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Yu Erge’s latest work with strong personal style and experimental spirit

A combination of acrobatic, contemporary dance and body theater to break the stereotypes and reshape the body

A strange figure hiding behind a mask, a white sink, a 19-century-style cabin on the stage

 

Inspired by literature, it tells a modern history of female disappearance

Magic realism, a thrilling and absurd metaphor of man and woman

Original neoclassical and electronic music to create a minor horror feeling

 

Love is colder than death

A story about women, love and conflicts

Introduction

The work is inspired by Faulkner’s novel  "A Rose for Emily" and presents a deformed society from a woman's perspective in a magic realism way, exploring and mourning an ordinary woman who was squeezed by various social relationships until she disappeared. It is a "modern history of female disappearance". The play combines highly skilled traditional acrobatics,  contemporary dance and body theater, using a bold and daring experimental spirit to de-structure and reshape the body, to create a mysterious, thrilling and absurd vibe.

 

Inspired by literature, a modern history of female disappearance

The work is inspired by William Faulkner's novel  "A Rose for Emily" and focuses on the subject of women’s survival and tries to explore the many  difficult situations for a woman. It presents a deformed society from a woman's perspective in a magic realism way, exploring and mourning an ordinary woman who was squeezed by various social relationships until she disappeared. It is both a "modern history of female disappearance", as well as a realistic fable.

 

The latest work of Yu Erge’s body theater

The dance choreographer Yu Erge has a unique personal style and experimental spirit. He has been continuously challenging crossover body performances in recent years with works such as "Moli", "Time Wheel", and "Night Eagle", seeking the limit of physical expression. This play continues the director's strong dramatic tension, black absurd style, and sensitive and subtle perception of human nature.

 

Unprecedented exploration of the body

The play combines traditional acrobatics and contemporary dance, while adding in intense dramatic techniques to create a new form of physical performance. By breaking and reshaping the bodies of acrobats and modern dancers, it explores the limits and possibilities of the body with the idea of "de-acrobatics". It tries to achieve full freedom of the body, and strives to present an unprecedented journey of physical exploration.

 

Original neoclassicism music

The original music of the entire play uses a large number of orchestral instruments and electronic music blended together, forming chords, tonality, and rhythm with conflicts. In many aspects such as rhythm and harmony in classical music composition techniques, it reflects a contemporary sense and achieves a balance between the two means.

Producer/Director: YU Erge

Choreographer, dancer, artist in China and French, She studied at the Centre de Developpement Choregraphie(Toulouse,France) for contemporary choreography.Artist in residence at cite des art Paris International Art City and A4 Artist in residence international ，exchange program Prohelvetia in Switzerland. She was invited to perform at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Pompidou Center in Paris ;the short dance film "à L'etranger" was selected for the 38^th BELLARIA Independent Film Festival in Italy. She has been evaluated as a promising dancer and theater actor by the French music and culture magazines "In Les Rockuptib" and "Huffpost" post. Artist featured in the French Cultural Center.Commissioned artist of Shanghai International Dance Center Theater.One of the Chinese artists invited to dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron.

 

Playwright: WU Tuhe

Writer. Screenwriter of Yu Erge Body Theatre. The work "Moli", which participated in, was invited to participate in the 2020 Beijing Youth International Theater Festival and the first Mid-Levels Dance Week, and won the Best Dance Theater of the "Zebra Award" of the first Youth Theater Festival and the "Best Body Award" of the 3rd Shenzhen Contemporary Drama Biennale. Literary advisor in the Yu Erge A4 International Art Residency program Nighthawk.

 

