What lies beneath.Life, lying in wait beneath a frozen tundra, longs to emerge and greet opportunity in Landscape Over Zero, the newest work by the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company. Titled after a poem by exiled writer Bei Dao
Bei Dao (Traditional Chinese: 北島; Simplified Chinese: 北岛 , the piece debuts May 6-7 at the John Jay College Theater and features music by Joan La Barbara Joan La Barbara (born June 8, 1947 in Philadelphia, PA) is an American vocalist and composer associated with contemporary music. She is a former student of Helen Boatwright. and Ne(x)tworks and set design by Myung Hee Cho. Chen's company of 10 dancers, who hail from Malaysia to Israel, also presents two repertory pieces. Raindrops, a playful, rhythmic tribute to rainy Taiwanese days, is set to a collage of sounds from Tibet, South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and Tuva. In Unbroken Thread dancers entangled en·tan·gle tr.v. en·tan·gled, en·tan·gling, en·tan·gles 1. To twist together or entwine into a confusing mass; snarl. 2. To complicate; confuse. 3. To involve in or as if in a tangle. in huge knots of ceiling-to-floor ropes struggle against, but ultimately embrace, the binding force of relationships. See www.nainichen.org. |
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