UMD MFA Dance Costume Collaboration Documentary
2016 Spring UMD MFA DANCE
Choreography in Collaboration
Professor: Sara Pearson
Video: Allen Chunhui Xing
Past
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Allen Chunhui Xing, Rose Xinran Qi
Another Side of You
Length 30 min
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing, Rose Xinran Qi, Terra Bergamy, Laurie Dodge, Suzanne Creedon, Billy Griffis, Gabriella DiGiuseppe, Reyna Fox, Erin Lenahan
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Withered
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Terra Bergamy, Suzanne Creedon, Gabriella DiGiuseppe, Reyna Fox, Erin Lenahan
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Music: Oya by Ibeyi
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Keep Your Distance
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing, Terra Bergamy, Laurie Dodge, Suzanne Creedon, Billy Griffis, Gabriella DiGiuseppe
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Music: Keep Your Distance by Amon Tobin
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Goodbye My Esmeralda
Length: 5 min
Choreographer: Chunhui Allen Xing
Dancers: Chunhui Allen Xing, Jian Qiu
Memory
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing, Rose Xinran Qi
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Music: Less by Nils Frahm
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Dancing in the Closet
Length: 7 min
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Video: Paul Jackson
Photo: Mark Costello, Jonathan Hsu
Music: Undan Hulu by Olafur Arnalds
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, Rose Xinran Qi, Shawn Stone, Olivia Xia, Allen Chunhui Xing, Huiwang Zhang
2016 Spring First Year UMD MFA Dance Choreography Final Showing Trailer
Video: Allen Chunhui Xing
Shape in Water
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Brandi Martin
Music: The Departure by Max Richter
UMD MFA DANCE Lighting Collaboration Documentary
2016 Spring UMD MFA DANCE
Choreography in Collaboration
Professor: Sara Pearson
Video: Allen Chunhui Xing
Desire
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Music: Maybe, Senking
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Movement Research
UMD 2017 Spring Independent Study
Combining Chinese Classical dance and Modern Dance
Professor: Patrik Widrig
Bamboo and Rain
Length 6 min
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Allen Chunhui Xing, Latefia Bradley
Lighting Design: Mustapha Braimah
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Music: Jen Graham
Ink
Length 8 min
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Paul Jackson
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Music/Composer: Quinn Dizon
Length: 7 min
Choreographer: Chunhui Allen Xing
Dancer: Chunhui Allen Xing, Xinran Rose Qi, Xing Dance Theater
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Video: Paul Jackson
Photo: Mark Costello, Jonathan Hsu
Music: Pu Ert Joroin by Olafur Arnalds
Dance Projects:
Equinox and Solstice is a movement research project that combines Chinese Classical dance and Modern dance to create my unique aesthetic. It is also a collaboration project with my designers, dancers and production team. 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.