Highlight: Mr.R2.0-Utopia
The hour-long Mr.R2.0-Utopia tells the story of a Mr. R, a rabbit, searching for both his identity and a utopia in modern society only to find a dystopian universe of his own making. The Body Expression Dance Theater (BodyEDT, 體相舞蹈劇場) starts at three-cty tour tomorrow night of founder Lee Ming-cheng’s (李名正) terrific Mr.R2.0-Utopia (Mr.R2.0-烏托邦), which…
VERB BALLETS LEE MING-CHENG, TAIPEI, TAIWAN
Lee’s philosophical approach to dance and instruction is as much about personal transcendence as it is about movement. …the dance is the space in the painting, and from that we get in touch with our inner self, our spirit, our soul. Asked about his first impressions of Cleveland, Taiwanese dancer/choreographer Meng Cheng Lee offers a…
徐瑋瑩評體相舞蹈劇場
我認為在編舞者心中，烏托邦是一個救贖之地，夢想之域。正式那遙不可及的存在，值得耗費生命去追尋的美好，點燃了舞作中傷痕累累、垂頭喪氣的兔子先生內在生命的驅力… 烏托邦,一個沒有醜惡、貧窮、苦難的理想國 度,因為太過完美,只能存於想像,我們既無 法、也不知該如何在現實中實踐。體相舞蹈劇 場以《Mr.R 2.0烏托邦》為題名,舞作的用意並非引導觀眾遙想無法於現實實現的理想國度, 相反的,是要觀眾正視沒有烏托邦這個事實, 洞悉發生在日常生活中扭曲、變形卻不被體察之現象。編舞者李名正以兔子長耳朵的形象引領觀者傾聽、觀看身處其中的世界,體察其中的怪異、荒謬、不合理之處。然而,編舞者最終希望的,不是讓真實的醜惡滅絕心中的理想, 而是朝向烏托邦幻境前進。
Dance trifecta a winner for Taipei audiences
It was a fascinating show, but Lee left Mr.R trapped in a dystopian universe of his own making, as far from utopia as ever. Taipei hit the trifecta with dance productions over the past two weekends, with shows that both raised the bar for the companies performing them and for others in the “small troupe”…