SONGS OF THE WANDERERS
Cloud Gate Theatre Taiwan

Choreography: Lin Hwai-Min
Dance: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre Of Taiwan
Music: Georgian Folk Songs

Since its 1995 premiere, Songs of the Wanderers has gripped the imaginations of audiences worldwide. It is the signature work of Lin Hwai-Min's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Asia's leading contemporary dance company. The choreography blends Eastern and Western dance styles and demands absolute focus and control from the performers who, at times, appear to have been transformed from human beings into body sculptures, with startling imagery evoking a quest for spiritual enlightenment through experience and suffering.

Choreographer and Artistic Director Lin Hwai-Min has created a dance work based on his experience reflecting on Buddha and the quest to attain enlightenment. As the first contemporary dance company in any Chinese speaking community, Cloud Gate has its roots in Asian myths, folklore and aesthetics and aims to contemporise these stories, which is evident in their current production.

Genre: Ballet
Director: Lin Hwai-Min
Date of recording: 1999
Running time: 80 min
Sound format: PCM Stereo
Published in 2001
Menu languages: D, GB, F, SP
Subtitle languages: D, F