A 30-minute group work with Folkwang Tanzstudio

Paradox as the research theme found its shape and characters on the bodies of the dancers:
obsessive, polarity quality in one body and shifting between two poles. Chun Zhang used her own
developed technique “Grammatical Composition”in this piece, the narrative and emotional
movements are all chopped under repetition, organization of space and time, into a minimal and
neat style: our obsession living with the order given by the world, is the beauty of paradox and
the paradox of beauty.

In the darkness I see nothing, but the darkness makes you visible.
Darkness is peaceful, darkness is fear.
Nightmare is terrible for sleep, nightmare is interesting for life, nightmare is terrible but
interesting for me.
Being far away from home makes you insecure, being far away from home sets you free.
I want what I don’t have, I’m bored of what I have.
You would not understand what I said! But you didn’t say anything!
I don’t want to see you, but I miss you.
I like comfortable life, but comfortable life makes me bored.

With: Chih-I Wu, Eva Pageix (Mariane Verbecq), Uwe Brauns, Chih-Ming Yu, Nejma Larichi, Simon Wolant, Ying Yun Chen und Maria Giovanna Delle Donne

Choreography: Chun Zhang
Music: Lim Giong - Der Assassine
Lightdesign: Viktor Schmidt
Costume: Anne Bentgens

Being Far Away From is the prize winner of Kurt Jooss Prize 2019