I finally did make it to see this wonderful performance, going straight there after the train back to London last month after Taichi Caedonia. It was wonderful, visually stunning. Many moves were taken from Chen style T'ai chi, but all moves seemed to come from the centre. On the way back to the tube I heard two Americans, who I assumed were dancers or dance cognoscenti, saying how they hadn't liked it. "No self-expression, the dancers were interchangeable. Amazing grace and stillness but no invididuality.." This is a bit like saying you think Mark Rothko's work lacks visual gags. What did they think a dance based on ink flowing in water, Zen and moving stillness would be like? Kids from Fame? If anyone reading this blog feels like going to see it, then the company are touring all over Europe, Asia and USA until December.
At Sadler's Wells, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan performed 'Wild Cursive', a dance to the music of John Cage drawing on T'ai Chi and also cursive Chinese caligraphy. Below are links to details about the dance. On the company's website they speak of all the movements and breath coming from the dan-tien...
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