Concepts of Choreography
My artistic ambition is to forge a pathway. The essence of art, I believe, is to act against the fear that is brought about by the passing of life. Art compels one to re-consider oneself, to determine oneself, to teach oneself, and to enlighten oneself. Working towards these goals provides one with a primitive, active force, as well as the courage to consume oneself. As this process is reiterated cyclically, and experienced repeatedly, such repetition not only affords experience, but also dissolves the very distinction between beginning and end; negates the ultimate truth that serves as the faith of life; and reinstates one back against the fear that arises with the consumption of life.
Through my practices, I have come to understand that “body” is the most meaningful interpretation of the concept “modern”. As body, the bearer and the matrix of the origin of life, moves, it naturally creates and simultaneously answers and resolves problems such as reproduction and consumption, limitation and limitless.
To this end, I choose to concentrate my artistic efforts on the repetition- ritual of the natural sequence of body. Through repetition, the variations of movements are reduced and progresses towards a state that is pure and minimal in form. This is because the repetition movements produces inertia and weight, and diminishes the dancers’ physical strength; and because the keeping of the same and coherent movements challenges the will of the dancers; it is also because the repetition of the same rhythm also challenges the viewers’ concentration. Throughout this entire process, the weight that is conveyed and born by the movements accretes and aggravates.
This state, as it wrenches the body and drains out every drop of water, presents depletion itself. The same state, as it abandons all external distractions, also formulates a dedicated self. The weightiness and exhaustion, on the dancers'part and on the viewers'part, that result from being continuously in this state reflects the true limitations that is imposed on our bodies. On the other hand, the repeating, consistent and slender movements of the dancers transcends the timeless repetitiveness of the human body. Insofar as such perpetual, progressive, endless movements brings about a sense of weightiness, I challenge every viewer not to live the present moment without active self-awareness.
For each present moment is always in need of dedication and self-awareness for its completion. This announces the rational understanding for “process”, and announces the search for truth of bodies. This search points towards our self-sufficient life-force, and the ultimate significance of growth. This search also embodies our taking-in-stride of our own limitations, and our desire for transcendence. In my opinion, art is not merely about inventing something new – as each fleeting moment passes away, “new” never ceases to become newer still, and “old” never really exists. Only “process” per se exists, is actual, and deserves artistic revelation. My work, “series of numbers” accumulates the logic of movement and presents the repetition-ritual of natural sequence through numbers – an aggravation of the way human penetrates nature’s rational structure. I believe, through the kaleidoscope of our bodies, through hard work and faithful dedication, I can create the possibility for more rational understanding of our bodies, and realize the full potential of what our bodies can do, albeit all kinds of limitations.