The Rite of Spring
A meditation on human fragility, survival, and the fine line between creation and destruction, this powerful solo dance interpretation by Taiwan's celebrated contemporary dance company, Tussock Dance Theater, reimagines Stravinsky’s revolutionary work and tells the story of a victim who transforms into a perpetrator. Embodying the collective violence arising from existential fear, it follows the victim's struggle and resistance, deconstructing the music’s narrative structure and shifting between various roles to reveal the complexities and cycles of human nature. This cycle oscillates between good and evil and follows a gradual and irreversible descent into disorder, ultimately leading to disintegration in a foretold apocalypse.
Presented by: the Taiwan Wave brand by The Tussock Dance Company and Lewis Major
Chien Wei Wu is the Artistic Director and founder of Tussock Dance Theatre. He was born in Nantou, Taiwan, and graduated from the National Taipei University of Arts.
Chien-Wei first learned dance at 15 and has since studied under Prof. LO Men-Fei. ZHANG Xiao-Xiong. After working full-time with the Taipei Crossover Dance Company and Compagnie Käfig, he worked as a freelancer focusing on performance, choreography, theatre and photography.
In 2013 and 2014, he founded The Tussock Dance Theater, which was nominated for the Taishin Arts Awards for its first work,” Two Bodies,” and its second work,” The Time.”