A event on Thursday 19th September. The event starts at 19:30.
[Hong Kong/UK] Dancers Jan-Ming Lee & Emily Yuiming Wong present:
Ancient Skins & Rounded Bodies : Dance Performance, Conversation, Tea
@ Corn St, Bristol (location details sent on booking)
An evening empowering us through Scent, Touch, & honouring East and South East Asian Heritages.
Door will be open at 19:25. We begin our performance at 19:30 but it’s a soft start, so you can take time to arrive, but we will close the doors at 19:45!
There will be some food cooking (a light yet nourishing traditional chinese 'sweet soup' that is good for transitioning into autumn, vegan friendly!) Please let us know if you have any allergies at all. It is not a main meal but you are invited to bring your own favourite snacks to share.
The evening will be relaxed and spread over a number of spaces. We will invite you to explore the space and meet each other. For example there will be space to sit, walk around, look at things, listen to things. You can move/dance, chat, and touch/eat/smell food. You can choose not to do any of these, and just observe or rest, or be silent. There will be a moment where we gather us together to watch a collective performance.
Watch our video - turn on the speakers to hear us speaking about Cantonese food textures!
For ESEA Heritage Month, we are sharing a dance performance which explores the scent of tangerines, the tactile experience of peeling and scooping its pith, of bathing the peel in night and day, until they become Ancient Skins, or in Chinese Cantonese language - "Chun Pei" ( or "Chen Pi" in Mandarin).
We put these Ancient Skins in our tea and our meals to balance the flavour, to bring nourishment, to remember the traditions of our ancestors. But we also wanted to remind ourselves of the Rounded Bodies that were once inside the skins - the aliveness, smell and volume of the body of a tangerine as you bite into it - this present moment; and the people who embody the culture, the East and South East Asian bodies alive today.
During the evening, we will also take you on a 'tour' of how we explored tangerine peeling/drying in our dancing. You can participate by just watching and listening, but we also invite you to listen to your body awareness, to do the peeling with us, to be ready to bite into a tangerine (if you like) and to see what conversations it sparks in you.
Over a cup of Tangerine Peel Tea, there will be time also to mingle and chat to each other about your relationship to food, your body, and your ancestors.
Optional: Bring a favourite snack to share, or bring a photo of a favourite food or recipe that is close to you.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions
Ancient Skins & Rounded Bodies : Dance Performance, Conversation, Tea
@ Corn St, Bristol (location details sent on booking)
An evening empowering us through Scent, Touch, & honouring East and South East Asian Heritages.
Door will be open at 19:25. We begin our performance at 19:30 but it’s a soft start, so you can take time to arrive, but we will close the doors at 19:45!
There will be some food cooking (a light yet nourishing traditional chinese 'sweet soup' that is good for transitioning into autumn, vegan friendly!) Please let us know if you have any allergies at all. It is not a main meal but you are invited to bring your own favourite snacks to share.
The evening will be relaxed and spread over a number of spaces. We will invite you to explore the space and meet each other. For example there will be space to sit, walk around, look at things, listen to things. You can move/dance, chat, and touch/eat/smell food. You can choose not to do any of these, and just observe or rest, or be silent. There will be a moment where we gather us together to watch a collective performance.
Watch our video - turn on the speakers to hear us speaking about Cantonese food textures!
For ESEA Heritage Month, we are sharing a dance performance which explores the scent of tangerines, the tactile experience of peeling and scooping its pith, of bathing the peel in night and day, until they become Ancient Skins, or in Chinese Cantonese language - "Chun Pei" ( or "Chen Pi" in Mandarin).
We put these Ancient Skins in our tea and our meals to balance the flavour, to bring nourishment, to remember the traditions of our ancestors. But we also wanted to remind ourselves of the Rounded Bodies that were once inside the skins - the aliveness, smell and volume of the body of a tangerine as you bite into it - this present moment; and the people who embody the culture, the East and South East Asian bodies alive today.
During the evening, we will also take you on a 'tour' of how we explored tangerine peeling/drying in our dancing. You can participate by just watching and listening, but we also invite you to listen to your body awareness, to do the peeling with us, to be ready to bite into a tangerine (if you like) and to see what conversations it sparks in you.
Over a cup of Tangerine Peel Tea, there will be time also to mingle and chat to each other about your relationship to food, your body, and your ancestors.
Optional: Bring a favourite snack to share, or bring a photo of a favourite food or recipe that is close to you.
Entry requirements: no age restrictions