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In the northern ocean there is a fish called the k'un, countless thousands of li in size. This k'un changes into a bird, called the p'eng. Its back is countless thousands of li in breadth. When it is moved, it flies, its wings obscuring the sky like clouds.
Chuangtse Free and Easy Wandering
Who can say what is north of north?
And who can say just how large is that legendary fish that lurks there?
It is not for our imagination to conceive.
Nor can we understand how the fish one day transformed into a mythical bird,
Or what reason he had to change.
Our attempts to imagine how or why are like summer cicadas debating winter's frost.
We can only manage to wonder:
Are his wings made of clouds,
Or were the clouds once his wings…
Choreography: HU Lei
Dancers: The Company
Technical Director/Lighting Designer: HUANG Zhigao
Costume Designer: AH Kuan
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