Cloud Gate Dance Theatre: Rice

A recording of this master piece of Modern Dance choreographed by Lin Hwi Min and paying tribute to Asia's staple food, Rice.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Gloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan its founder and choreographer Lin Hwai-min created this dance piece to a fusion of Asian and western classical music. Lin Hwai-min, one of the world´s top ten choreographers according to the New York Times, has in the meantime stepped down and handed the company over to Cheng Tsung-lung. The dance piece reflects in sections titled Soil, Pollen, Sunlight, Grain, Fire and Water the life cycle of growing rice, the staple food of Asia. Pollen, by the way, includes a sublime scene of making love in which the bodies of the two dancers keep in touch all the way through.

As it has taken a lot of time to clear the tracks ranging from Wind Music to Bellini´s Casta Diva, sung by no less than La Callas, and Maki Ishii´s Ondekoza to Richard Strauss´ Vier Letzte Lieder, sung by Jessye Norman, we are only now in a position to offer this masterpiece of contemporary dance.

Duration 72 minutes
Production Company Jingo Records
Director Chang Chao-lung
Choreography by Lin Hwai Min