Yabin and Her Friends start world tour
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Dance artist Wang Yabin will bring Shanghai audiences her new work “Genesis,” which will go on a world tour marking the fifth anniversary of Yabin and Her Friends.
The branded dance performance is produced annually by Wang and other renowned dancers, choreographers and producers in China and from abroad.
Co-created by Wang and Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, “Genesis” is about exploring the original power that gives birth to the origin of creation or formation. Using a tree’s growth as the metaphor, the dance shows how the past, the present and the future impact and work with each other.
Cherkaoui choreographed the movements inspired by the growth process of roots, branches and cell division.
“It’s a ‘divide-and-conquer’ way of developing your spirit, your family and your love life — dividing in order to reach further, to gain a sense of territory. For me, trees offer a perfect model for that phenomenon,” the choreographer says.
“Genesis” will also include performances and work by a host of talented artists and musicians. Barbara Drazkowska’s rendition on the piano will be one of the central elements, while complementing the live instrumentation will be Olga Wojciechowska’s electronic score. In addition, lighting designer Willy Cessa will create a unique stage atmosphere.
Wang, who began her study of dance at the age of nine, is one of the most promising and pioneering dancers, choreographers and producers of new contemporary dance in China.
In 2009, she opened her own studio, Yabin Studio, which produces a dance performance each year under the name Yabin and Her Friends.
Wang also works in the television and movie industries. She performed as a dance director in Zhang Yimou’s film “House of Flying Daggers,” was the leading actress in the Chinese soap series “The Love Story of the Village,” and played the role of a blind girl in the series “Massage.”
Date: November 27-28, 7:15pm
Venue: Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Rd, Pudong
Tickets: 80-480 yuan (80 yuan for students)
Tel: 6854-1234
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