Water at its purest form inspired ancient philosophers, from

Chinese thinking of Water is benefiting all things without

competition, to the Westem idea of water as the origin of

all things. The dance Be Water takes the words from the

 Book of Dao, expressing water as the highest virtue of life,

through pure body movement. The stagnancy of solid state,

 the fluidity of liquid state, the egnima of vapour state,

 formulate the conception of Be Water. The choreographer

 also sees them as different stages of life, filling the dance

 stage with moving image and imagery.

Choreography

ADIYA

Lighting

Joy CHEN

Costume design

 LIU Xue-fang

ADIYA

Costume

XING Ya-meng

Prop

FENG Shi-Long

Dancers

CHEN Zuo, DING Zhen-yan, FENG Xiao-ming, GAO Rong, GUO Xi-yang,

JIANG Yi-fang, JIANG Yu-hui, KUANG Zhi-heng, LIN Yi-yu, MA Yue,

 PENG Jun-ning, SUN Tong, YANG Hao-ran, YI Fan, ZUO Yue-yun

Program duration

70 mins

Premiere

2023.08

Choreographer Introduction

ADIYA born in Ordos, Inner Mongolia of Mongolian ethnicity,

 ADIYA studied at Art College of Ordos from 1998 to 2002,

he joined Cultural Troupe of Inner Mongolian Military Region 

from 2002 to 2003. In 2012, he became a dancer with

 BeijingDance/LDTX and in 2017 became its resident artist.

 ADIYA has visited Algeria, Australia, Costa Rica, Germany,

 India, Israel, Lebanon, Poland, Tunisia, US and various

countries and regions. He has participated inAmerican

Dance Salad Festival, and Spring Festival (Lebanon and

 Tunisia). ADIYA's major choreographies include: Mai,

Everywhere,Twilight Line and Arc.