13 TONGUES Comes To The National Centre For The Performing Arts 10/26

The National Centre for the Performing Arts presents 13 TONGUES, running Oct. 26 to Oct. 28.

The metallic sound of a hand bell unfolds the soundscape that fuses Taiwan folk songs, Japanese nakashi tunes and electronic music. Against a bizarre projection reminiscent of colours of temples, dancers move in grounded positions, traveling in serpentine patterns. They chant mysterious mantras, stomp, stagger and tremble like enchanted shamans, until the light dims down and glaring fluorescent patterns on their costumes flow through the space, as if thousands of wandering spirits from the old Bangka were evoked. A Goddess floats up and flies over the head of black-clad celebrants. A koi fish appears in the projection, wiggling its tail, and disappears into nowhere....

Part real, part dream, this full-length work takes audience on a journey as mesmerizing as the stories told by 13 Tongues, where lines between spheres of deities, spirits and human beings are subtly dissolved.

For tickets and more information, please visit http://en.chncpa.org/whatson/zdyc/201805/t20180515_185980.shtml