"A dream of a show, one of the most ravishing things I've seen in a theater"
—Daily Telegraph (UK)

BAM and Asia Society present Moon Water
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Choreography by Lin Hwai-min

A Tale of Four Rivers:
An Evening with
Lin Hwai-min
Nov 19 at Asia Society, 6:30pm

BAMdialogue with Lin Hwai-min
Nov 20 at 6pm

VENUE
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House

DATE/ TIME
Nov 18, 20—22 at 7:30pm

TICKETS
$20, 35, 50

DESCRIPTION
The curtain opens, revealing a lone man contemplating a simple sketch of water droplets on the stage's black floor. Mirrors descend then disappear around him, creating a shimmering lunarscape that reflects the drawing as well as the moving figures of the dancers who have arrived onstage. Water suddenly floods the stage, transforming it into a vast liquid mirror. Surrounded on all sides by their infinitely repeating images, the dancers soon get drenched, their billowing costumes gradually adhering to their whirling bodies.

These enchanting scenes are from Moon Water, a pure-dance work developed from movements based on tai chi and martial arts, by Taiwan's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre (last seen at BAM amid three tons of falling rice grain in Songs of the Wanderers). Though the immediate impression is of something distinctly Asian, by juxtaposing the ancient martial arts' spiral-like movements with J.S. Bach's Six Suites for Solo Cello, founder and choreographer Lin Hwai-Min has created a dance both contemplative and expansive, one that effortlessly fuses elements of East and West to arrive at a universal whole.

Cloud Gate would like to acknowledge the support of Council for Cultural Affairs,Taiwan; Taishin International Bank; and SinoPac Holdings.

Lighting design by Chang Tsan-tao
Set design by Austin Wang
Costume design by Lin Jing-ru
Music by J.S. Bach