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The superb Cloud Gate dancers, trained in meditation, Chi-Kung and martial arts, fierce as striking thunder or soft as flowing ink on rice paper. The complexity of energy is further enhanced by the music of John Cage, while the blown-up images of ‘ice crackles’ from Sung porcelain shimmer with delicate beauty.
Cursive II is the result of a long journey into the ancient practice of movement and spirituality. By blending even more tai chi into his familiar modern dance idiom, Lin Hwai-min, choreographer of the highly acclaimed Moon Water and Bamboo Dream, has created an achingly beautiful work in monochrome tones. Danced against a restrained background featuring blown-up images of precious Sung porcelain framed by black rice paper, Cursive II is punctuated by variations in energy and complexity, driven by Lin´s deeply poignant collage of music by another Buddhist, John Cage. Cursive II is an exquisite meditation on the balancing of opposites, presented in an aura of mesmerizing minimalism, allowing no distraction from the carefully filmed details of the dance.
This production, exquisitely filmed by dance expert Ross MacGibbon, captures the meditative aura of the dance. It excites. It mesmerizes. It is spell-binding.
Running Time: 147 minutes
All Regions
Subtitles: English, Français, Deutsch, Español, Italiano (Extra Features Only)
Television Director: Ross MacGibbion
Television Executive Producer: Reiner E. Moritz
Television recording: © RM Creative 2005
DVD Producer Ferenc van Damme
DVD Executive Producer: Hans Petri
DVD © Opus Arte 2006
Cover Images © Liu Chen-hsiang
Music by John Cage © Peters Edition, London
EXTRA FEATURES
• Dragon Flying and Phoenix Dancing
• an introduction to Cursive II with Lin Hwai-min
Floating on the Ground
A documentary by Reiner e. Moritz, portraying Lin Hwai-min, Could Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan and Cursive II in the context of the company’s history, including interviews with the choreographer, dancers, and creative team.
With English, French, German, Spanish and Italian Subtitles. |
