Events
Dancing Lines: An Encounter of East and West Calligraphy with Dance at CUHK
16 Apr 2016
3:00 pm
Gymnasium, 1/F, Staff Student Centre －Leung Hung Kee Building, New Asia College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Free
The performance is the interlocking inspiration of three artists : Loi-Che Chan to write Chinese calligraphy in cursive style, Mark van Praagh to transcribe characters in rapid tempo revealing messages that are hidden in sea and landscapes, and Sarah van Praagh to dance with body movement echoing the lines, forms and rhythms of Loi-Che’s and Mark’ calligraphies. After the performance, audiences can look for their favourite poems, dance with friends and take photos with the 1,000 meter long calligraphy
Introduction of Artists:
Ms Loi–Che Chan is particularly interested in the Cursive style and followed the calligraphic handwritings of Zhang Zhi Wang Xizhi, Zhang Xu and Huai Su. Touched by the “unreadable letters and characters” of Mark van Praagh, she studied the music and free expressions in each of the great Chinese masters all over again.
Mr Mark van Praagh creates ‘unreadable letters and characters’ inspired by manuscripts from different cultures – a veritable world calligraphy. Through Intensive exercise with these self-invented characters new handwritings in his work emerge time and again. On occasion, it looks like century old scriptures and then again it appears as a newfound universal language.
Ms Sarah van Praagh mainly developed her skills in dance improvisation, modern/jazz dance, and classical ballet. In the cooperation with Mark and Loi-Che, Sarah discovered a new source of inspiration. The way music inspires her with its melodies, rhythms, sounds and spheres are now enhanced by the calligraphic characters painted by Mark and Loi-Che with their lines, forms and rhythms. As Loi-Che and Mark create lines, forms, and rhythms with their pen and inkwells, Sarah makes them with body in motion.
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Shuttle bus service between MTR University Station and the event venue will be provided from 2:30 pm and after the event.
