Holland Dance Festival - HAZE

The birth of Beijing Dance Theater in December 2008 created the first contemporary ballet troupe in China and a bright new star in the constellation of dance organizations in the Capital.

Beijing Dance Theater (BDT) is led by its choreographer Wang Yuanyuan together with visual artists Tan Shaoyuan and Hanjiang. It has collaborated with many internationally renowned dramatists, musicians and designers, enriching the international dance stages with its world-class productions, each of which represents the highest level of Chinese contemporary dance.

Haze came into being as a creative response to the economic and environmental crises of early 2009. On a bare stage covered in thick sponge mats, the dancers strive to keep their footing in time with the brooding contemporary sacred music of Gorecki , later giving way the electronica of Biosphere. The bare stage, challenging surface, and ponderous music frame the movements of the dancers, as they stumble, roll, fall, crawl and collapse on the uncertain terrain. The piece proceeds as a metaphor that links the environmental haze and pollution with the spiritual confusion involved in a time of social or individual crisis. Haze explores the spiritual struggle of finding one’s way through darkness.

Videoclip

2 februari 2012    Den Haag    Holland Dance Festival

7 februari 2012    Tilburg    Schouwburg Tilburg

8 februari 2012    Eindhoven    Parktheater Eindhoven

9 februari 2012    Arnhem    Schouwburg Arnhem

10 februari 2012    Hasselt (B)    Cultuurcentrum Hasselt

11 februari 2012    Groningen    Stadsschouwburg Groningen

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