Modern Dance by Australian Expressions Dance Company

Time: 2008.7.24. (Thu) 20:00
Venue: Huang Hua Gang Theatre
Tickets: ￥220/ ￥180/ ￥120/ ￥80 (student ￥40)

Performer: Expressions Dance Company

INNOVATION, ORIGINALITY and ENERGY are the trademarks of Expressions Dance Company, Queensland's leading contemporary dance company. Founded under the Artistic Direction of Maggi Sietsma AM, Expressions is acclaimed for its high calibre and compelling brand of dance theatre. Expressions keeps itself at the forefront of contemporary dance through a hectic program. This includes main stage performances; touring productions in Australia and internationally; an extensive education program touring performances and workshops for schools; community dance classes and development opportunities for emerging performers and choreographers. The Company has toured to over 15 countries in recent years and in 1997 was the recipient of the Sidney Myer Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts, Australia 's most prestigious national performing arts award. The Company has received numerous awards over the years and most recently was awarded two Drovers - Australia 's touring awards, for Tour Innovation and Management Excellence. http://www.expressions.org.au

The first Heaven On Thin Ice

Choreographer: Maggi Sietsma

In the world around us, dramatic changes are taking place...

An electrifying new work by Maggi Sietsma, On Thin Ice fuses movement, film, text and atmospheric sound into a compelling, visually rich and physically exciting dance work, which looks at the delicate balance between human behavior and ecological habitat.

The second Heaven Fragments of Memory

Choreographer:Cheng Tsung-lung

Fragments of Memory is a visceral and physically demanding dance piece driven by pulsing undercurrents of emotions. Taiwan Cloudgate choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung has created a work that pushes the physical boundaries of contemporary dance to unleash the inner dialogue and turmoil found within.

Reviews

"An evening of remarkable ingenuity ... a dazzling tour de force" ——BACKSTAGE - NEW YORK

"Fresh, innovative, theatrical and brilliant" ——THE AUSTRALIAN

"... vivid images and striking episodes ... always a pleasure to watch" ——THE NEW YORK TIMES

About the Artists

Maggi Sietsma– Choreographer – On Thin Ice

Maggi's choreographic debut was at the prestigious Spoleto Festival in Italy . She subsequently founded the multi-media performing ensemble 'Muance' which toured the major cities of Europe . Moving to Australia in 1982, Maggi became resident choreographer of the North Queensland Ballet Company. From 1983 to 1987, Maggi was a lecturer in dance at the Brisbane College of Advanced Education (now QUT). In 1995, Maggi founded Expressions Dance Company.

As director and choreographer Maggi places great emphasis on research and collaboration and in her work she frequently re-examines the roles and relationships of men and women within our society. Since 1985, she has created over thirty works for the Company and under Maggi's direction Expressions has won several awards including the Sidney Myer Performing Arts Award, Australia 's most prestigious performing arts award. In 2003, Maggi was awarded a Centenary Medal for her work with dance and society, and became the recipient of a Churchill Fellowship. http://www.expressions.org.au

Cheng Tsung-lung – Choreographer – Fragments of Memory

A choreographer and former dancer of Cloudgate Dance Theatre, CHENG graduated from Taipei University of the Arts (TNUA) in 2002. He has performed in LIN Hwai-mim's Cursive , Cursive II, Legacy, Smoke, Moon Water, and Bamboo Dream and toured with the company internationally. CHENG started choreographing while studying at TNUA. In 2005, his work White Adhesives , was presented at the "World Dance Alliance Asia-Pacific International Conference" and acclaimed as "the most outstanding dance of the year." He started choreographing for Cloudgate II in 2006, and created Memory in TNUA, which was later presented in the Hong Kong Dance Festival 2006. In 2006, CHENG's Tete Beche won the Bronze Medal of the New Ballet -1st International Choreographic Competition Ludwigshafen 2006.He created Fragment of Memory for Expressions Dance Company in 2007. In 2008, Cheng will create Transformation for Cloudgate II and a new work for Transition Dance Company of the Laban Center .

Source: www.gdmdc.com

Editor: Jessie Hwang