“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.
Atrament｜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
▽ Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze
▽ Tancerz / HUANG Yi, roboty KUKA | Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze | Zdjęcie / Summer YEN
▽ Tancerz / HU Chien | Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze | Zdjęcie / Summer YEN
Tancerz / △ HU Chien ▽ LI Hsin | Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze | Zdjęcie / Summer YEN
△ Tancerz / HUANG Yi, roboty KUKA | Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze | Zdjęcie / LIN Chun-Yung
△ Tancerz / HUANG Yi, roboty KUKA | Zdjęcie / HUANG Yi
△ Tancerka / TAI Yi-Fen | Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze | Zdjęcie / LIN Chun-Yung
△ Tancerka / TAI Yi-Fen | Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze | Zdjęcie / LIN Chun-Yung
△ Tancerz / HU Chien | Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze | Zdjęcie / LIN Chun-Yung
△ Tancerze / TAI Yi-Ting, CHUNG Shun-Wen | Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze | Zdjęcie / SUMMER YEN
△ Audio-wizualne / KUROKAWA Ryoichi | Kaligrafia / TONG Yang-Tze | Zdjęcie / SUMMER YEN
△ Tancerz / HU Chien | Zdjęcie / SUMMER YEN
△ Tancerz / HU Chien｜Foto / HSU Ping