About Creation
Age of Audience: 7+
Number of Performers: 14-16 persons
Number of tour member: 28-30 persons
Stage Size: Proscenium opening: 13m (W) x 7m (H). Performing area: 16m (W) x 12m (D).
Special Made for: Theater performances preferred
Lunar Halo (2019) – Cloud Gate Artistic Director CHENG Tsung-lung first observed a lunar halo – when light is refracted through layers of ice crystals in the atmosphere to produce a sparkling ring around the moon – in the sky over Iceland. The phenomenon is thought to presage a storm and in some ancient societies is taken as a more foreboding sign of impending change. Working with the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, CHENG now explores the changes that are shaping our world today, particularly our increasing reliance on communicating through new technology. Performing to a hauntingly ethereal soundtrack, the dancers interact with each other – in pairs, groups, or as an ensemble – as well as with multiple large LED panels that are filled with fluidly moving shapes, colors, and images so that their sheer physicality highlights one of the essential questions of our age: if we can satisfy our needs and desires with just a few taps of a screen, what is the purpose of the human body?
Acclaimed as “Asia’s leading contemporary dance theater” (The Times), and “One of the best dance companies in the world” (FAZ), Cloud Gate, founded by choreographer LIN Hwai-min in 1973, was the first contemporary dance company in the greater Chinese-speaking community. In 2020, CHENG Tsung-lung succeeded LIN as the company’s Artistic Director. In 2023, the company will welcome its 50th anniversary.
Cloud Gate dancers receive training in meditation; Qi Gong, an ancient breathing exercise; internal martial arts; modern dance; and ballet. Manifesting in choreographies, the company transforms ancient aesthetics into a thrilling and modern celebration of motion.
Cloud Gate has toured worldwide with frequent engagements at the Next Wave Festival in New York, the Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, the Moscow Chekhov International Theatre Festival in Russia, the Movimentos International Dance Festival and the Internationales Tanzfest NRW directed by Pina Bausch in Germany.
Event
TOUR INFORMATION
13 Tongues
Performance
October 2022
Houston, U.S.
Cullen Theater at the Wortham Theater Center, Houston
13 Tongues
Performance
October 2022
Stanford, U.S.
Memorial Auditorium, Stanford
13 Tongues
Performance
October 2022
Chicago, U.S.
Auditorium Theatre, Chicago
13 Tongues
Performance
October 2022
Washington D.C, U.S.
Eisenhower Theater, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
13 Tongues
Performance
October 2022
Costa Mesa, U.S.
Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa
13 Tongues
Performance
October 2022
Berkeley, U.S.
Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley
13 Tongues and Lunar Halo
Performance
November – December 2023
Europe Tour
multiple theaters
