Ink

“Ink” Introduction

In their newest collaboration “Ink”, choreographer Huang Yi and audiovisiual pioneer Ryoichi Kurokawa dismantle and reconstruct the lines from a hundred artworks in renowned calligrapher Tong Yang-Tze’s “Silent Music” series, exploring the various texture between body, sound, visual and space.

Hovering between delicate and frantic dynamics, Yi digs deeper into his cultural roots and reveals a wild movement language, turning dancers’ bodies into brushes that paint and leave marks on stage. With speed and a ferocious vocabulary, dancers churn like a vortex in one moment, only to become flowing liquid in the next. Kurokawa transforms the inkblots into luminous tracks, echoing and merging with the unique brushstrokes of Tong, constructing a continuous flow of paintings via stunning holographic projection.

Combining Yi’s explosive and precise language and Kurokawa’s meticulous and sophisticated artistry, “Ink” is a work that crosses borders and fuses analog and digital, reflecting the harmonic tension between the realms of ancient practice and future design.

Ink was co-commissioned by the National Taichung Theater and National Theater, Taipei in Taiwan and had its world premiere in June 2023.

Collaborators
Artistic Direction, Concept & Choreography: Huang Yi
Calligraphy: Tong Yang-Tze
Audiovisuals: Ryoichi Kurokawa

△ Dancer / Huang Yi, KUKA Robots | Calligraphy / Tong Yang-Tze | Photo / Lin Chun-Yung

△ Dancer / Huang Yi, KUKA Robots | Photo / Huang Yi

△ Dancer / Tai Yi-Fen | Calligraphy / Tong Yang-Tze | Photo / Lin Chun-Yung

△ Dancer / Tai Yi-Fen | Calligraphy / Tong Yang-Tze | Photo / Lin Chun-Yung

△ Dancer / Hu Chien | Calligraphy / Tong Yang-Tze | Photo / Lin Chun-Yung

△ Dancer / Tai Yi-Ting, Chung Shun-Wen | Calligraphy / Tong Yang-Tze | Photo / Summer Yen

△ Audio Visual / Kurokawa Ryoichi | Calligraphy / Tong Yang-Tze | Photo / Summer Yen

△ Dancer / Hu Chien | Photo / Summer Yen

△ Dancer / Hu Chien | Photo / Hsu Ping