Naishi Wang & Jean Abreu: Deciphers
A multi-sensory contemporary duet
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A powerful physical and visual duet about immigrant experience, communication, connection, and identity by acclaimed choreographers Naishi Wang (Canada/China) and Jean Abreu (UK/Brazil).
Deciphers is a moving, multi-sensory, contemporary piece blending elements of Chinese Folk Dance, Brazilian movement, spoken word, breathwork, and ink on paper to explore what is gained, and lost, in translation.
Wang and Abreu use the stage as their blank canvas, highlighting the body as a primal source for communication where gestures, words, and mark-making attempt to cultivate a mutual understanding. The result is a mesmerising, beautiful work by two artists international in talent and scope.
Following its World Premiere at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival in Vancouver, Deciphers toured to Harbourfront, Toronto, MAI Montreal, and National Arts Centre, Ottawa.
“The connection between the artists reflects a study in difference and commonality, a kind of measuring of where I have been and where I am going. What’s left is audible breath, expended energy, something very human… rays of fluorescent light illuminating what remains in that psychic space.” – The Dance Current
Cast and Creatives
Created and performed by
Naishi Wang and Jean Abreu
Lighting Design
Lucie Bazzo
Visual Design
Ivy Wang
Music/Composition
Olesia Onykiienko
Dramaturgy
Guy Cools
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