Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre is kicking off a series of digital episodes charting the making of and inspiration behind 13 Tongues (十三聲), a signature work by the company’s new artistic director and choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung (鄭宗龍). This first episode is preceded by Beckoning (來), a 40-minute dance work that distills movements from the Taiwanese street-dancing ritual of Ba Jia Jiang (八家將).
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan Dance-on-Camera Series is produced by the Company, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture, R.O.C. (Taiwan), and presented in collaboration with University Musical Society of University of Michigan, Auditorium Theatre in Chicago and Taipei Cultural Center in New York.
Episode 1: Behind the Scenes | The Making of 13 Tongues
Streaming: Nov.13 - 23, 2020
Watch at UMS Digital Presentation and Auditorium Theatre Chicago
Image | 13 Tongues
Performed by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Photo by LIU Chen-hsiang