NVAF 2014: RICE by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

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NVAF 2014: RICE by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan 新視野藝術節2014：台灣雲門舞集《稻禾》 6-8.11 (Thu - Sat) 8:15pm 9.11 (Sun) 3pm Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre A tribute to the land and nature to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan A world within a grain, an elemental depiction of the life cycle of rice and man through dance Following a glorious transplanting scene in Legacy (1978), and an abundance of golden grains in Songs of the Wanderers (1994), Lin Hwai-min marks Cloud Gate’s four decades as a choreographic beacon of innovation with a return to the theme of rice. Lin, who is the first and only choreographer based outside Europe and the US to receive the Samuel H. Scripps/American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement, reaches back into eastern culture and aesthetics this time. Dancers weave evocatively through eight cyclical stages involved in rice cultivation – “Soil”, “Wind”, “Pollen I”, “Pollen II”, “Sunlight”, “Grain”, “Fire” and “Water” – all set against sublimely beautiful videos captured over two years in Taiwan’s Chihshang rural township. To images of expansive fields of rice swaying in the wind, the sound of traditional Hakka folk songs and classical music, Cloud Gate dancers breathe astonishing life into a rippling, sensual, poignant epic that leaves no heart unstirred. Details: http://www.newvisionfestival.gov.hk/2014/tc/rice.html (中文) http://www.newvisionfestival.gov.hk/2014/en/rice.html (English) Tickets NOW available at URBTIX Please refer to the website and programme brochure of "NVAF 2014" for details of ticket discounts Booking：2111 5999 / www.urbtix.hk Programme Enquiries：2370 1044