Just back from almost three weeks in Scotland performing at the Edinburgh Fringe, the 11-year-old Body Expression Dance Theater (體相舞蹈劇場) returns to Taipei’s Experimental Theater tonight with its latest production, The Bubbles (泡氣球).
Last year company founder and choreographer Lee Ming-cheng (李名正) focused on interpersonal relationships across several decades in The Blooming Age (花漾流年). This year he is examining the stress caused by living in a high-pressure society — a serious look at human foibles, but with a twist.
After all, it’s hard not to giggle a bit at dancers wearing a variety of brightly hued, “Afro” bubble wigs, weaving their way around a collection of colorful balloons and a dozen or so installation pieces.
Photo Courtesy of Body Expression Dance Theater
The Bubbles holds the promise of being a visual feast as Lee continues his exploration of what he calls “contemporary urban consciousness” by combining choreography with multimedia, multi-technology programming.
Joining Lee’s six dancers for the 60-minute show are two guest performers: Yu Ya-hui (游雅慧), a Taipei Symphony Orchestra flautist who worked with Lee on The Blooming Age and The Lost Part (天堂的缺口) two years ago and has collaborated with him again on the music, and musician Huang Yuqian (黃玉倩).
After this weekend’s performances, the company will take the show to Quanta Hall in Taoyuan County for shows on Oct. 7 and Oct. 8.
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