China Moves

This collaboration between choreographer Michael Mao and composer Huang Ruo will be performed at the China Institute in New York City.

Spatial, aural, and kinetic forces intercept and diverge in China Moves, a collaboration between choreographer Michael Mao and composer Huang Ruo. Inspired by Huang’s Drama Theater No. 2: Shifting Shades, a composition for piano, cello, percussion, and eighteen beer bottles, China Moves explores artistic and compositional challenges in dance and music today. China Moves will premiere during the New York City Immigrant Heritage Week in April 2011 and China Institute is proud to host an exclusive mini performance in the intimate setting of its classical Chinese Garden.

Michael Mao is founder of Michael Mao Dance, a critically acclaimed New York based modern dance company with an international corps of accomplished dancers. His works fill the stage with compelling images and enthrall audiences with their emotional immediacy. Rooted in the traditions of American modern dance, Mao’s works reveal the choreographer’s Asian heritage in their spare yet expansive choreographic means. Huang Ruo was awarded First Place by the prestigious Luxembourg International Composition Prize in 2008 and has been cited by the New Yorker as “one of the most intriguing of the new crop of Asian-American composers.”