B.DANCE

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Date: 2015-12-25

Floating Flowers is inspired by a traditional Taiwanese religious celebration that takes place at the Ghost Festival, one of the most beautiful and popular Buddhist ceremonies in the country. Floating lanterns placed on water are meant to worship deities, to send away bad luck, and bring happiness. In Southeast Asian culture, the lanterns are to deliver wishes and pay your respects to the deceased.

In Po-Cheng Tsai’s childhood, it was tradition for his father to take him to the festival, lead him to write his wishes on the lanterns, to set them adrift and to watch them flow down the river. Since his father’s passing, Tsai lost faith in the ritual of his childhood, but was inspired to created Floating Flowers to honor his father and free himself from memories that haunted him.

Appearing to waft gracefully above water, the dancers are wrapped in vaporous muslins which represent floating lanterns. The choreography is refreshingly positive and optimistic. By combining traditional Asian movements and martial arts with contemporary dance, B.DANCE offers a theatrical, physical, and emotional performance, not without a touch humor!

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DURATION : 60 minutes without intermission

PREMIERE : December 25th, 2015 at Waterspring Theater, Taiwan

TOUR DATE :

2016-07-01 ~ 2016-07-01
Floating Flowers The Circulo de Bellas Artes in Madrid (ES)

2016-07-10 ~ 2016-07-20
Floating Flowers CDC - Les Hivernales Festival Off d’Avignon (FR)

2017-10-28 ~ 2017-10-28
Floating Flowers Yuanlin Performance Hall(TW)

2017-11-20 ~ 2017-11-21
Floating Flowers SN Le Carreau Forbach (FR)

2017-11-24 ~ 2017-11-24
Floating Flowers SN Bar-le-Duc (FR)

2017-11-28 ~ 2017-11-28
Floating Flowers Théâtre d'Auxerre (FR)

2017-12-01 ~ 2017-12-01
Floating Flowers SN La Ferme du Buisson (FR)

2018-04-06 ~ 2018-04-06
Floating Flowers SN d'Albi (FR)

2018-04-10 ~ 2018-04-10
Floating Flowers Scènes et Cinés Ouest Provence Istres (FR)

2018-04-14 ~ 2018-04-14
Floating Flowers Le Carre Ste-Maxime (FR)

2018-04-18 ~ 2018-04-18
Floating Flowers Théâtre de Grasse(FR)

2018-04-20 ~ 2018-04-20
Floating Flowers Théâtre Durance Château Arnoux (FR)

2019-03-29 ~ 2019-03-30
Floating Flowers Mainz Tanz Festival, Staatstheater Mainz (DE)

2019-04-05 ~ 2019-04-05
Floating Flowers Prospettiva Danza Teatro Festival, Padua(IT)

2019-04-14 ~ 2019-04-15
Floating Flowers Suzanner Dellal theater, Tel Aviv (IL) -

2019-04-19 ~ 2019-04-19
Floating Flowers Ulyanovsk Dance Week, Ulyanovsk (RUS)

2019-04-21 ~ 2019-04-21
Floating Flowers Dimitrovgrad art center, Dimitrovgrad(RUS)

2019-04-24 ~ 2019-04-24
Floating Flowers Nizhny Novgorod State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater, Nizhny Novgorod(RUS)

2019-08-02 ~ 2019-08-25
Floating Flowers Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Dance Base, Edinburgh（SCO）

2019-10-02 ~ 2019-10-03
Floating Flowers La Grand T, Nantes (FR)

2019-10-05 ~ 2019-10-05
Floating Flowers Flers- SN61, Alençon (FR)

2020-03-06 ~ 2020-03-07
Floating Flowers WOMADelaide festival, Botanic Park, Adelaide (AUS)

2020-11-06 ~ 2020-11-06
Floating Flowers National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts - Weiwuying (TW)

2022-02-24 ~ 2022-02-24
Floating Flowers Theater Espace Jean Legendre, Compiegne (FR)

2022-02-27 ~ 2022-02-27
Floating Flowers L’Archipel, Fouesnant (FR)

2022-03-12 ~ 2022-03-12
Floating Flowers Conservatory Jean-Baptiste Lully, Puteaux (FR)

2022-03-22 ~ 2022-03-22
Floating Flowers Théâtre Louis Escande, Macon (FR)

2022-03-29 ~ 2022-03-29
Floating Flowers Theatre Crochetan, Monthey (CH)

2022-04-02 ~ 2022-04-02
Floating Flowers Théâtre Chateau Rouge, Annemasse (FR)

2022-04-07 ~ 2022-04-07
Floating Flowers Centre des bords de Marne, Le Perreux-sur-Marne (FR)

2022-04-14 ~ 2022-04-14
Floating Flowers Théâtre Le Pin Galant, Mérignac (FR)

— Reviews —

“...A main gauche, envolée de tulle et d’énergie âpre avec Floating Flowers, de Po-Cheng Tsai, àrnrnla tête de la compagnie B. Dance depuis 2010. Déjà bardé de prix récoltés lors de compétitions enrnrnAllemagne, en Espagne, ce jeune chorégraphe met le tutu romantique à l’épreuve de la questionrnrndes genres et d’une énergie parfois martiale. Et ça dépote, et ça fonce ! ”

— 2015-12-25 - Le Monde, France
“Des danseurs magnifiques, enveloppés dans des mousselines vaporeuses, des images et des lumières rappelant des paysages mystérieux, voici Floating Flowers, une chorégraphie taïwanaise d’une pure beauté.”

