Jin Xing The Closest - The Furthest

Wed 31 Oct at Robin Howard Dance Theatre

 

Jin Xing said:

The instrument in tonight's performance is called Gu Qin. "Gu" means "ancient", "Qin" means "String Insrument". This instrument was invented more than 1000 years ago. The length of the GuAin is 365 centimentres to reflect the days in a year. The original instrument had only five strings representing the five elements of Chinese culture: gold, wood, water, fire and earth.

In ancient times, the instrument belonged to the emperor. Through the sound of the instrument, the emperor had many prolems in the contry. He felt five strings were not enough for him to connect with heaven, so he added a sixth string. When his son took over the empire and faced even more problems, he added the seventh string. If our govenment today still used the instrument to connect to heaven, I don't know how many strings they would need to add. Later in history, the GuQin was not only for the emperor but also played by intellectuals and poets to express their feelings of life. L

et us listen to the sound of the sky, the sound of the earth. Between sky and earth is us - human being. These sounds I feel so close to me and yet at the same time so far from me. The only thing I can do is dance.

 

Her dance is beautiful and breath-taking, at the same time close to me. The calligraphy with humain body could be so beautiful and authentically. Black silk is so imaginable.

In addition, her personality touched me. I know why and how she sucess in today's jungle world. We should have more artists like her in the world.