Taiwan Festival: Anarchy Dance Theatre - Second Body
(This is a past event and is no longer running)
Contemporary dance blended with 360º Full Body projection
For a more immersive experience stage seating is also available.
The Coronet’s Taiwan Festival opens with the UK debut of award-winning Taiwanese contemporary dance collective Anarchy Dance Theatre. Second Body interrogates the boundaries of dance as it blends movement and 360º full body-length projection to create an unforgettable audio-visual experience.
Second Body begins by establishing the presence of a human body which becomes fully functional and starts to change and be changed by the environment surrounding it. A projection then creates a non-natural second body, creating distinct movement that forces the first to learn instinctively, and adapt to its presence.
“Our hands and feet move naturally without the need for us to think. When we are infants, we learn how to use our own bodies: we learn to stand on our feet, move, and run, and gradually learn to exercise our bodies as we will. We even learn how to use our bodies to the max in certain sports and exercises. The accumulation of knowledge, concepts and training allows us to use our bodies without conscious thought, making the use of our bodies an extension of the natural, physical body itself.” — Chieh-hua Hsieh
Second Body had its world-premiere in Taiwan. Following a global tour, most recently captivating audiences at Chroniques – Biennale of Digital Imagination in France, this extraordinary piece has received much praise from audiences as well as critical acclaim.
Director / Choreographer
Chieh-hua Hsieh
Sound Design
Yannick Dauby
Light Design
We Do Group
Costume Design
Yu-teh Yang
Performers
Ting-Ting Chao
Software Development & Visual Design
Ultra Combos
