27-28, March 2009, NovehallSense of space is found in his painting, her dance choreography perfectly fits the space and the patterns with emotions; diagonals are often used in his structure; she imagines the movements of diagonals; the loneliness found in his painting triggers strong impact of emotions; she is attracted to the freshness of the solitude; searching the power of vitality…he is a hundred-year-old national treasure painter, Wang Pan-Youn, the winner of the Fifth National Arts Award; she is the artistic director of the Century Contemporary Dance Company, Yao Shu-Fen. “I search for colors in my works”, she said.
It is until that she finds Wang Pan-Youn’s painting that she discovers the colors; the dance choreographer is moved by the painter. In the large space of the painting, only one person or one horse or one dog is found between actions and inactions; however this contains full of vivid lives. Yao explained: “Painting is static art, actions found in the silence; dance is active art, silence is found in action.” Therefore she tries to extend the power of the body between actions and inactions just like a painting needs silence and time. Dance transforms to a painting extending the active combination of body expressions, directions and time. Each body search deeply inside the completeness and find it between the panting and the dance.
Unlike earlier versions of one of Stravinsky most controversial scores,Yao’s choreography successfully balances complexity and simplicity where other treatments have eschewed or never tried to match.
Dimittri Bruyas
The Choreographer reminded the audience to watch out for the”three-second”surprise,which she referred to as the time it takes for us to “find the right person”or “make the right decision.
Hermia Lin
- Art DirectorShu-Fen Yao
- Production CoordinatorYu-Ping Lin
- Administrative Assistant I-ve Yao
- Dancer
Gian-Yu Xu, Hui-Wen Li, Bei-Yu Chen, Wei-Ning Chen, Yin-Ying Li, Hsio-Tzu Tian, Yong-Hua Huang, Ya-Jun Yang, Guan-Hin Liu, Hua-Bao Jane, Ding-Kai Tzeng
- Stage Design Yi-Ru Huang
- Narrative SpaceYi-Ru Huang
- Lighting DesignTian-Hong Wang
- Music Design Huan-Fu Yu, Wan-Ting Huang
- Music ExecutiveSi-Wei Luo
- Fashion DesignJia-Xiang Huang
- Image DesigHao-Jan Chang
- Stage ManagerSheng-Fa Lin
- Graphic DesignWen-Xiu Chen
