Premiered

1998 - Danspace Project, St. Mark’s Church NYC

Choreographer

H.T. Chen

Composer

Bradley Kaus (commissioned score)

Additional Credits:

Set Design: Eric Harriz
Lighting Design: David Lander
Costume Design: Juliet Ouyoung
Costume Construction: Antonia Huang

Company Dancers:

Jennifer Bishop, Yoel Cassell, Alice Chow, Dian Dong, Jae Man Joo, Hsin-Ya Hou, Barbarra Koch, Jennifer Lau, Fumiko S. Rose, Rick A. Vigo

Notes:

The excerpt of Warriors of Light is from a full-length work which premiered at St. Marks Church in June 1998, with support from the Surdna Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts.  Warriors of Light is an abstract journey, evoking imagery of the human spirit as it seeks to attain enlightenment.

Warriors of Light is an abstract journey, evoking imagery of the human spirit as it seeks to attain enlightenment. The piece portrays a sense of struggle and journey towards something higher, exemplified in both the individual and the group. Various props are used to highlight the upward progression of the piece: Hand-held lanterns illuminate ‘the way’ as the surroundings darken, and plexi-glass poles - a modern variation of the Chinese Opera long-poles, are used in a meditative way for enlightenment rather than for traditional staged combat.

“In Warriors of Light Mr. Chen blends new and old dance forms with remarkable smoothness.”
Jennifer Dunning, The New York Times

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