Beijing Contemporary Dance Theatre

Choreography:Wang Yuanyuan
Music:Henryk Gorecki (Poland)
Biosphere (Norway)
Set Designer:Tan Shaoyuan
Producer/Lighting Designer:Han Jiang
Arrangement/Sound Designer:Liu Bo
Costume:Zhong Jiani

霾 Haze:mai (Pictophonetic).
“In the end, wind and haze.” –-from the Book of Poems, “Huangsha Wind,” “Final Wind”
Another example. Dark haze (wind-blown dust, hazy sky); obscure haze (obscurity).
Commonly “buried.” Sunken into the ground. “Haze, the two wheels, bind four horses.” –from Qu Yuan “Nine Songs, Untimely Death”
According to history books, also known as “dust-rain.” One finds “Wind-Haze,” “day-without-light,” “dusk in the daytime” and “rain and wind make haze,” etc.

Texts for the Piece

Chapter 1. Light. In the black night, rays of light, neon shimmering like phantoms. Dark amber light draws figures through the darkness.
Chapter 2. City. In the labyrinth of city streets, people lost without direction. Everywhere the enclosure of high walls, just as everywhere smoke fills the air. The sun’s white radiance stings the eyes.
Chapter 3. Shore. Already we have seen the distant shore. Once before on the shore, we paced back and forth. Now out here on the frozen water, dreaming of warmth.

*Music from:Biosphere