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Yin Mei Dance - City of Paper: A Danced Memory of the Cultural Revolution
Experience a moving performance that merges personal history, contemporary dance, live music, and visual art with choreographer and performer Yin Mei.
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Excerpts from a new work choreographed and performed by Yin Mei and Sang Jijia with dancer Marilyn Maywald. Accompanied by members of the Momenta String Quartet. Guest violinist Rachel Golub joins Erik Carlson, violin; Stephanie Griffin, viola; Joanne Lin—cello.
Experience a moving performance that merges personal history, contemporary dance, live music, and visual art. Choreographer and performer Yin Mei weaves her experiences during the Chinese Cultural Revolution into a collaborative dance theater work with the extraordinary Tibetan contemporary dancer Sang Jijia. Most recently with the Frankfurt Ballet, Sang Jijia returns to New York to collaborate with Yin Mei in a sequel to their earlier "Empty Traditions: City of Peonies." They are joined by live string quartet in presenting this excerpt from their new work, "City of Paper."
Made possible in part by a grant from the National Dance Project, a project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, Asian Cultural Council, American Music Center and the Asian American Arts Alliance.
Click on the following link to see a video clip of Yin Mei in performance.
http://www.asiasociety.org/arts/090112_yinmei.html
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