Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
"One of the best dance companies in the world" (FAZ)
"One of the best dance companies in the world" (FAZ)
Cloud Gate is the name of the oldest known dance in China. In 1973, choreographer LIN Hwai-min adopted this classical name and founded the first contemporary dance company in the greater Chinese-speaking community. In 2020, CHENG Tsung-lung succeeded LIN as the company’s Artistic Director. In 2023, Cloud Gate celebrated its 50th anniversary.
Cloud Gate engages with local history, culture, and subject matter, drawing on classical, folk, and modern dance from both Western and Asian traditions. Its dancers receive training in meditation; Qi Gong, an ancient breathing exercise; internal martial arts; modern dance; and ballet. Under CHENG’s leadership, the training has expanded to more dance styles, such as street dance. The company transforms ancient aesthetics into a thrilling modern celebration of motion.
Cloud Gate has toured worldwide with frequent engagements at the Next Wave Festival in New York, Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, the Moscow Chekhov International Theatre Festival, Movimentos International Dance Festival, and Internationales Tanzfest NRW, directed by the late Pina Bausch in Germany.
Sounding Light
A captivating performance that connects the delicate balance between human civilization and nature. Dancers create a natural soundtrack with their voices, breath, finger snaps, and hand claps, offering acoustic and visual impressions of breezes, forest creatures, and flowing water.
Blue Hour & Beckoning (Double Bill)
In this double bill, CHENG Tsung-lung blends tradition and modernity. Blue Hour features dancers in black skirts, moving from melancholy to tranquility to the music of John Tavener’s Protecting Veil. Beckoning fuses Taiwanese Ba Jia Jiang rituals with contemporary dance.
Cloud Gate: Haluko Huang
Email: halukohuang@cloudgate.org.tw
Phone: +886-2-26298558 ext 3203
North America Agent: Cathy Pruzan / Artist Representative
Email: cpruzan@aol.com
Phone: +1-415-789-5051
Sounding Light (2020)
Sounding Light is an ode to nature and a relearning of how to listen with our senses and minds during the pandemic. The choreography follows a day filled with sunlight interrupted by clouds and shadows. Dancers create a natural soundtrack with their voices, breath, percussive bodies, offering acoustic and visual impressions of breezes, forest creatures, and flowing water. It offers a pure and captivating performance that connects the delicate balance between human civilization and nature.
Blue Hour (2013) & Beckoning (2015) (double bill)
In this captivating double bill, CHENG Tsung-lung artfully blends cultural tradition with contemporary dance. Blue Hour, inspired by a New York predawn sky, features six dancers in elegant black skirts performing distinct silent monologues. Set against rhythmic group movements and the evocative strains of John Tavener’s Protecting Veil, this piece transitions from a state of melancholy to one of tranquility, powerfully reflecting the nuanced nature of private emotions.
Beckoning explores identity and ritual, drawing from Taiwanese street-dancing Ba Jia Jiang. CHENG Tsung-lung reinterprets the intricate movements of the Eight Infernal Generals in a contemporary dance form, blending tradition with modern expression to reflect the fluidity of identity.
Europe tour (in negotiation)
US summer tour (in negotiation)
Europe tour (in negotiation)
North American tour
Europe tour
Europe tour
WAVES (2023)
Lunar Halo (2019)
13 TONGUES (2016)