2009/04/18        Saturday        19:30

★ Setting Off, On the Road (Double Dance Studio)

Choreographer: Yin Fang
Dancers: Yin Fang and Wang Jiaming
When you are about to set off, but still do not know how, there will always be hesitation; is it unwillingness or uneasiness?

★ Mask (Beijing Insititue of Modern Music)

Choreography: Feng Yanchang
Dancers: the whole ensemble of 2007 Class of Choreography

★ Soul

Choreography: Li Si
Dancer: Li Si
Lost in the hazy, closed world of oneself.
Li Si, Hunan native, is currently learning modern dance in Beijing Vacational Institute of Local Opera and Arts.

★ Hide and Seek

Choreography: Cui Jian and Wang Chong
Dancers: Cui Jian and Wang Chong
Inspired by the “Destructuralism” proposed by William Forsythe, this dance seeks to explore the truth of life as well as the pure essence of the body.
Cui Jian comes from Heilongjiang, graduated from Bejing Normal University, is currently a professional dancer; Wang Chong, also from Heilongjiang, graduated from Jilin College of Arts, a professional dancer.

★ Segment excerpt (BeijingDance / LDTX)

Choreography: Zi Wei
Dancers: Zuo Yan, Liao Sidi, Hong Lin, Zhao Kexin, Liang Yu and Liu Chang
Zi Wei is a founding member of LDTX. Zi Wei is from Endorse, Nel Mongloia. He studied Mongolian dance at the Nel Mongolia Erdorse Dance Shool and was an dancer of Beijing Modern Dance Company.

★ Tape excerpt (J-town Physical Film and Theatre Lab)

Choreography: Li Ning
Dancers: Xiao Wei, Li Ning, Qin Lei and Xu Hao
Hurried pedestrians on the street are like pieces of tape that anxiously stick to something; because we all have desires and goals, our bodies have this stickiness…
Li Ning, the founder of J-town Physical Film and Theatre Lab. Li hails from Shandong where he studied at Shandong University of Arts, he is currently a freelance movie producer, painter and drama director.

★ Scarecrow (Diandian Corridor & GuWu Theater)

Choreography: Huang Chunjun
Dancers: Huang Lei, Huang Chunjun, Xie Yihai, Su Zhou, Li Zhenji, Li Qiuyi and Quan Juan
  “My foot is rooted in the ground; my arms open to the wind. I envy the sun and the moon, because I cannot make a single move, as countless genies in the wheat field are depending on my vigilant watch. I will be soaked by the rain, but I do not feel depressed, because the sunlight will make me dry. In the gentle breeze, I will open up my arms again.”
Huang Chunjun, a Guangxi native, the founder of Diandian Corridor. He worked for Guangxi Regional Song and Dance Company as a choreographer and is currently a teacher of Nanning Creation School of Arts.
GuWu Theater and Diandian Corridor’s 2009 visit to Beijing is supported by Administration of Culture and Sport, Xingning District, Nanning.

★ When Love Is Buried In Deep Water

Choreography: Miao Qing
Dancer: Miao Qing
When love is buried in deep water, the boiling blood in the body cannot grasp the fleeting wind and dust, which carry yesterday's memory; together they sink to the bottom of the silent sea….
Miao Qing comes from Shijiazhuang, is currently studying dance at Tianjing College of Music.

★ Tahitian Dance

Choreography: Joyce Buangan
Dancer: Joyce Buangan

★ Identity (BeijingDance / LDTX)

Choreography: Liu Chang
Dancer: Liu Chang
Liu Chang was born in Wuhan. He studied dance at the PLA Art Academy, and is currently a dancer of BeijingDance / LDTX.

 ★ “New” Woman (Beijing Dance Academy)

Artistic directors: Zhang Shouhe and Li Lingyan
Choreography: Hua Xia, Pacilaiti Tuerhong, Wang Jiali, Miao Fangfei, Liu Wen, Wang Qing, Zhao Jing, Ma Renxia, Bai Ling, Gao Fenshan and Tang Jie
Woman… woman… woman… a woman that makes herself “beautiful” in such ways.