Daoist Philosophy & Posthumanism

Director: Yawen Luo

Length: 55 minutes

Performance Location： Margaret Gisolo Dance Theatre, Tempe, AZ 85281.

Prologue

Chapter I: Machine Revolution

Chapter II: Cybernetic Humanity

Chapter III: The Gateway

Chapter IV: Dialogue with God

Chapter I II Collaboration with Zilin Liu

Music: The New Silence by Atrium Carceri; Untitled by Thomas Martin Ekelund; Comafields by William Bevan: The Universe Is Basically Playful by Mikael Karlsson; 般若心经 by Kanho Yakushiji

Lighting Designer: Carolyn Koch, Yawen Luo

Costume Designer: Cari Smith, Yawen Luo

Set/Prop Designer: Britney Simington, Yawen Luo

Performers: Janalee Atkinson, Mia Brenton, Emma Davidson, Nat Fowler, Katherine Hillier, Kara Keene, Rajeigh Keller, Zilin Liu, Yawen Luo, Venus Mullxhi, Keira Nichols, Amanda Ortega, Kambria Simon, Alissa Whiteside.

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Performance Location： Dance Theater， No. 19, Minzu University South Road， Haidian District， Beijing 100089， China.

Choreographers/Performers: Xinyi Ao, Shi Chen, Jingtong Guan, Langyuan He, Dan Liang, Ning Liang, Hongxuan Liu, Yawen Luo, Mingxuan Qian, Wanrong Quan, Ruowen Tian, Jiangyao Wang, Ying Wang, Jingwen Yang, Shuyang Ye, Mingcan Chen, Quan Chen, Yinuo Jiang, Chang Liu, Yida Liu, Xiqiao Shen, Hanze Tang, Zhenya Wang, Zhaoteng Hao, Zirui Weng

Planning: Weiya Chen, Yunfeng Zhang, Ling Bai, Yongqing Zhang

Project Directors: Jianpeng Zheng, Nan Ma, Wenguo Bai

Project Executive: Nan Ma

Advising Faculty: Nan Ma, Xiaojun Shuai

Faculty Advisory Committee:

Yongqing Zhang, Yuanchun Zhang, Shanshan Li, Lingyan Li, Wenqi Li, Yongping Cheng, Qing Li, Gaoshan, Cheng Xie, Wenguo Bai, Lixin Zhou

Dramaturgy: Tianyi Li

Stage Design: Haolin Du

Lighting Design: Shuzhe Geng, Hengyi Zhao

Costume Design: Shi Chen, Quan Chen

Makeup Design: Chang Liu

Stage Management: Ziyi Shen, Zhanghan Han, Yaru Tian, Nawa Li

Graphic Design: Mengfei Zhu, Chi Zhang

Music Editing: Jiangyao Wang, Enqi Lian

Video Cinematography: Yingrui Wu

Video Editing: Ruowen Tian

Photography: Tian Liu, Shi Feng, Zhihao Zhang, Fuchong Zhao, Pingfan Nan

Subtitle Coordination: Ganning Huang

Supervised by: Office of Artistic Practice, Beijing Dance Academy (Artistic Practice Center)

Produced by: Creative Academy, Beijing Dance Academy

The Universe - A heaven in flower

Director： Yawen Luo

Assistant Director： Jasmine 

Executive Director： Song Liu

Choreographer： Yawen Luo

Dancer： Yawen Luo

Script Supervisor： Liu Song 

Producer： Shan Luo

Director of Photography： Haixu Liu

Associate Director of Photography： Chu Chunqi 

Cover Design： Qingfang Zeng

Costume Design： Yuxin Xie

Make-up Artist： Fangfei Liu

Lighting Design： Shuzhi Li

Props Designer： Siquan Luo，  Jasmine， KaiKai Luo

Music Credits

Mystery of Time
Composer: Chronos

Whispers Between the Lines of Fleeting Whispers
Composer: Guzz

Main Theme | Opening
Singer: Mei Lin Mao / Nathaniel Mechaly

Special Thanks

Cui Zhongsheng 
Chen Zhiyuan 
Jade