PuSh Festival 2020: Flying White 飞白

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Cost: $36.00
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Wen Wei Dance and Turning Point Ensemble (Canada)

Flying white is a rare and extraordinary form of Chinese calligraphy that jumps and leaps on the paper surface in graceful beautiful strokes, the black ink revealing a white background. Mobile and delicate, flying white is like meteors passing through the sky, or hair fluttering in the wind.

Flying white - 飞白, co-created by Wen Wei Wang, Owen Underhill, and Dorothy Chang, is inspired by the motion and aesthetic of this calligraphy and representations of elements including rice, paper, water, silk, and ink. The piece integrates six dancers and an intercultural ensemble of twelve musicians comprised of members of Turning Point Ensemble and the Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra from Taipei. Flying white - 飞白 explores the space between black and white, between inhale and exhale, between east and west, and between sound and movement.

Co-created by Wen Wei Wang (Artistic Director of Wen Wei Dance), Owen Underhill (Composer, Artistic Director of Turning Point Ensemble), Dorothy Chang (Composer)
Choreographer: Wen Wei Wang (in collaboration with the dancers)
Composers: Owen Underhill and Dorothy Chang
Performers:
6 dancers from Wen Wei Dance: Dario Dinuzzi, Eowynn Enquist, Ralph Escamillan, Sarah Formosa, Daria Mikhaylyuk, Matthew Wyllie
12 live musicians on stage: 8 from Turning Point Ensemble; 4 from Little Giant Chinese Chamber Orchestra
Costume Designer: Linda Chow
Lighting Designer: Jonathan Kim
Scenic Design Consultant and Technical Director: Mark Eugster
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