{"id":996,"date":"2013-08-08T11:45:21","date_gmt":"2013-08-08T11:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rescen.net\/blog5\/?p=996"},"modified":"2013-08-09T11:17:59","modified_gmt":"2013-08-09T11:17:59","slug":"home-is-where-the-heart-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rescen.net\/blog5\/2013\/08\/home-is-where-the-heart-is\/","title":{"rendered":"“Home” is where the heart is…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Unknown\"\u00a0\u00a0 \"Dr.\u00a0\u00a0 \"Tang<\/p>\n

After a\u00a0week of\u00a0intensive academics seminars, group discussion, and\u00a0of\u00a0course, observations in\u00a0the\u00a0studios with various choreographers and\u00a0dancers involved in\u00a0this 2013 ArtsCross London project, I\u00a0am drawn to\u00a0the\u00a0concept of\u00a0home\/elsewhere<\/b>\u2014the\u00a0rich theme for\u00a0this year.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, some choreographers shared their thoughts regarding to\u00a0this topic.\u00a0 Later our group furthered the\u00a0conversation, with engaging talk about our own hometowns\u2014referring to\u00a0where we were born and\u00a0brought up, as\u00a0well as\u00a0the\u00a0\u201chomes\u201d in\u00a0our heart\/mind.\u00a0 (Thanks to\u00a0Zeng Huanxin\u2019s comments, and\u00a0Martin Welton\u2019s introduction of\u00a0a\u00a0dinner party game of\u00a0a\u00a0similar nature.)<\/p>\n

Often, due to\u00a0nostalgia, and\u00a0perhaps other reasons, our better memories of\u00a0home pops up when we are away from home for\u00a0a\u00a0period of\u00a0time.<\/p>\n

After the\u00a0run-through<\/nobr> last evening, Kenny Leung–the\u00a0final male soloist in\u00a0Zeng\u2019s piece dancing to\u00a0Schubert\u2019s \u201cAve Maria\u201d music–also shared his own thoughts about missing home while interpreting the\u00a0work.\u00a0 After all, Kenny is from Hong Kong, and\u00a0having spent a\u00a0few years in\u00a0Taiwan studying at\u00a0TNUA for\u00a0his MFA in\u00a0Dance Performance, he expressed his homesickness through this dance.<\/p>\n

This also led me to\u00a0think about choreographer Liu Feng-shueh<\/nobr>, artistic director of\u00a0Neo-Classic<\/nobr> Dance Company from Taiwan. We saw some images of\u00a0her reconstruction work from Tang Dynasty in\u00a0one of\u00a0our seminars few days ago.\u00a0 I\u00a0recall Jiang Dong mentioning how her work was further reinforced through Dr. Liu\u2019s visit to\u00a0Szechuan after the\u00a0opening up of\u00a0travels to\u00a0China since the\u00a01990s for\u00a0residents from Taiwan.<\/p>\n

However, Liu had previously conducted research in\u00a0Japan on\u00a0Gagaku\u2014since it is similar to\u00a0the\u00a0music tradition from Tang Dynasty and\u00a0well preserved by\u00a0the\u00a0Japanese.\u00a0 Later, during her Ph.D. studies in\u00a0UK\u2019s Laban Centre (with further research with her advisor from Cambridge University), she was able to\u00a0locate further information about Tang music to\u00a0reconstruct her dances. This sense of\u00a0mission to\u00a0reach back to\u00a0one\u2019s past, as\u00a0she is originally from China\u2019s northeastern province of\u00a0Heilungjaing bordering Russia, plays an\u00a0important role in\u00a0her repertoire.<\/p>\n

But on\u00a0the\u00a0other hand, having arrived in\u00a0Taiwan after World War II, Liu\u2019s interest in\u00a0the\u00a0indigenous dances from Taiwan\u2019s aboriginal communities is another main feature of\u00a0her contemporary creations.\u00a0 In\u00a0fact, to\u00a0differentiate, she has two dance companies under her name: 1) Neo-Classic<\/nobr> Dance Company<\/span>, which presents her new choreographies based on\u00a0modern dance aesthetics, often with a\u00a0theme and\u00a0concern inspired by\u00a0indigenous cultures from Taiwan; and\u00a02) the\u00a0Tang Music and\u00a0Dance Ensemble<\/span>, which focuses on\u00a0reconstructing Tang Dynasty dances. Such double concerns–as\u00a0drawn from her home of\u00a0origin in\u00a0China, and\u00a0her later adopted home in\u00a0Taiwan \u2013 reflects an\u00a0interesting topic of\u00a0home\/elsewhere which I\u00a0may explore further in\u00a0the\u00a0coming days of\u00a0this ArtsCross London 2013 Project.<\/p>\n

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