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.
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
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 from Xing Dance Theater 邢舞剧场 on Vimeo.
Reunion from Xing Dance Theater 邢舞剧场 on Vimeo.
Bodies
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Laurie Dodge, Amanda T. Fair, Rose Xinran Qi, 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
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, Rose Xinran Qi, 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
Ink II《墨印》中国古典舞版
Choreographer/Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing
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
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, Rose Xinran Qi, 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.
Fire II from Xing Dance Theater 邢舞剧场 on Vimeo.
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
Reunion
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Rose Qi, Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Designer: Brandi Martin
Projection Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Scenic Designer: Ryan Fox, Grace Guarniere
Music: Senking
Video: Paul Jackson
Memory
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Rose Qi, Allen Chunhui Xing,
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Music: Nils Frahm
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Desire
Choreography/Dancer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Music: Senking
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
Opening Statement
Choreography: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Rose Qi, Allen Xing
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Performers: Rose Qi, Allen Chunhui Xing
Music: Scanner
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
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
Under the Moonlight 《又重逢》
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Allen Chunhui Xing, Rose Qi
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
Accepting the Real
Choreographer: Chunhui Allen Xing
Dancer: Chunhui Allen Xing, Xinran Rose Qir
Lighting Design: Dylan Uremovich
Video: Paul Jackson
Photo: Mark Costello, Jonathan Hsu
Music: Pu Ert Joroin by Olafur Arnalds
Ink from Xing Dance Theater 邢舞剧场 on Vimeo.
Goodbye My Esmeralda
Choreographer: Chunhui Allen Xing
Dancer: Jian QIu, Allen Chunhui Xing
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, Rose Xinran Qi, Allen Chunhui Xing
Bamboo and Rain
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancer: Latefia Bradley, Allen Chunhui Xing
Photo: Jonathan Hsu
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
Ghost Fire
Choreographer: Allen Chunhui Xing
Dancers: Hongsha Wei, Siyah Li, Jiawei Lv, Zixin Zhu, Yuming Zhang
Lighting Designer: Dylan Uremovich
Video: Moov Studio