Autumn Water, Multiplication and 12, choreographed respectively by Lin Hwai-min (middle), CHENG Tsung-lung (right) and TAO Ye (left), were given to the stage successively.
Dancers of Cloud Gate and TAO Dance Theater were switched to give performances. Peculiar body expressions resulting from the interaction of different dancing styles gave the audience a sensational visual feast.
Multiplication was choreographed for dancers of the TAO Dance Theater by CHENG Tsung-lung, who will fill the post of Artistic Director of Cloud Gate. In the dance, he sought to blend his understanding and methods towards body movements into the existed framework of the TAO.
The audience who first know the TAO Dance Theatre may feel curious about the dance’s name 12. For years, TAO Ye has named the dances of “Number Series” by the number of participating dancers. Thus, “12” is the number of Cloud Gate dancers who took part in the work.
At the end of this year, Lin Hwai-min will retire from the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, of which he has been taking charge for 46 years. Selecting Exchange as his last project for Cloud Gate Dance Theatre has a meaning of inheriting and handing over.
LIN Huaimin sighed with emotion: “I have brought the most senior Cloud Gate dancers with me. After this performance, some of them will leave Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, so will I.”
Autumn Water, Multiplication and 12, choreographed respectively by Lin Hwai-min (middle), CHENG Tsung-lung (right) and TAO Ye (left), were given to the stage successively.
Dancers of Cloud Gate and TAO Dance Theater were switched to give performances. Peculiar body expressions resulting from the interaction of different dancing styles gave the audience a sensational visual feast.
Multiplication was choreographed for dancers of the TAO Dance Theater by CHENG Tsung-lung, who will fill the post of Artistic Director of Cloud Gate. In the dance, he sought to blend his understanding and methods towards body movements into the existed framework of the TAO.
The audience who first know the TAO Dance Theatre may feel curious about the dance’s name 12. For years, TAO Ye has named the dances of “Number Series” by the number of participating dancers. Thus, “12” is the number of Cloud Gate dancers who took part in the work.
At the end of this year, Lin Hwai-min will retire from the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, of which he has been taking charge for 46 years. Selecting Exchange as his last project for Cloud Gate Dance Theatre has a meaning of inheriting and handing over.
LIN Huaimin sighed with emotion: “I have brought the most senior Cloud Gate dancers with me. After this performance, some of them will leave Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, so will I.”