Yin Mei Dance
Doris Duke Theatre
LIVE MUSIC
Wednesday, August 4 - Saturday, August 7, 8:15pm
Saturday, August 7 & Sunday, August 8, 2:15pm
Yin Mei Dance
August 4-August 8, 2010 • LIVE MUSIC
Yin Mei merges sensuous, powerful movement with visual art, paper and ink, and video projections in City of Paper, a work that explores a single, momentous year of the choreographer's childhood during the Chinese Cultural Revolution. The work weaves together video projections and sophisticated computer animation, a complex musical score, and evocative movement to create a compelling dream landscape. Butoh artists Kota Yamazaki and Kanako Yokota, and Dai Jian (formerly of Shen Wei Dance Arts and currently performing with the Trisha Brown Dance Company) join and Yin Mei as featured dancers.
An original score by noted composer Richard Marriott, played live by viola virtuoso Stephanie Griffin, is layered with the music of French bossa nova singer-songwriter Camille and experimental composer Bora Yoon. City of Paper is a stirring meditation on history and perception.
"An unmistakable Asian aesthetic informed by the intensity of European dance-theatre" - Dance Magazine
Wednesday, August 4 - Saturday, August 7, 8:15pm
Saturday, August 7 & Sunday, August 8, 2:15pm
$20 Young Audience tickets available (35 and younger), must show I.D. to pick up tickets. Call 413.243.0745 for details.
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