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missing roads

Missing Roads

During the process, I asked the 25 dancers if there was anything missing in their lives, if there was a place they would like to be, and what kind of struggle they could have with that in order to achieve what they were longing for.

Basically, we were trying to find a connection, a way to stay connected to the former self and to each other. We are exploring universal human desires, struggles and hopes. With the central question:

What does it mean to be human?

You will see people vulnerable, pure in their being, falling, tumbling and running, trying to find a way to get to where they want to be.

Music and musicality play an important role in my work. I was happy to use some of the music of my composer friend Davidson Jaconello for the motifs as the dancers begin to shake out their pain.

In another scene, people are trying to come together as a group, but are falling apart. Again, I was trying to get them to experience "missing roads. Working on something you don't know and have never done before in your life.

"Missing roads" is supporting the idea of finding your own truth through movement in dance and in life.

Tillmann Becker

August 24, 2024 (premiere)

at Shanghai International Dance Centre Theatre in Shanghai / China

in collaboration with the dancers.

Huang Jiabei, Zhang Ziqin, Tan Yiru, Qin Tingting, Qu Zhihao, Wu Yue, Meng Fan, Yu Jiaxin, Neng Yaofeng, Zeng Lingqiao, Yang Eqiao, Zhang Zehao, Wang Xi, Gan Miyang, Fan Chenyu, Du Rongyan Longdan, Hu Yi, Huang Ying, Chen Rongjun, Zhang Zhiyuan, Chen Tao, Wang Biying, Guo Ailing, Deng Wei, Li Jingyin

choreography.

Tillmann Becker

music.

Davidson Jaconelllo @davidsonjaconello a.o.

voices.

Zhang Ziqin, Tillmann Becker

translation.

Yujing, Zhang Steven, Yeyumi @yujiiiiiing @yeyeyeyumi @stevenzhangz

cinematopgrapher.
Xie Xie

video.

Bao Bao @humama0404

photos.