Bodies
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Laurie Dodge, Amanda T. Fair, Shawn Stone, Olivia Xia, Allen Xing, Huiwang Zhang
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Scenic Designer: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Music: Cristobal
Video: Paul Jackson
The Last Solo
Solo
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Photo: Mark Costello, Jonathan Hsu
Water
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Rose Du, Olivia Xia
Lighting Designer: Brandi Martin
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Scenic Designer: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Sound Designer: Jeffrey Dorfman
Music: Senking
Video: Paul Jackson
Emotion
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Suzanne Creedon, Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Lauie Dodge, Billy Griffis, Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Goodbye My Esmeralda
Duet
Choreographer: Chunhui Allen Xing
Dancer: Jian QIu, Allen Chunhui Xing
Keep Your Distance
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Terra Bergamy, Laurie Dodge, Suzanne Creedon, Billy Griffis, Gabriella DiGiuseppe, Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Music: Keep Your Distance by Amon Tobin
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Winter Wood
Winter Wood
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Emily Ames, Laurie Dodge, Conmay Rose Du ,Amanda T. Fair, Reyna Fox, Erin Lenahan, Daria Mozolina, Katie Nerud, Shawn Stone, Olivia Xia, Allen Chunhui Xing, Huiwang Zhang
Lighting Designer: Brandi Martin
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Scenic Designer: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Sound Designer: Jeffrey Dorfman
Music: Christobal Tapia De veer
Video: Paul Jackson
Ink
Solo
Length: 5min/ 8min/ 15min
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Paul Jackson
Music/Composer: Quinn Dizon
Fire II
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Amber Chabus, Laurie Dodge, Suzanne Creedon, Shawn Stone, Conmay Rose Du, Olivia Xia, Allen Chunhui Xing
Videographer: Mark Sherwood
Music: John Hanks
Ghost Fire
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Hongsha Wei, Siyah Li, Jiawei Lv, Zixin Zhu, Yuming Zhang
Lighting Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Video: Moov Studio
Mud
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Emily Ames, Reyna Fox, Erin Lenahan, Daria Mozolina, Katie Nerud,
Lighting Designer: Brandi Martin
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Scenic Designer: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Music: Senking
Video: Paul Jackson
Equinox and Solstice
Length 40 min/ 60min
Choreographer/Costume Designer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Scenic Designers: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Lighting Designer: Brandi Martin
Sound Designer: Jeffrey Dorfman
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Stage Manager: Sydney Ziegler
Dancers: Emily Ames, Laurie Dodge, Conmay Rose Du, ,Amanda T. Fair, Reyna Fox, Erin Lenahan, Daria Mozolina, Katie Nerud, Shawn Stone, Olivia Xia, Allen Chunhui Xing, Huiwang Zhang
Combines Chinese Classical dance and Modern dance to create my unique aesthetic. It is an after-life world following the theory of the circle of life in Chinese Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. It starts from death and follows the soul after death through the journey to start a new life again. There are four main sections that follow the seasons of Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter in terms to design elements, with the Equinox and Solstice representing the lightest and darkest days of the year. The five elements from Chinese Fengshui theory, water, fire, wood, gold and earth, are used to highlight the Chineseness in this piece.
Under the Moonlight 《又重逢》
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Drowning to Death
Drowning to Death
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Designer: Brandi Martin
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Scenic Designer: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Sound Designer: Jeffrey Dorfman
Music: Senking
Video: Paul Jackson
citizen
Length: 25 min/60 min
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Jovannie Aranzamendi Nieves, Luis Jovanne Medina Velez, James Thomas Esquilin, Allen Chunhui Xing
Standing on the street, watching people passing through. They look different, dress different, and speak different. The facial expressions show people happy, sad, cold, positive and stressed…each of them has a story of their own lives. As citizens of a society, country, we are facing many different challenges. Challenges from the living environment, political environment, work… and most impact ourselves.
