TAO Dance Theater has performed its Numerical Series on five continents and in more than 40 countries, including 2, Weight x 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9. In these dance productions, dancers’ bodies appear as brushes creating repetitive and overlapping circular forms. These works are without narrative and not driven by emotion. Rather, they are filled with explosive power and uninterrupted physical movement.

5 (2013): Five dancers retain a close physical connection from start to finish, as if a giant rope is being knotted and unknotted. From The Guardian: “The abstract moves evoke a hallucinogenic universe.”

9 (2017): This production breaks away from repetition. Nine dancers move individually and collectively. Hidden amid the chaos is an exploration of order. The National Taichung Theater jointly commissioned this work with theaters and art festivals in Asia and Europe and presents its Taiwan premiere.

Choreographer / TAO Ye

Music / Xiao He

Costume Design / LI Min,TAO Ye, DUAN Ni

Lighting Design / TAO Ye, MA Yue

Rehearsal Director / DUAN Ni

Dancers / DUAN Ni, YU Jin-ying, HUANG Li, MING Da, HU Jing, YAN Yu-lin, ZHANG Qiao-qiao, JIANG Yun-hui, GUO Huan-shuo, Fan Min

Company Management / WANG Ho

Technical Director / MA Yue

Project Director / SHEN Yao-wei

“9” Co-produced and co-commissioned by:

Asia TOPA and Arts Centre Melbourne (Australia) , Sadler's Wells London (UK), Théâtre de la Ville – Paris / La Villette-Paris (France), Shanghai International Dance Center Theater (China) and National Taichung Theater (Taiwan)