— 2015-12-25 - La Terrasse, France
“Floating Flowers, les fleurs flottantes de Po-Cheng Tsai...Ce sont des extra terrestres, on n’a jamais vu ça nulle part...Eux ont un appétit à dévorer le monde.”

— 2015-12-25 - Jean Barak | ENVRAK, France
Floating Flowers : la déferlante chorégraphique d'un jeune taïwanais à Avignon...Un spectacle chargé d'une énergie rare, servi par des danseurs impressionnants. La chorégraphie est signée Po-Cheng Tsai, jeune chorégraphe taïwanais de 29 ans particulièrement inspiré.”

— 2015-12-25 - Culturebox, France
“Die einzige Dopplung gab es bei „Floating Flowers” von Po-Cheng Tsai aus Taiwan, der sowohl den Publikumspreis als auch den brandneuen Produktionspreis von Gauthier Dance/Theaterhaus Stuttgart abräumte: eine treffend betitelte Arbeit, ebenso poetisch wie klug. Letzteres vor allem deshalb, weil der Effekt, einen Rock so geschickt einzusetzen, dass die beiden aufeinander geschulterten Akteure wirkten wie ein einziger Tanzriese, nicht totgeritten wurde.”

— 2015-12-25 - Kreiszeitung.de
★ ★ ★ ★Even in its most fiery, frantic passages, there is a clean beauty to the choreography. It's exhilarating, and breathtakingly executed.

— 2015-12-25 The List l Lucy Ribchester
★ ★ ★ ★How fortunate we are, to have recourse to art in order to help process tragedy....For Tsai has coded a liminal study of grief here, with all its conflicting emotions.

— 2015-12-25 Fest Magazine l George Sully
★ ★ ★ ★It ends with a frozen image; a group spot-lit on an otherwise dark stage. The light may fade, but the memories do not.

— 2015-12-25 Seeing Dance, David Mean
★ ★ ★ ★What strikes most here, however, is the energy. At the end, the rousing applause is as much for the athleticism as the aesthetics... Po-Cheng is a force to be reckoned with

— 2015-12-25 The Scotsman l Kelly Apter
★ ★ ★ ★ ★I have given only a handful of 5 star awards in more than 15 years of reviewing, this will be one of them. Anything less would be criminal, indeed a constellation should be awarded to all those involved with the show.

— 2015-12-25 EdinburghGuide I Garry Platt
★ ★ ★ ★ ★Floating Flowers by B. Dance is an extraordinary piece in its sheer beauty, its piercing emotion, energy and originality. Choreographed by 31-year old Po-Cheng Tsai, it will stay with you forever. This is a dance for our dark time.

— 2015-12-25 Broadway Baby l Stephanie Green
★ ★ ★ ★ ★Incredible choreography, incredible dancing... Floating Flowers is not only a highlight of the dance on offer at this year’s Fringe, it is a highlight of the dance presented to Edinburgh audiences this year.

— 2015-12-25 The Wee Review l Robert Dow
Taiwanese dance company B-Dance combined ballet and martial arts in a breathtaking ethereal display with their piece Floating Flowers.

— 2015-12-25 - The Clothesline, Austraila
Dressed in white – and indeed, playfully floating – muslin, the dancers speed through the wicked, mad and steadily surprising choreography with incredible control and precision, never losing their perfect unison. A performance of meticulous structure and endless choreographic imagination, it’s a gem in the Fringe programme and one to look out for as it’s promised to set off on a European tour.

— 2015-12-25 - Lena Megyeri | Springback Magazine

— Main Staff —

Yuan-Hao CHANG

Dancer

Yu CHANG

Dancer

Jack

Dancer

Ming-Hsuan LIU

Dancer

I-Han HUANG

Dancer

Chiung-Tai HUANG

Dancer

Sheng-Ho CHANG

Dancer

Chien-Chih CHANG

Dancer

Po-Cheng TSAI

Choreographer

— Staff —

Graphic Designer

Johnson WANG

Set & Lighting Designer

Otto CHANG

Composer

Ming-Chieh LI

Visual Artists

Po-Chih CHANG & Yon-Yun DENG

Stage Manager

Yu-Wen HUANG

Assistant Set Designer

Pei-Chun PAN

Sound Engineering

INCUBUS LTD.

Projection Engineering

M SQUARE DIGITAL LIGHTING LTD.

Stage Recording

Kuan-Yu CHEN

Stage Photography

Chang-Chih CHEN

Live Stream Recording

Meng-Hsueh HO

Floating Flowers

— Information —

— Details —

— Reviews —

— 2015-12-25 - Le Monde, France

— 2015-12-25 - La Terrasse, France

— 2015-12-25 - Jean Barak | ENVRAK, France

— 2015-12-25 - Culturebox, France

— 2015-12-25 - Kreiszeitung.de

— 2015-12-25 The List l Lucy Ribchester

— 2015-12-25 Fest Magazine l George Sully

— 2015-12-25 Seeing Dance, David Mean

— 2015-12-25 The Scotsman l Kelly Apter

— 2015-12-25 EdinburghGuide I Garry Platt

— 2015-12-25 Broadway Baby l Stephanie Green

— 2015-12-25 The Wee Review l Robert Dow

— 2015-12-25 - The Clothesline, Austraila

— 2015-12-25 - Lena Megyeri | Springback Magazine

— Main Staff —

Yuan-Hao CHANG

Yu CHANG

Jack

Ming-Hsuan LIU

I-Han HUANG

Chiung-Tai HUANG

Sheng-Ho CHANG

Chien-Chih CHANG

Po-Cheng TSAI

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