Stage Designer/Multimedia Designer: LUO Jinchao

Independent photographer, visual design. Since 2016, he has been engaged in professional photography, mainly portrait creation. Since 2019, he has participated in the filming of dramas. Filmed stills from the dramas of many works such as  "Love Letter", "Secret Love", "Moaning Without Disease", "Zhao Bian", "Voice Listening", "Double Gun", modern acrobatics "What's Wrong", the musical "Under the Qingcheng Mountain ", multimedia modern dance drama "Flow", dance theater "The Wheel of Time", " February 3rd Sunny Day " and many other works. In 2020, he served as a live broadcast director in the dance work "MOLI" by artist Yu Erge. The play participated in the Beijing Youth Theater Festival and won the Best Dance Body Work Award. Since 2021, he has started visual design and creation, and is responsible for the visual design and promotional video shooting of the dance theater work "Kalachakra". The work participated in the main unit of the first Aranya Theater Festival, and the work was well received by the audience and the organizers, and was performed as the main display unit in the first Luxelake Theater Festival. In the Yu Erge A4 international art residency project "Nighthawk", he served as the visual designer, which was broadcast live online at the 2022 Luxelakes Theater Festival, and was also invited to participate in the main unit of the 2nd Aranya Theater Festival. In 2022, French choreographer Doria, who participated in the Sino-French Cultural Spring. Béranyer's work "Give Me a Minute" project as a photographer in Chengdu. Participated in the creation of the body drama "A Rose for Emily", as the visual design and stills shooting.

 

Composer/Music director: JIANG Weixin

Musicians. Collaborated with modern dance artist Wang Tao on the improvised modern dance piano work "I". Cooperated with dancer Yu Erge as the composer and music producer of the modern dance drama "Flow". Cooperated with Shenzhen Opera and Dance Theater principal dancer Zhang Yashu, dancer Yu Erge, poet Wang Yin and artist Ma Liang to cooperate with the dance theater "February 3rd Sunny Day" as the composer and music producer. Worked as a music producer in the Yu Erge A4 international art residency program "Nighthawk", the play was broadcast live online at the 2022 Luxelakes Theater Festival, and was also invited to participate in the main unit of the 2nd Aranya Theater Festival.

 

Lighting Designer: YANG Yunqi

Lighting design. Lighting and console operation for Chengdu Hemiao Theater performances and Happy Twist Southwest Tour performances. Chengdu Chemical Field Experimental Art Space Chengdu performance and tour lighting installation, console operation, lighting design. In 201, Jiang'an Youth Theater Festival served as the lighting designer of the physical drama "OPEN IT". Original modern dance "Me" lighting design. Lighting design of the homemade drama "37°2" by Hemiao Theater. The lighting design assistant of the brutal drama "Infernal Hell" produced by the Chemical Field Experimental Art Space and participated in the 2019 Daliangshan International Theater Festival. Participated in the plays "Beautiful Dawn" and "Three Lectures on Solitude", produced "Sheep's Poem" in the Chemical Field Experimental Art Space as a lighting designer, and participated in the 2020 Nanshan Drama Festival. 2020 China Xichang Daliangshan International Theater Festival custom-produced play "Isolation" lighting design assistant. Young dancer Yu Erge served as the lighting designer for his original modern dance "MOLI" and participated in the 2020 Shenzhen Contemporary Theater Biennale and the 2021 Sino-French Women's Art Theme Day.

 

Cast members

Commissioned by Shanghai International Dance Center Theater/LOOKLIVE

Dancers: ZHANG Yun, WANG Huaili,PANG Xino, HU Junjie, ZHU Qiaoyan,WANG Honghao

Producer/Director: YU Erge

Dancers: ZHANG Yun, WANG Huaili, PANG Xiao, HU Junjie, ZHU Qiaoyan, WANG Honghao

Stage Designer/Multimedia Designer: LUO Jinchao

Composer/Music director: JIANG Weixin

Playwright: WU Tuhe

Lighting Designer: YANG Yunqi

Stage Manager/Technical consultant: ZHANG Shuang

Acrobatics Advisor: PANG Xiao

Acrobat: CHEN Jian, PENG Song, LI Longhui

Special Supporter: Sichuan Vocational college of Art, Sichuan Youth Art Troupe

Special thanks to Chengdu Air Dancer Art Center, Sichuan Vocational college of Art

 

SIDCT YOUTH INCUBATION PLATFORM

Shanghai International Dance Center Theater Youth Incubation Platform (hereinafter referred to as "youth incubation platform") is platform for young dance artists in China who have room for growth and development to communicate and display, sponsored and established by the Shanghai International Dance Center Theater. It provides creative resources, funding, publicity and exchange and learning opportunities for outstanding young dancers, promoting development and catalyzing innovation. It provides a new window for Chinese original dance works to go out of the country and into the world.

 

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