Premiered

1981 - Schimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Pace University NYC

Choreographer

H.T. Chen

Composer

Li Tai-Shaing

Additional Credits:

Costumes: Gerard Little
Lighting: Thomas Rowe

Company Dancers:

Jung Auyang, H.T. Chen, Dian Dong, Mary Gambardella, Eri Majima, Elizabeth Sung

Notes:

When a person dies, he is nothing but yellow dust; his lost soul is led on its journey back home with the help of a shaman� The creation of this work was underwritten by a grant from the Jerome Foundation.  The dance is based on an abstract poem by Wai-Lim Yip which speaks of the ancient wars of China.  Voice of the Yellow Dust has been described by the New York Times as being, �an eerie excursion into the world of Shamans, the dead and exorcism, � having all the magic of a fairy tale.� In the legend, a person leads spirits of misfortunate deaths back to their homeland.  Incorporating voice, poetry and theater, the dance expresses the Chinese sentiment of life and death through a combining of East and West, old and new.

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