13 Tongues

Dance

  • Date

    03/11 (Fri.) 19:30

    03/12 (Sat.) 19:30

    03/13 (Sun.) 14:30

  • Venue

    National Theater

  • Production

    Cloud Gate 2

  • Price

    NT$ 500 700 900 1200 1600 2000

Cheng Tsung-lung
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Lim Giong

A Howl of Rebellion

Commissioned by the 2016 Taiwan International Festival of Arts, 13 Tongues is Cheng Tsung-lung’s first full-length work with Cloud Gate 2. In the work, Cheng challenges dancers to go beyond their physical limits, breaking through the restraints of one-dimensional arts, by adding vocal elements into the performances.

A legendary figure in the 1960s from Bangka, the oldest district and once the most prosperous area in Taipei, “Thirteen Tongues” was a street artist lauded for his remarkable acts portraying multiple roles, imitating characters of male, female, old and young, telling stories and anecdotes of the past and present.

Cheng’s 13 Tongues brings back the vigorous and exuberant vitality of Bangka: howls on the streets, lingering of old Taiwanese folksongs in the air, chanting of incantation, religious procession of worshippers. On stage, against the projection of a massive carp flittering in the sky, dancers stamp and clap with rhythms, whirl around and move across the stage like an enchanted troop, presenting a bizarre spectrum of physical movements.

Cheng Tsung-lung

Cheng Tsung-lung, Artistic Director and Choreographer of Cloud Gate 2, is praised as “a fresh and unique voice in the international dance scene,” whose works are often intertwined tensions from ordinary lives and transforms daily vocabularies into physical symbols. He has been invited to present his works in New York and cities across Europe.

Lim Giong

Lim Giong started the rock-n-roll revolution for Taiwanese songs with his Marching Forward. Later on, he integrates images, arts, dance, and installation arts with music to create a brand-new audio landscape and has won numerous awards with his music scores for film both in Taiwan and abroad.

Creative Team

  • Choreography: Cheng Tsung-lung
  • Music: Lim Giong
  • Art Design: He Jia-sing
  • Lighting Design: Shen Po-hung
  • Projection Design: Ethan Wang
  • Costume Design: Lin Bing-hao
  • Voice Coach: Tsai Pao-chang
  • Poduction: Cloud Gate 2
  • Duration: approx. 70 minutes without intermission.
  • The age guidance for this production is 7+.
  • Post-talk: 3/13 at the lobby of National Theater.
  • WEBSITE:www.cloudgate.org.tw