2/15-2/17
AILEY CITIGROUP THEATER
405 West 55th Street (corner of 9th Avenue)
Huang Yi, one of the “25 to watch” by Dance Magazine (2011), is invited to choreograph his newest work Shadow of Sound by Nimbus Dance Works.
Nimbus Dance Works proudly presents its New York City Season at the Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theater on February 15-17. Highlighting the run of performances are two major collaborations: first, a new work commissioned from acclaimed Taiwanese choreographer Huang Yi to be performed by a dual cast of Nimbus company dancers and Taiwanese guest artists. Second, Nimbus partners with the Charles Weidman Dance Foundation to present Weidman’s seminal 1936 modern dance work Lynchtown, to be performed alongside a new thematically-linked work by Nimbus Artistic Director Samuel Pott. Additional works to be performed include Pedro Ruiz’s electrifying Danzon (2010) set to a rousing orchestral score by Arturo Marquez and Pott’s Scarabs, a work created in 2012 in collaboration with Hong Kong composer Samson Young and New York City visual artist Nicola Lopez.
Nimbus Dance Works initiated the international collaboration with acclaimed Taiwanese choreographer Huang Yi and two special guest dancers, Yi-Wen Shen and Li-Chuan Lin, with the sponsorship of Ministry of Culture, R.O.C. (Taiwan). During the five-week creative period and performance season, the work Shadow of Sound is set to new music by noted French-Vietnamese composer Tôn-Thất, and is performed by a dual cast of Nimbus company dancers and Taiwanese guest dancers. Huang Yi undertakes the task of how to visualize the waves of sound in the latest dance creation.
Tickets info: www.nimbusdanceworks.org