Alternate Title Wild Cursive: The Final Chapter of Cursive: A Trilogy
Premiere New York Premiere
Country of Origin Taiwan
Description Inspired by the spirit of Chinese “wild calligraphy,” Wild Cursive utilizes paper as its set. The black ink feathers and spreads in abstract patterns true to the spirit of chance as set forth in I-Ching—The Book of Changes. With these traces of time accumulating, an art installation (“set in progress”) emerges. As the ink breathes through the performance, the lighting design illuminates the transparency of the rise paper, thereby enhancing the power of the flowing black images. Against and between the layers of rise paper, Cloud Gate dancers’ liquid movement echoes the serpentine and meandering lines of ink. Throughout, the dancers’ breath coming from the Dan Tian, the core of their torsos, provides a subtle undercurrent to this constantly shifting feast for the eyes.
Identifier 2007f.00885
