A poem about the unknown
Following the full-speed expansion of technology, enormous changes affect all aspects of life as well as art. This dance theatre work investigates the changes the human body could undergo; the possible routes humanity could embark on; new definitions or paradigms art might find. Three dancers will compose a poem with their bodies. A poem written to, and about, the unknown. A message that will perhaps come back to us. An action happening in the present, in the past, and in the future.
Director/Choreographer: Lian Guodong, Lei Yan | Performers: Fan Lu, Qian Tingting, Xu Yiming | Light design: Wang Jingjing | Sound design: Letizia Renzini | Visual design: Qiu Yu | Costumes: Zhang Sisi | Video/Photos: Fan Cong | Dramaturg: Kai Tuchmann | Producer: Fabrizio Massini | Assistant Producer: Xu Li
Commissioned by: YAP – Young Artist Platform for Dance (China) | Co-producers: Fabbrica Europa(Italy), Goethe-Institut China / International Coproduction Fund, Theater im Pumpenhaus Münster (Germany), Shanghai International Dance Center Theater (China) | Supported by: Beijing 9 Contemporary Dance Theatre | Special thanks: Fei Yu Dance Studio, Yabin Studio, Xuelian Fang Studio, Beijing Chiao Kon Kee Culture Communication
This project is part of round 8 of the International Coproduction Fund, year 2019-2020.