Time and Date:7:30 pm, daily, June 17-18, 2011
Place: National Center for the Performing Arts, Beijing (Location)
Tel: 6417-7845, 400-610-3721
Tickets: 160/200/240
Booking at: http://en.piao.com.cn/beijing/ticket_4031.html

A poster of Haze. [Photo: ifeng.com]

China's premier modern dance artist Wang Yuanyuan leads her dance troupe in a work that explores life and human nature.

Texts for the Piece

Chapter 1. Light. In the black night, rays of light, neon shimmering like phantoms. Dark amber light draws figures through the darkness.

Chapter 2. City. In the labyrinth of city streets, people lost without direction. Everywhere the enclosure of high walls, just as everywhere smoke fills the air. The sun's white radiance stings the eyes.

Chapter 3. Shore. Already we have seen the distant shore. Once before on the shore, we paced back and forth. Now out here on the frozen water, dreaming of warmth.

A stage photo of Haze. [Photo: ifeng.com]

Artists' Statement 　　

Haze as a creative response to the current economic and environmental crises 　　

Haze, as a type of air pollution, is in fact a product of the process of industrialization. Even more essentially, it is a force of the climate and environment. This new dance piece Haze is devoted to developing these ideas through the image of haze. Through the dancers' bodies, various threats and crises emerge, from the struggle for survival of the individual to the misdirection and alienation of industrial civilization. 　　

The underlying force of the dance piece derives from the sense of crisis and the action of breaking out--all through an awareness of haze--as well as from the process of coming to understand the struggle and seeking a deeper understanding.

A stage photo of Haze. [Photo: ifeng.com]