[ 2005 Coming Up Event... ]

JIN-WEN YU DANCE

P R E S E N T S

Sun Moon

WISCONSIN STUDIO, OVERTURE CENTER

October 6-7, 2005 @ 8 pm

October 8, @ 2 pm & 8 pm

 

JIN-WEN YU DANCE presents SUN MOON, a cross-cultural and multi-media contemporary dance concert featuring new and recent works by Jin-Wen Yu, at the Wisconsin Studio of the Overture Center, 211 State Street, Madison, WI, 8:00 PM, Thursday – Friday, October 6-7, and 2:00 PM & 8:00 PM, Saturday October 8, 2005. Ticket sales begin September 6th and prices are $15 and $10. Please call (608) 258-4141 for reservations.

"Yu, who performed the solo, is so magnetic you can watch him walk across the stage and feel you’ve gotten your money’s worth….." --Chicago Reader

In Spring 2005, Jin-Wen Yu enjoyed very successful touring performances and fruitful researches in Taiwan, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Mexico City, New York, and San Francisco. Prestigiously, he, along with one dance artist from Paris and one from Tokyo, was invited by World Dance Alliance to perform in UNESCO at Paris for the celebration of the International Dance Day in April 2005. He created two lengthy dances based on his researches in summer 2005. These two dances “Traveling Sun Series” and “Lake Moon” will be premiered in the SUN MOON concert. This is the first local Jin-Wen Yu Dance concert performed exclusively by company members.

Traveling Sun Series & Lake Moon

“Traveling Sun Series,” a 30-minute and six-sectioned dance, set to the music by Uakti and Kevin Volans, reflects the choreographer’s warm observations of sun in different cities. Each section reveals the specific mode of the city. “Lake Moon,” a 24-minute dance set to the music by Uakti, is a serene and sensual dance, illustrating moon over lake Manona in different time of evening. It also reveals the moods of cozy home in Madison as well as and the nostalgia of home in Taiwan.

Along with these two premieres, the program also includes two of Jin-Wen Yu’s landmark dances, solo “Divining Rod” and duet “Dipole.” Jin-Wen Yu’s performance of the solo was claimed by Fort Worth Star-Telegram “Irresistible Yu captivates audience...He makes even the slightest movement powerful, beautiful and significant. Incredible.”

This concert is supported by the UW-Madison Graduate School, the Dane County Cultural Affairs Commission with additional funds from the Overture Foundation and Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation, Madison CitiARTS Commission, the UW-Madison Dance Program, UW-Madison Arts Institute through the Emily Mead Baldwin-Bascom Professorship in the Creative Arts, and Friends of Jin-Wen Yu Dance.

Updated 09/26/2005