Guangdong Modern Dance Company is mainland China's first professional modern dance company. Internationally renowned for its exquisite and captivating performances, the company was founded in 1992 under the auspices of the Department of Culture of Guangdong Province. Willy Tsao from Hong Kong was appointed the first artistic director. He served his first term till 1998 and in 2004 he was invited by the Department of Culture of Guangdong Province to become the artistic director of the company again and to lead the company through the structural transformation, which resulted in the setting up of Xinghai Modern Dance Arts Company Limited in August 2006.
GMDC is a company based in the fastest growing region of the fastest growing economy in the world. Its vision that modern dance is a tool for self-expression attracts some of the most talented dancers and choreographers in China. Works created by its dancers, resident choreographers, artistic directors and international guest artists have been staged at home and abroad winning critical acclaim and overwhelming audience responses.
"City Race"
Choreography: Liu Qi
Music: Bo Yifu
Modernization and urbanization are giants that gobble and swallow. Some describe China as a construction site in a cloud of sand and dust, on which high rises shoot from the ground or crumble to rubble, likely overnight. Others say 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 |
