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The renowned Taiwan contemporary dance company Cloud Gate Dance Theater presents its signature repertoire Nine Songs, choreographed by director Lin Hwai-min.
"Cloud Gate" refers to the oldest known dance in China. Lin adopted this classical name for the first contemporary dance company of any Chinese speaking community, in 1973, and it is still the best-known Chinese contemporary dance company.
Nine Songs, a cycle of poems written by Qu Yuan some 2,300 years ago, is considered a pinnacle of classical Chinese literature. Inspired by the poems, Lin creates a thoroughly contemporary ritual, in which distant and recent pasts collide.
7:30 pm, Feb 28-March 2. National Center for the Performing Arts, west of Tian'anmen Square, Beijing. 010-6655-0000.
