Cloud Gate Dance Theater to set off on 5-week US tour performing ‘13 Tongues’
Cloud Gate Dance Theater to set off on 5-week US tour performing ‘13 Tongues’
2022-09-21
Renowned modern dance group Cloud Gate Dance Theater has announced its first international tour since the pandemic suspended their travels. The troupe will be in the U.S. for five weeks starting October, performing one of its most renowned works "13 Tongues." It marks the resumption of cultural exchanges between Taiwan and the U.S. after COVID. Let’s hear from the group’s artistic director.
Cheng Tsung-lung
Cloud Gate Dance Theater
The last time we went on tour, COVID was on our tracks. We were also performing “13 Tongues” around Europe. We ended up returning to Taiwan after Stockholm. We didn’t realize we would have to wait almost two years or more for our next performance, more than 1,000 days. This time, our team has made all the relevant preparations before we set off for the U.S. Over the past two years, we’ve all been practicing at home. I think the Cloud Gate Dance Theater has continued moving forward. We are on top of things, and we want to put on a good show in the six cities.
The work, which debuted in 2016, was inspired by a legendary street artist and storyteller in Taipei’s Bangka area in the 1960s, who went by the name "13 Tongues." The Times has referred to the performance as a "sensationally big, indulging and arresting expression of cultural memory." Cloud Gate Dance Theater will be visiting six cities in the tour: Washington D.C., Chicago, Houston, Stanford, Berkeley and Costa Mesa.
睽違2年! 雲門舞集"十三聲"10月將赴美巡演五週
2022-09-21
雲門舞集受到疫情衝擊，已經兩年多沒有出國巡演，終於在今天宣布經典舞作「十三聲」，10月將前往美國，進行為期五周的巡迴演出，重啟台美在後裔情時代的文化交流。
[[雲門舞集藝術總監 鄭宗龍]]
“距離上次巡演，我們是被疫情追著跑，也是演出「十三聲」，從歐洲，最後從斯德哥爾摩回來，沒有想到一等就是等了大概快兩年多，一千多個日子了。這次在啟航要開始去美國之前，其實我們是團隊是已經準備好了，因為透過這兩年關在家裡練功，我覺得雲門的團隊有一直在持續的前進，我們是很有把握，希望可以把這六個城市的演出做好。”
「十三聲」是2016年作品，以60年代艋舺街頭人物的身形樣貌為靈感，編入台灣獨有的聲音，被外媒形容是全面震撼感官的文化記憶。這回舞作將前往華府、芝加哥、休士頓、史丹佛、柏克萊和柯斯塔梅莎六大城市。
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