'City of Paper' part 1

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A Clip from "City of Paper" A performance called 'City of Paper' by Professor Yin Mei at the Puffin Room in Duke Museum. - "In City of Paper, choreographer/visual artist Yin Mei and former William Forsythe dancer Sang Jijia explore the uncertain pathways that lie between a lost childhood and a plugged-in, globalized present in which they both experience themselves, in some sense, as the Other. "Writing" with ink-drenched bodies, their movements projected by means of electronic sensing equipment onto a unique "pop-up" paper stage environment, the two performers merge imagistic movement with visual representation to create postmodern performance out of the timeless elements of Chinese calligraphy: paper, ink, body, time." "PAPER was a multimedia dance/theater work interweaving personal history, contemporary and traditional dance, music, interactive sound and visuals to explore the practical, sensual and transformative qualities of paper. PAPER was performed by U.S. and Chinese dancers within a stage environment where paper plays an active, even magical, role. PAPER refers to the history of Luoyang, Yin Mei's hometown, where paper was invented. An ancient literary and artistic center, Luoyang became another world during her childhood, when the Cultural Revolution made paper political, and the city was plastered with revolutionary slogans and critiques."

'City of Paper' part 1

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• published: 27 Apr 2008
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A Clip from "City of Paper" A performance called 'City of Paper' by Professor Yin Mei at the Puffin Room in Duke Museum. - "In City of Paper, choreographer/visual artist Yin Mei and former William Forsythe dancer Sang Jijia explore the uncertain pathways that lie between a lost childhood and a plugged-in, globalized present in which they both experience themselves, in some sense, as the Other. "Writing" with ink-drenched bodies, their movements projected by means of electronic sensing equipment onto a unique "pop-up" paper stage environment, the two performers merge imagistic movement with visual representation to create postmodern performance out of the timeless elements of Chinese calligraphy: paper, ink, body, time." "PAPER was a multimedia dance/theater work interweaving personal history, contemporary and traditional dance, music, interactive sound and visuals to explore the practical, sensual and transformative qualities of paper. PAPER was performed by U.S. and Chinese dancers within a stage environment where paper plays an active, even magical, role. PAPER refers to the history of Luoyang, Yin Mei's hometown, where paper was invented. An ancient literary and artistic center, Luoyang became another world during her childhood, when the Cultural Revolution made paper political, and the city was plastered with revolutionary slogans and critiques."