In ancient Chinese myth, the one who creates humans from the earth is a creation
goddess: Nüwa was walking along the Yellow River and suddenly discovered her reflection
in the water. She decided to use the mud from the riverbed to sculpt figures like her own. Nüwa blew on the figures, and that's how life was breathed into them. The characters became small, intelligent and dexterous, living things that could walk and talk. Nüwa called them 'Ren' , meaning 'human'.
WHIRLING LADDER | UPRIGHT
addresses the question 'how does the spine deal with gravity over time?'. Drawing inspiration from the human developmental stages, the piece explores the
physical, mental and spiritual significance of the human body's unique process of uprightness. It celebrates the animalistic, humane, divine beauty of women's backs with a minimalist spinal movement derived from somatic research and choreography: a poetic journey of the body rising from the earth and dancing with the three-dimensional force. Meanwhile, the female body is the earth where human arises.
Choreography, Artistic Direction: Chun Zhang
Performance: Ludovica Pinna, Francesca Pavesio, Enora Gemin, Nene Okada, Kyoko Oku
Music, Sound: Kai Strathmann
Light: Tobias Heide
Costume: Anne Bentgens
Production: YIBU DANCE
Co-Production: Cultural Office Krefeld
Funded by: Ministry for Culture and Science of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, City of Velbert
Supported by: Bihong Zhao
Tour Info
55 minutes, 5 dancers
10.05.23 16:00 Bürgerhaus, Velbert, DE (Workshow)
12.05.23 20:00 Fabrik Heeder, Krefeld, DE | Festival Tanz NRW 23 (World Premiere)
04.07.23 21:30 Villa Floridiana, Naples, IT | Campania Teatro Festival 23
22.09.23 20:00 TanzFaktur, Köln, DE
23.09.23 20:00 TanzFaktur, Köln, DE
19.10-23.10.23 Delegate Exclusive online showcase, China Shanghai International Arts Festival, CN