Shi Zhi Wu Dance Show 诗之舞 舞展 (1988)

Synopsis

Production Information

  • Production / Presenting Company:Youth Club, Kwangsi Association of Selangor and Kuala Lumpur 雪兰莪广西会馆青年团
  • Artistic Director / Curator / Programme Coordinator:Tan Lian Ho 陈连和
  • Date:17 – 18 December 1988
  • Total Showing:2; NB: A total of 10 individual pieces were performed.
  • Venue:Auditorium Dewan Sivik PJ 八打灵公民中心礼堂
  • State:Selangor

Individual Dance Items

Item #1

  • Title:A Winter Stroll
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    This dance depicts the awaiting and distressful life of concubines inside the place.

  • Choreographer:Tan Lian Ho 陈连和
  • Group:

    Selangor KL Guangxi Association Dance Troupe 广西舞蹈组

  • Category:Hua Zu Wu, contemporary dance
  • Dancers:[Troupe dancer]

Item #2

  • Title:Juan Jia
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    Jian Jia is a willow type plants found beside the river banks in China. This dance is taken from a poem which shows the emotional contradiction that exist in human relationship.

  • Choreographer:Tan Lian Ho 陈连和
  • Group:

    Batu Pahat Dance Workshop 峇株舞蹈工作群

  • Category:Hua Zu Wu, contemporary dance
  • Dancers:林碧莉,洪伟彬

Item #3

  • Title:A Lonely Drinker Under The Moon
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    Taken from a poem, Lee Pai the poet danced with the moon and his shadow.

  • Choreographer:Tan Lian Ho 陈连和
  • Category:Hua Zu Wu, contemporary dance
  • Dancers:Tan Lian Ho 陈连和,Loh Pit Fong 罗碧芳,Low Ming Yam 刘明延.

Item #4

  • Title:The Unboundable Soul 疯魂
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    The love of dance has changed my entire self. With desperation I have tried to leave her without succeed. Its Martha Graham has once said, “Dance has chosen me and I have no choice.”

    我曾以一位朝圣者的心态来接近“您”
    也曾捧着“您”在手心,走向荆途 迈向理想
    屡次我真想舍“您”而去
    无奈“您”竟让我如此割舍不下
    这一生注定我得负着“您”这无型的十字架走着 走着

  • Choreographer:Tan Lian Ho 陈连和
  • Group:

    广西舞蹈组

  • Category:Contemporary dance
  • Dancers:[Troupe dancer]

Item #5

  • Title:The Ancient Path 路
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    Of two and three, or a crowd of hundreds, step by step our ancestors made their way through the ancient path with sweat and tears.

    或三三两两,或成群结队,
    有声声的呐喊  也有默默耕耘,
    无声的呼吸中夹着杂着   我好累!
    这条路不好走    竟有不断而来的拓荒者。

  • Choreographer:Tan Lian Ho 陈连和
  • Group:

    Batu Pahat Dance Workshop 峇株舞蹈工作群

  • Category:Hua Zu Wu, contemporary dance
  • Dancers:[Troupe dancer]

Item #6

  • Title:The Conqueror 治水记
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    Derived from Chinese legend, this is a dance that tells the story of a conqueror who saved his people from suffering and disaster.

    那是白茫茫的一片大水,灾民没吃喝,无家可归,颠沛颠沛流离。所幸在上古的这次洪水中,一股浩然正气孕育了一个新咋命——大禹带领群民,平定九州,三回家门而不人,完成冶理洪水大业。

  • Choreographer:Tan Lian Ho 陈连和
  • Group:

    Batu Pahat Dance Workshop 峇株舞蹈工作群

  • Category:Contemporary dance

Item #7

  • Title:The Butterfly Lovers 蝴蝶梦外章
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    This dance is a dramatic narrative taken from the traditional Chinese love tragedy “The Butterfly Lovers”. It tells the dying of Shan Po, the faith of Ying Tai’s love, and becoming of butterflies after death.

    三年了,竟不知你是女裙钗,而今诀别在即,过往事迹,历历重映,但盼死后同墓葬胡桥。——山伯临终留
    三载同窗梁祝恨
    蝶影双双舞新墓

  • Choreographer:Tan Lian Ho 陈连和
  • Group:

    Selangor KL Guangxi Association Dance Troupe 广西舞蹈组

  • Category:Hua Zu Wu, contemporary dance
  • Dancers:[Troupe dancer]

Item #8

  • Title:A Love Story 一个爰情故事
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    There is no new expression in this world. Even something as splendid as love has no new story.

    太阳底下无鲜事,掀开爱情的浪漫面目之后,又是如何呢?

  • Choreographer:Loh Pit Fong 罗碧芳
  • Category:Hua Zu Wu, contemporary dance
  • Dancers:Loh Pit Fong 罗碧芳,Low Ming Yam 刘明延.

Item #9

  • Title:The Water Is Wide 蜕之一(海阔天全)
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    The water is wide, the sky is high, the enlightening of oneself grows within.

    独坐海滩,倾听潮声与贝壳之细语,思潮起伏不平。抬眼间,竟看到了久尋的天空与海洋,天地一片宁静。

  • Choreographer:Sharon Wray
  • Category:Contemporary dance
  • Dancers:Loh Pit Fong 罗碧劳

Item #10

  • Title:Shift 蜕之二 (动力)
  • Item Synopsis / Program Notes:

    The use of momentum and energy flow formed the basis of this dance.

    无休不止的动力,有无穷追寻的意境   一如生命的泉源。

  • Choreographer:Loh Pit Fong 罗碧芳
  • Group:

    Selangor KL Guangxi Association Dance Troupe

  • Category:Contemporary dance
  • Dancers:Contemporary dance

Credit

  • Lighting Designer:[In-charge] 朱芳材
  • Set Designer:[In-charge] 关俊生
  • Production Crew:[In-charge] Make-Up: 徐国评、许秋桃; [In-charge] Set: 陈文龙; Photographer: 池国伟,谢泽发,黄丽玲
  • Stage Manager:Wong Kit Yaw 黃結遊
  • Additional Notes:

    Selangor KL Guangxi Association Troupe Dancers: 关福生、王健平、王健文、王建安、陈文龙、黄玉松、候升尉、李瑞强 Lee Swee Keong、池国伟、陈淑琳 Chan Soo Leng、黎群好、曾枫岚、李国容、刘秀珍 Jane Liew、黄帼琳、许秋桃、伍美燕、王淑花、郑素翠。