Start: 2014-03-22T20:00:00-04:00
End: 2014-03-22T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Southam Hall

NAC Dance
· 2013-2014 Season

WANG Wei-ming in Songs of the Wanderers © Photo: YU Hui-hung

Songs of the Wanderers

https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/5480

A masterpiece of imagination and timeless inner tranquility, this visually stunning paean to spiritual pilgrimage is a signature work of Taiwan’s leading contemporary dance company. Inspired by Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, asceticism and the quest for quietude, Lin Hwai-min transforms ancient rites into mesmerizing dance theatre. Set to soulful Georgian folk songs, startlingly beautiful images are created through a blend of Eastern and Western dance styles, the absolute focus and...

March 21 - 22, 2014

Southam Hall 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

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Mar 21 - 22, 2014

Southam Hall

Dance

“Visually stunning and exquisitely performed in deliberate slow motion; the audience jumped up to offer a cheering ovation.”” Anna Kisselgoff, The New York Times

≈ 1 hour and 30 minutes · No intermission

A masterpiece of imagination and timeless inner tranquility, this visually stunning paean to spiritual pilgrimage is a signature work of Taiwan’s leading contemporary dance company. Inspired by Hermann Hesse’s Siddhartha, asceticism and the quest for quietude, Lin Hwai-min transforms ancient rites into mesmerizing dance theatre. Set to soulful Georgian folk songs, startlingly beautiful images are created through a blend of Eastern and Western dance styles, the absolute focus and control of the performers – and massive shimmering curtains of saffron rice.

For information on the master class with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan please click here.

Program Notes (pdf 709.54 KB)