Dance

2 Men by HORSE
Interdependent, competitive, colleagues, friends, rivals. 2 Men takes HORSE’s two founders as a starting point to unpick the personal and professional relationships between two men “who are most familiar with each other”. Directed by renowned theatre director Edward Lam, a keen observer of culture and human relationships, 2 Men builds and unravels their entwined lives to Lee Shih-yang’s experimental score on a prepared piano. HORSE is Taiwan’s first all-male dance company and their explosive, passionate and driven performance has won them awards at home and abroad, including the prestigious Taishin Arts Award in performing arts and the First Prize and Audience Award in the Kurt Jooss Preis in 2013 (2 Men).

Traces by Hyoseung Ye
Traces examines a dancer’s body. A lone figure twitches and ticks. As nervous tension mounts to the edge of explosion, music soothes the body, evolving to lightness and flexibility. Korean choreographer Hyoseung Ye, trained in traditional, classical and contemporary dance, started his career with the Seoul Contemporary Dance Company, before establishing himself on the European stage, working with Carolyn Carlson in France and Alain Platel in Belgium. It was with Platel’s Ballet C de la B that he unleashed his creativity, taking part in the creation of Vsprs, Pitié! and Out of Context: For Pina. He now explores choreography from his native Korea.