About Fume

Fume uses a continuous floating energy and vigorous external physical movements to describe a universal emotion of all human beings – anger. Besides regarding anger as a negative emotion which brings with it impulsiveness and irrationality, have we noticed that sometimes, under certain circumstances, we keep anger within ourselves on purpose, as a motivation and even a source of courage?

"Rage, rage against the dying of the light." ——Dylan Thomas

Rage and anger somehow become a protection and an unyielding attitude that human beings require on a very deep level. The choreographer sees anger in different layers. She investigates how to express the different kinds of anger, using both intense and aggressive physical movements as well as soft or cautious movements to reflect the brutish nature of humanity both physically and psychologically.

Credits

Choreographer/Director: Zhan Li

Composer: Ran Bagno (Israel)

Cast: Tang Yupei, Han Lina, Zhao Jin, Mao Ying, He Jiajun, Zheng Yalin, Han Yu

Music Editing: Ran Bagno (Israel), Zhan Li

Lighting Design: Qi Yujie

Video/Visual Art: Fan Cong

Chief Planner: Xu Wei

Producer: Luo Xiaoying

Artistic Director: Chao Ke

About Zhan Li

Li pursued her M.F.A. degree in the Department of Modern Dance of University of Utah, USA. As a choreographer, her graduation work was selected for the final Gala concert at the 2013 American College Dance Festival Association. She received the first annual Jon Scovile/Tandy Beal Award, for her ability to think outside the box in regards to her art works. After graduation, she was selected by the Mare Nostrum Elements Emerging Choreographer series 2013 in New York. She attended the Gaga Intensive Class in New York and the Batsheva Dance Company in Israel. In 2016, she joined Beijing 9 Contemporary Dance Theatre and toured internationally with the company.

About Beijing 9 Contemporary Dance Theatre (9CDT)