Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers do the detail work at the Bride
Mar 21st, 2010 | By Dance Journal Staff | Category: Reviews
By Merilyn Jackson for the Inquirer.
Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers opened their second engagement at the Painted Bride Thursday night, once again to a sellout crowd. Not surprising as this small company, in just a few years since its move from New York, is at the pinnacle of Philadelphia’s outstanding dance community.
The program, called Autumn Skin: Journey of East/West, introduced two very different-looking works married by the choreography and spirit emblematic of artistic director Kun-Yang Lin.
Developed in 2004-05 and recently revised, Traces of Brush uses a darkly textured score by Andy Teirstein. Kneeling, Lin slowly rippled his sidelight-limned back to the audience. Rain stick in hands, he stood, rounding his arms to match its curve. This attention to minute detail continued when the six company members appeared in flashes of movement that ended in still poses. I wish I could read Chinese, for each movement phrase, as Lin intended, seemed like a brushstroke READ FULL STORY…
