BalletboyZ · XIE XIN
RIPPLE｜World Premiere Date: 01 March 2020 (Royal Theatre Glasgow, Scotland – Tour Opening Stop);London Official World Premiere: 25 March 2020 (Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, UK)
Credits
Choreographer：Xie Xin
Composer：Jiang Shao-feng
Director：Michael Nunn
Director：William Trevitt
Producer：Michael Nunn; William Trevitt
Production Company：Swooshed Event Production
Production Company：Manilla Productions
Choreographer’s Notes
I wanted to explore a movement style partly inspired by the memory of a person in your mind. Like a storm on a quiet body of water, I wanted to express the continuous variations in the flow of energy that such memories and feelings possess.
The movement language needs instinctive decisions inspired by a physical impulse for the dancers to be able to respond to each other on a subconscious level.
Ripple marks the UK debut of choreographer Xie Xin, which she has set to a highly detailed electronic score by composer, lauded tap dancer and long-time collaborator Jiang Shao-feng.The piece explores movement inspired by the memory of a person and the flow of energy that such memories and feelings possess. Beautifully fluid and lyrical, it sees the BalletBoyz company express new styles in contrast to their familiar athletic and strength- oriented work.
Celebrating their 20th anniversary, Ripple is part of BalletBoyz’ new dance show Deluxe, a co-production with Sadler’s Wells that fuses beautiful dance with original music in the company’s unique and unmistakable style, including collaborations from some of the world’s most inventive and thought-provoking choreographers and composers.
