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Cloud Gate Dance Theater Rice

Date: Nov 2-5 - 7:30 pm

Venue: National Center for the Performing Arts

Price: 100-680 yuan

The inspiration for Rice came from the landscape and story of Chihshang in the East Rift Valley of Taiwan. Previously tainted by the use of chemical fertilizer, this farming village has now regained its title as the Land of the Emperor's Rice by adopting organic farming. Awed by the immense waves of grain rolling across expansive fields of rice, Lin took the dancers to Chihshang, where they joined the farmers in harvesting the rice. Out of this experience in the field, Lin has created exuberant yet powerful movements woven through Soil, Sunlight, Wind, Water and Fire, telling the story of the land while contemplating the devastation of Earth.