Time and Space

Directed by Wen Hui & Joseph Alford

Dashanzi Arms Factory, Beijing

A site specific dance performance in an old weapons factory in Beijing - the factory still had some of the original machinery and painted slogans declaring the workers love for Chairman Mao.

Fuming Machine - the performers created a machine with their own bodies, each person being one part of the machine (as can be heard building up in the first minute) until the piece sequed into a Kronos Quartet piece, Summer Overture and the machine fell apart.

Machine - the performers danced on and in the machinery in the factory, the music is made using recordings of welding, hammering, sawing and pneumatic ratchets.