANG Ting-Ting, LIU Yin-Tao, XIE Xin, GONG Xing-Xing, LI Ke-Hua，XU Yi-Ming

LIU Xue-Fang, ZhaXiWangJia, Qian Kun, ADiYa, GAO Yang, DU Yan-Hao, XIE Yong-Chao

Program duration

25 mins

Premiere

2012.07

Choreographer Introduction

LI Han-zhong

A native of Yunnan (China), Li Han-zhong graduated with a bachelor ‘s degree from the 

Division of Chinese Ethnic Dance at the Beijing Dance Academy in 1991. Upon graduation, 

he joined the Guangdong Modern Dance Company where he performed as a dancer, and 

served as an artistic assistant and choreographer. He toured with the company to the United 

States, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Korea, Singapore, and the Philippines.  In 

1996, he received the Asian Cultural Council Scholarship to study at the American Dance 

Festival for three months.  

MA Bo

Born in Mizhi, Shanxi Province, Ma joined Shanxi Provincial Song and Dance Theatre in 1985. 

She received a bachelor’s degree from the Beijing Dance Academy in 1991, and soon after 

joined the Academy as a faculty member. Ma has performed with Guangdong Modern Dance

Company and went on to perform with Beijing Modern Dance Company in 1999. She has 

collaborated with choreographer Li Han-zhong on previous modern dance works. Her works 

includes, Variation of Red, Helpless, Gone with it in Multi-Color, Garden of Memory, and The 

Cold Dagger and others.