In 13 Tongues, Cheng transforms his childhood memories of the streets of Bangka into a fantastical, dreamlike world, fusing ancient ideas and modern Taipei culture into a visually arresting expression of cultural memory.
"I was able to see 13 Tongues when I was visiting Shanghai in the fall of 2019," says Chris Lorway, Stanford Live's Executive Director. "This stunning production confirms that the company is in great hands under Tsung-lung's leadership."
Trained in meditation, martial arts, modern dance, and ballet, the dancers transform ancient aesthetics into transporting modern celebrations of motion, here exploring the human drama of environmental devastation and resurrection through the life cycle of a humble plant.
"Lin attains a sharply moving synthesis of man and nature, east and west, death and rebirth. Rice becomes a dance of the elements, Lin's own song of the earth" (The Guardian, London).
Image Credit: Cheng Tsung-lung, who took over as artistic director of Cloud Gate in 2020, pulled from his childhood memories in Taipei to create 13 Tongues. Photo courtesy of Cloud Gate
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"I was able to see 13 Tongues when I was visiting Shanghai in the fall of 2019," says Chris Lorway, Stanford Live's Executive Director. "This stunning production confirms that the company is in great hands under Tsung-lung's leadership."
Trained in meditation, martial arts, modern dance, and ballet, the dancers transform ancient aesthetics into transporting modern celebrations of motion, here exploring the human drama of environmental devastation and resurrection through the life cycle of a humble plant.
"Lin attains a sharply moving synthesis of man and nature, east and west, death and rebirth. Rice becomes a dance of the elements, Lin's own song of the earth" (The Guardian, London).
Image Credit: Cheng Tsung-lung, who took over as artistic director of Cloud Gate in 2020, pulled from his childhood memories in Taipei to create 13 Tongues. Photo courtesy of Cloud Gate
In 13 Tongues, Cheng transforms his childhood memories of the streets of Bangka into a fantastical, dreamlike world, fusing ancient ideas and modern Taipei culture into a visually arresting expression of cultural memory.
"I was able to see 13 Tongues when I was visiting Shanghai in the fall of 2019," says Chris Lorway, Stanford Live's Executive Director. "This stunning production confirms that the company is in great hands under Tsung-lung's leadership."
Trained in meditation, martial arts, modern dance, and ballet, the dancers transform ancient aesthetics into transporting modern celebrations of motion, here exploring the human drama of environmental devastation and resurrection through the life cycle of a humble plant.
"Lin attains a sharply moving synthesis of man and nature, east and west, death and rebirth. Rice becomes a dance of the elements, Lin's own song of the earth" (The Guardian, London).
Image Credit: Cheng Tsung-lung, who took over as artistic director of Cloud Gate in 2020, pulled from his childhood memories in Taipei to create 13 Tongues. Photo courtesy of Cloud Gate
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"I was able to see 13 Tongues when I was visiting Shanghai in the fall of 2019," says Chris Lorway, Stanford Live's Executive Director. "This stunning production confirms that the company is in great hands under Tsung-lung's leadership."
Trained in meditation, martial arts, modern dance, and ballet, the dancers transform ancient aesthetics into transporting modern celebrations of motion, here exploring the human drama of environmental devastation and resurrection through the life cycle of a humble plant.
"Lin attains a sharply moving synthesis of man and nature, east and west, death and rebirth. Rice becomes a dance of the elements, Lin's own song of the earth" (The Guardian, London).
Image Credit: Cheng Tsung-lung, who took over as artistic director of Cloud Gate in 2020, pulled from his childhood memories in Taipei to create 13 Tongues. Photo courtesy of Cloud Gate
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