As citizens of the society, we receive labels… labels of being a foreigner, immigrant, gay, white, black, Asian, poor, old, young, rich,……..people fight for the label they want, people fight for the label they don’t….
We fight for the opportunities, we fight to overcome diseases, we fight for our lives. But what matters? What are YOU fighting for? Standing on the stage, after we share our stories and expose our inner selves, you see skins, muscles, bones lines, movement, weight shitting, sharing, supporting, we are human bodies. What labels do you actually see?
The inspiration for creating Citizen is the personal experience of my life in the USA. I have used my own stories and inserted other performers’ stories. Four dancers on stage, we tell our stories and remove the labels; we are dancers, dancers with different colors. Dancers have the same human body structures. What labels can you still see? Does color still matter?
Water II
Solo/Duet
Length: 5 min/7 min
Choreographer/Costume Designer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Fan Zhang
Scenic Designers: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Lighting Designer: Brandi Martin
Sound Designer: Jeffrey Dorfman
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Withered
Choreography: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Performers: Terra Bergamy, Suzanne Creedon, Gabriella Di Giuseppe,
Reyna Fox, Erin Lenahan
Music: Ibeyi
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Opening Statement
Choreography: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Performers: Rose Qi, Allen Chunhui Xing
Music: Scanner
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Memory
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Music: Nils Frahm
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Fire
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Laurie Dodge, Shawn Stone, Allen Chunhui Xing, Huiwang Zhang
Lighting Designer: Brandi Martin
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Scenic Designer: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Music: Tabla Best Science
Video: Paul Jackson
Sunflower
Evening production
Length: 25 min/60 min
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Carissa Qin, Chloe Brown, Kristen Han, Grace Yuan, Jenny Huang, Irena Tan, Carolyn Tai, Olivia Xia,
In the early days of the pandemic, many Asian-Americans faced random acts of violence. As a Chinese immigrant living in the US since 2011, I understand the challenge that that those who look different often face. Sunflower, the great American Yellow Flower, that stands tall and follows the sun was my inspiration to showcase immigration stories and those of first-generation Americans The work is performed by first-generation Chinese-Americans – the seeds of culture for years to come, standing tall, proud, and a vital part of our community.
Reunion
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Designer: Brandi Martin
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Scenic Designer: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Music: Senking
Video: Paul Jackson
Red 《红》
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Laurie Dodge, Allen Chunhui Xing
Accepting the Real
Duet
Choreographer: Chunhui Allen Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Video: Paul Jackson
Photo: Mark Costello, Jonathan Hsu
Music: Pu Ert Joroin by Olafur Arnalds
Another Side of You
Length: 30 min
Choreography: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Performers: Terra Bergamy, Suzanne Creedon, Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Lauie Dodge,
Reyna Fox, Billy Griffis, Erin Lenahan, Allen Chunhui Xing
Shadows
Choreography: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Performers: Terra Bergamy, Suzanne Creedon, Gabriella Di Giuseppe, Lauie Dodge
Reyna Fox, Erin Lenahan
Music: Scanner
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Desire
Choreography/Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Music: Senking
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Ink II《墨印》中国古典舞版
Choreographer/Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Shape in Water
Solo
Length: 6 min/8 min/15 min
Choreographer/Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Brandi Martin
Music: The Departure by Max Richter
As a young child, my father taught me to swim. I enjoy swimming and go diving often. The feeling of weightlessness and lightness in the water removes pressure found on land and allows my inner-self to explore. I look to the sun through the surface, deep under water in awe. I am a good swimmer, but also afraid of the water. The silence below the surface; the danger lurking beyond sight; the seclusion; combining to create a sense of exhilaration, of anticipation. The inspiration of Shape in Water was from the image I had of a man falling to the bottom of the ocean. The subconscious thinking process that he had lingering between life and death. It embodies the memory of my sense of water and the conflict between desire and fear.