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Program Introduction：
Act Ⅰ：
Oath (Midnight Rain)
Choreographed by Gao Yanjinzi
Commissioned by la Biennale di Venezia
World premiere in Venice on June 20, 2006
Choreography: Gao Yanjinzi
Dancers: Chaoke, Shi Xiaojuan, Hu Lei, Xin Xin, Gu Jiani, Yang Chang
Technical Director: Huang Zhigao
Lighting Designer: Han Jiang, Huang Zhigao
Music: Wenzi
Costume Designer: Zhong Jiani, Ah Kuan
Makeup: Jia Lei
Recording/Mixing: Qi Gang, Ding Qiao
Everyone will die, but we will not leave this world forever - the eternal promise of rebirth will bring us back.
--- Tibetan Proverb
Oath (Midnight Rain) explores the choreographer's understanding of Buddhist Samsara, the cycle of death and rebirth and the liminal moment between night and day, between black and white, between ending and beginning.
The work was commissioned by la Biennale di Venezia and premiered in June 2006 in Venice, Italy to critical acclaim and sold out performances. In January, 2007 the piece was featured in the Changmu International Arts Festival in Seoul, Korea, where Korean national television (KBS) broadcast the performance throughout the country. |
