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雲門舞集 - 水月
An excerpt of of a performance by the Cloud Gate dance company from Taiwan, founded in 1973 by Lin Hwai-min, of one of Lin's most famous pieces, Moon Water. Video requires Quicktime 7.
Later this year I am returning to Australia after nearly seven years living among the British in Great Britain. In early 2002, not long after I arrived here, I went to Sadler's Wells to see Moon Water by Cloud Gate, the famous contemporary dance company from Taiwan. It was a memorable evening. Cloud Gate have been back to London more than once in the intervening years, and indeed, I was lucky enough to be invited to an after-performance reception for the company at the Barbican in 2005. But this week, Cloud Gate have returned to do an encore of Moon Water, and we saw it last night. The performance seemed more vivid and intense than the first time. It made more sense, and it seemed to offer bookends on this period living here.
The whole work is set to Bach's suites for solo cello and makes complex references to a number of movement styles, but especially tai chi and qi gong. At the end of the piece, the stage is flooded with water, which reflects the dancers' bodies and movements. It's amazing.
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An excerpt of of a performance by the Cloud Gate dance company from Taiwan, founded in 1973 by Lin Hwai-min, of one of Lin's most famous pieces, Moon Water. Video requires Quicktime 7.
Later this year I am returning to Australia after nearly seven years living among the British in Great Britain. In early 2002, not long after I arrived here, I went to Sadler's Wells to see Moon Water by Cloud Gate, the famous contemporary dance company from Taiwan. It was a memorable evening. Cloud Gate have been back to London more than once in the intervening years, and indeed, I was lucky enough to be invited to an after-performance reception for the company at the Barbican in 2005. But this week, Cloud Gate have returned to do an encore of Moon Water, and we saw it last night. The performance seemed more vivid and intense than the first time. It made more sense, and it seemed to offer bookends on this period living here.
The whole work is set to Bach's suites for solo cello and makes complex references to a number of movement styles, but especially tai chi and qi gong. At the end of the piece, the stage is flooded with water, which reflects the dancers' bodies and movements. It's amazing.
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