13 & 14
With his dance company TAO Dance Theatre, Chinese choreographer Tao Ye presents a special double bill: 13 & 14. The works are part of Tao Ye's "Numerical Series", which has been shown across five continents, more than 40 countries and more than 100 different art festivals.
13 is the twelfth installment of choreographer Tao Ye’s “Numerical Series”. This work uses the concept of the Trinity to correspond to the number 13, which includes solo dance, duet dance and group dance. These three types of body interaction and connection constitute the entire creation. 14 is about the exploration of rhythm and change. How to challenge the new context of the body? This time, Tao Ye breaks the previous creative method of repeated cycles, and uses the ever-changing texture of movement to explore the space-time possibility between movement and stillness.
Run time 75 minuten incl. intermission
Genre Dance
Language Language no problem
Dutch opening night
13 & 14
13
In this work, the dancers are connected into a whole, and then gradually fission into different forms. The continuous changes in the dance sequence during the movement open up a complex physical world: the realization of impact, extrusion, fusion, and falling , rebound, pull and other infinite phenomena. Through slow, medium and fast rhythms, the bodies are transformed into water, mountains, rocks and all things. At this time, the body, as a medium, demonstrates the vagaries of imagination.
The concepts of one, two and multiple dimentions form a rule. In this creation, the choreographer cultivated the three changes of body, space, and time to form a chaotic whole. Rigorous and open concepts are used in the choreography to respond to the different states of the present concrete and impermanent.
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14
The music of this work boldly adopts a single minimalist well-balanced temperament, and uses the progressive method of the hour hand to correspond to the complex dynamics of the body in dance. Through the audio-visual relationship of less is more, the Circular Movement System (body technique of TAO Dance Theater) is expanded to the ultimate.
The cuttings and foldings of points, lines and planes in the space, the agitation and swing with the control of weight, make the work return to pure body movement again, and all possibilities will unfold in a changing and unchanged rhythm.
About Tao Ye
Born in Chongqing, Tao Ye is a graduate of the Chongqing Dance School in China. After dancing with the Shanghai Army Song & Dance Ensemble, he joined Shanghai Jin Xing Dance Theater, and later moved to Beijing to join the Beijing Modern Dance Company (BMDC). In 2008, at the age of 23, Tao Ye founded TAO Dance Theater.
Inspired by Oriental thought, Tao Ye developed Circular Movement System in combination with his own style of dance. This system enjoys a high reputation internationally. At the age of 27, he was invited to perform at Lincoln Center Festival in New York City. He was named Sadler’s Wells 2011-2013 “New Wave Associates”.
Press
CVNC Online Arts Journal North Carolina (USA)
“... confounds and amazes. It is rare to be able to say, ‘I’ve never seen anything quite like it,’ and really mean it.”
“... confounds and amazes. It is rare to be able to say, ‘I’ve never seen anything quite like it,’ and really mean it.”
“Tao Ye is emerging rapidly as a force to be reckoned with, as well as the most exciting name in modern dance.”
Västerbottens-Kuriren (Sweden)
“Absolutely amazing … An extraordinary experience for the audience.”
Credits
artistic directors Tao Ye & Duan Ni
company manager Wang Hao
rehearsal director Huang Qiqi
technical director Ma Yue
producer & project director Jun Jun
executive coordinator Tai Yuanxu
visual director Fan Xi
DNTY managing director Ning He
tour coordinators Jun Jun & Tai Yuanxu
