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● Duration is 85 mins with 15 mins intermission.
\n\n●Suggested for ages 6+
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Vulture
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\nAn examination of the lifecycle, flaws and triumphs of humans through an animalistic lens. Having won UK's 2016 National Dance Awards for Outstanding Female Performance (Modern), Taiwanese dancer Ching-Ying Chien creates her first choreographic piece, Vulture. Inspired by Kevin Carter’s 1993 Pulitzer-Prize winning photo, “The Vulture and the Little Girl,” Ching-Ying Chien explores the life cycle of human experiences through an animalistic lens and ties the exploration to the Greek myth of Icarus and Daedlus of man imitating nature and failing.
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*Commissioned by National Performing Arts Center - National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)
\n\n*Sponsored by the National Culture and Arts Foundation and made possible by a grant from the Lo Man-Fei Dance Fund, Cloud Gate Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan.Development of Vulture’s
\n\n*Development of Vulture’s short version was produced by Akram Kham Company as part of their Portraits in Otherness initiative and the first stage premiered on June 7, 2018 at Lillan Baylis Studio, Sadler’s Well Theatre, London, UK.
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Along
\n\nRe-enacting and interpreting classic fight scenes in Bruce Lee’s movies by using different physical skills suh as Xiqu (Cantonese opera), tricking and parkour techniques, capoeira, and martial arts, Along recalls the essence of Hong Kong action movie.
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Along is not only about the Kung Fu philosophy, but also about the attitude—the attitude of following the flow yet with principles and focusing on the core without being restricted by different forms. Influenced by Bruce Lee, Hugh Cho Tak Po’s choreography has no specific characteristic, no particular form; shapeless, formless, following no rules. From nothing comes something—then it becomes a style!
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Photo by Julien Leclerc-Martinez、Cheung Chi Wai
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\n\nChoreographer/Dancer|Ching-Ying Chien
\n\nChing-Ying Chien was born in Taiwan and graduated from the National Taiwan University of Arts. She has collaborated with choreographer Fang-Yi Sheu and has created works with numerous Taiwanese choreographers. For Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, she worked as a physical model during the production of his Day and Night, a large-scale gunpowder drawing.
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She has worked with Akram Khan Company since 2013, when she was devising materials for and performing in iTMOi . In 2016 her performance in the work Until the Lions won her the Outstanding Female Performance (Modern) Award at the National Dance Awards . Besides performing in theatre, she was also invited by British director Adam Smith to shoot several music videos for Plan B and The Chemical Brothers in 2018. Recently she choreographs her solo piece Vulture, which will be presented in London and Taiwan.
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Composer / Guitarist|Joseph Ashwin
\n\nJoseph Ashwin was raised in Gloucestershire, England. He fell in love with guitar in his early teens, and was mostly self-taught. In 2006, he attended the Brighton Institute of Modern Music to complete a diploma specializing in guitar. Apart from being part of various bands, Joseph has toured extensively with the well-known contemporary dance choreographer Hofesh Shechter, mostly as a musician in the highly popular piece Political Mother, in which he was also a musical collaborator. In 2016 he joined Akram Khan Company to perform and tour as a musician with the production Until the Lions. He is now branching into theatrical composition.
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Drummer|James Heggarty
\n\nJames Heggarty is a London based multi-instrumentalist specialising on the drumkit and various types of percussion. Born in the UK and graduating with honours from the London college of Music and Media, James has been a professional musician for the last 15 years, touring worldwide with various artists and acts. He can currently be found holding down a weekly residency in one of London's top hotels and performing New Orleans second line with the London street band around the UK. James has also spent time living in Brasil honing his craft on the pandeiro, and has composed music for Sao Paulo fashion week, and critically acclaimed group Third Man theatre.
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Production Team
\n\nChoreographer|Ching-Ying Chien
\n\nPerformers|Ching-Ying Chien, Joseph Ashwin, James Heggarty
\n\nMusic Design|Joseph Ashwin
\n\nCostume Design|Marie Cantenys
\n\nSound Design|Philip Jonathan
\n\nTechnical Direction|Jessie Lin
\n\nTechnical Coordinator|Jessie Yang
\n\nInternational liaison|Daphne Wang
\n\nProduction and Administration|Xiao-Ling Liu
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Along
\n\nHugh Cho Tak Po graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2009, majoring in contemporary dance. During his study, he was awarded Lady Stewart Scholarship, Carl Wolz Scholarship and HK & Macau Taiwanese Charity Fund Limited Scholarship. In 2006, he received the scholarship from the HSBC to attend the 3rd Guangdong Modern Dance Festival in Guangzhou, China. Cho’s choreography includes Beautiful People, On The Flip-Side, Nowhere, In Pursuit of... for New Dance Platform 2009, and Try Out for the Build. Motivation. Cho is now working as a freelance dancer and choreographing his own dance.
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Production Team
\n\nChoreographer|Hugh Cho Tak Po
\n\nPerformers|TS Studio - Steve Ng, To Chi Shing, Alan Cheng, Lo Chun Chung, Marco Chiu, Jonathan Hung, Hugh Cho Tak Po
\n\nLighting Design and Technical Direction|Lai Wing Shan
\n\nProducer and Tour Manager|Andy Lo
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