| Major
Choreographic Works
ROMANCE OF THE HANDKERCHIEF (3/2002)
A Modern ensemble that utilizes handkerchiefs as the dance’s
main prop. The use of handkerchiefs in Chinese culture is
symbolic and versatile. Young women build up their ties with
the handkerchiefs at an early age.
Music: Da-You LUO
Pace Downtown Theater and the Merce Cunningham Studio, New
York, New York
YOUNG HEART-REVISITED (9/2000)
Modern ensemble describing how the need to reminisce about
our past increases with the passing of the time. The games
we used to play are cherished as our lasting relationships.
Music: The New Koto Ensemble (MOZART'S Symphony No. 40 in
G Minor, 4th Movement)
Pace Downtown Theater, New York, New York
NOR YOU... NOR ME... (9/2000)
This Modern duet is a revised version of "And You...And
Me..." danced by a man and a woman.
Music: Ry COODER
Pace Downtown Theater, New York, New York
SEA RHYTHMS (5/1999)
A modern ensemble work that is inspired by a poem depicting
a young woman who dedicated her love to the sea, and was eventually
engulfed by it.
Music: African Drumming Music
Pace Downtown Theater and Theater for the New City, New York,
New York
AND YOU... AND ME...(5/1998)
Modern duet depicts a love-hate relationship that develops
between two women whose emotions are burdensome to one another.
Music: Ry COODER
Context Studio, New York, New York
SHRIMPY! MY GIRL! (5/1998)
A contemporary solo work depicts a woman's tragic experience
with the contemporary institutions established by Communist
China, which is believed to do good for the people.
Music: Chinese lullaby sung by Wendy WONG
Context Studio, Theater for the New City, and Pace Downtown
Theater, New York, New York
"SAA-AHH-HAA" (5/1998)
A modern trio inspired by the poem written by Esther LIU,
a visual artist from Hong Kong.
Music: Hao HAN
Context Studio and Theater for the New City, New York, New
York
THE PARK...(9/1997)
A modern ensemble that integrates Chinese martial arts-Taichi-movement
to depict a morning scene in the park.
Music: Traditional Cantonese Opera melody sung by Brian LEE
Pace Downtown Theater, New York, New York
THE GARDEN...(9/1997)
A modern ensemble that depicts the celebration of human spirit
after death.
Music: Tai-Xiang LI
Pace Downtown Theater, New York, New York
";" (6/1996)
A modern solo work depicts the everyday struggles of a woman
living in society.
Music: Ming-hui WONG
Pace's Schaeberle Studio Theater, New York, New York
MOUNTAIN FLOWERS/SHAN DAN DAN HUA KAI HUNG YAN
YAN (6/1993-98)
A Chinese ballet and folk ensemble using silk fans as the
main props to create patterns like flowers and waves.
Music: Chinese folk music
The New York City Lab School, Columbia University, New York
University, New York, New York, and Lake Erie College, Ohio
"3:45 A.M. AT THE SQUARE..." (4/1990)
Modern ensemble work that depicts the student movement in
Beijing, June 1989.
Music: Chinese song sung by Lan-Ying GUO
Pace Downtown Theater, New York, New York; Lake Erie College,
Ohio; Triplex, BMCC New York, New York; Allegheny College,
Pennsylvania; Riverside Church Theater, and Teachers College,
Columbia University, New York, New York
FENG YUNG FLOWERS DRUM DANCE (3/1989)
Chinese folk ensemble work that shows the happiness of Chinese
festival goers.
Music: Chinese folk song, Feng Yung Flower Drums, Live
Dalton School, New York, New York
CHINESE RIBBONS DANCE (2/1989)
Chinese folk ensemble work that integrates ballet and Chinese
folk dance movements into the choreography.
Music: Chinese folk music
Hilda Brin High School, Brooklyn and Columbia University,
New York, New York
LAN HUA HUA XI YING YING CAI! (12/1988)
Contemporary Chinese solo work that using one diagonal line
of movement to tell the story of a woman.
Music: Chinese folk song sung by Lan-Ying GUO
Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York;
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Massachusetts; Pace's
Schaeberle Studio Theater, and Theater for the New City, New
York, New York
LAST NIGHT (11/1988)
Modern solo work invoking the experience of reminiscing upon
the past.
Music: Chi-Yuen CHEN
Teachers College, Columbia University, Pace's Schaeberle Studio
Theater, Theater for the New City, Manhattan Neighborhood
Network TV, and Ballet Arts Show Case, New York, New York
JING WEI (12/1986)
Chinese modern solo work based on an ancient Chinese mythology.
Music: Hubei Song and Dance Troupe
Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York
MEMORY (8/1985)
Ballet trio depicting the relationship among a man and two
women.
Music: Chinese folk song
City Ballet School, Hong Kong
WARM FUZZIES (6/1985)
Ballet ensemble work that celebrates the reconciliation of
the people with a fairy tale figure.
Music: Gospel music in Italian
Hong Kong Choreographers' Competition, Hong Kong
YOGA (6/1985)
Modern quartet inspired by a contemporary poem, and performed
to the sound of the waves and the reciting of the poem.
Music: Sound effect by dancers
Hong Kong Choreographers' Competition, Hong Kong
CREATION (7/1984)
Modern duet inspired by the works of Henry Moore that depicts
the struggle between an artist and his material.
Music: Simon YAU
Hong Kong Dance Company Workshop, Hong Kong
Theater
Works
THE SOONGS: BY DREAMS BETRAYED (Dr. Joanna CHAN) (5/2003)
Choreographer
A Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America production,
Directed by Dr. Joanna CHAN
Johnson Theater, Theater for the New City, New York, New York
THE ETERNAL GAME (Wei-Zhong WANG) (11/1996)
Choreographer
A Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America production,
Directed by Sister Joanna CHAN
Johnson Theater, Theater for the New City, New York, New York
WINDS OF CHANGE (Ron BREINES) (1/1992)
Choreographer
Music: Ron BREINES
An off-off Broadway musical play of love and personal transformation
in the midst of shifting cultural tides and political situation
in 1930s China.
Directed by Jeff PAUL
Pace's Schaeberle Studio Theater, New York, New York
FOU LEI AND FOU T'ONG (Wei-Min HU) (8/1991)
Choreographer
A Four Seas Players production
Directed by Sherwood Xuehua HU
Pace's Schaeberle Studio Theater, New York, New York
CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE (Bertolt BRECHT) (11/1989)
Choreographer
A Four Seas Players production
Directed by Wei-luk LO
Pace Downtown Theater, New York, New York |
