REPERTORY
Dismell
Dismell, a made-up word by a 20th-century psychologist Silvan Tomkins, is a work inspired by the 9/11 stories with the focus on a biological reaction when encountering the obnoxious smells that occurred in the event of 9/11.
Immured
Immured investigates a space that seems to contain freedom, but the space is sealed within enclosed space with no exits.
Od･ys･sey
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. A quote from Joseph Campbell's "The Hero’s Journey"
Spring is Already Laughing
Mozart wrote a "trunk " aria showcasing soprano Josepha Hofer's virtuosic talents highlighting her technical mastery, complete with difficult leaps and showy runs. "Spring is already laughing" is a duet transcribing Morzart's trunk aria into a dance duet that features the dancers' technicalities and the beauty that can arise from the harmonious interplay between different artistic disciplines.
Do You Hear Me?
Inspired by the challenges and contradictions which Beethoven had to face as deaf. He advanced his career as a composer by constant inventions and modifying the relationship with sound/music. The tempos he noted in compositions in his later works was in fact impossible for the musicians to play. Was Beethoven hearing the same music as he noted on the paper?
Behind A Shadow
Behind a Shadow transcends the physical realm to delve into existence's abstract and metaphysical aspects, including a journey in contrast and duality. Behind a Shadow challenges preconceptions, asking the audience to see beyond the surface and embrace the mysteries beneath. It explores the unseen, the unfelt, and the unheard narratives that are often hidden from view but are an integral part of the human tapestry.
A World In-Between
A World In-Between interlaces between the physical world and the virtual world which is a creative exploration of the application of Japanese animation techniques of Anime to contemporary dance and sound art.
Eclosion
Abstractly interpreted about eclosion (metamorphosis in French), meaning the life stage of some insects undergoing transformation. Hands are the symbols of freedom, growth, and transformation. Movements without hands metaphors something incomplete, restricted or something in process to become complete. How they (or we) struggle to transform. Discoveries, challenges during the transformation.
You are not yours
"You are Not Yours" explores the hypothetical space where the dancers become the marionette, imaginary strings connected to the dancer's head, back and other possible body parts manipulating the dancer's body. It is the movement based exploration that stimulates the audience's mind by abstractly unraveling the contradiction of the reality of hierarchical society. Performers embody 'hand gestures' as a metaphor of manipulation, control, and domination.
No more mendacity
Reflecting on the physical and emotional states of being truthful to yourself. The work concentrates on discovering honesty and rawness of being truthful. No more rounding, avoiding, and hiding.
Jeanne: the story of a woman
An excerpt derived from JEANNE, a full-length opera by James Swindell and Mark Warhol. JEANNE, the story of a woman promises to not only intrigue the audience on its own merits, but also to leave them with a craving to view the completed work. At the moment, that opportunity is still a best kept secret.
Detail of the Patterns
Choreography conveys repetitions and patterns dancers leave traces as they play with time, space, movement qualities, sound, and focus. As a result, choreography become more intertwined. Dancers become "materials" and they brush and draw 3 dimensionally with oral and musical soundscape.