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1 - Easy Jump Kibbutz Contemporary Dance Company Israel Upon Reaching the Sun KCDC started as an extension of the Regional Western Galilee Dance Group. Yehudit Arnon founded and directed the company from 1970 to Since then Rami Be er took over as Artistic Director. Based in the Kibbutz Ga aton in northern part of Israel KCDC developed into one of Israel s prominent dance companies and has gained international renown. The company and Artistic Director Rami Be ers seek to encourage the individual viewer to connect to his own inner world through the creation. Upon Reaching the Sun Upon Reaching the Sun Shanghai Oriental Art Center Opera Hall Performance Dates: September 11, 12 Average 100, 180,280,380,500 RMB Ticket Reservation Hotline: ,

2 Emanuel Gat Dance Israel Winter Voyage / The Rite of Spring EGD was founded in January 2004 at the Suzanne Dellal Center in Tel-Aviv. The Artistic Director Emanuel Gat s first creation The Rite of Spring premiered in June This new version of Stravinsky s masterpiece has since gained international recognition for its daring and original approach. Other works like Winter Voyage, a duet for two men set to Schubert s Winterreise, or KV 626, a choreography on Mozart s Requiem have been presented and were much acclaimed in Israel and around the world. Emanuel Gat's work is dance of incredible originality, clear articulation, robust physicality, and sophisticated intelligence. Winter Voyage The Rite of Spring Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center Arts Theatre Performance Dates: September 15, Average 150,250,300 RMB Ticket Reservation Hotline: ,

3 Noa Dar Dance Group Israel Tetris NDDG was founded in Tel Aviv in 1993 by Artistic Director Noa Dar and 8 dancers. Since being established the Noa Dar Dance Group created and performed 20 dance pieces among them Tetris which received an award of excellence from 2006 Acco Festival for Alternative Theatre. The company performed not only in Israel but also in many festivals all over Europe and Asia. Noa Dar Dance Group aims to develop in its creation process a unique movement and visual language. Tetris Tetris Ke Center for Contemporary Art Performance Dates: Sep. 15, Sep. 16 Sep. 18, 19 Performance Time: 20:30 15:00 19:00, 21:00 19:00, 21: (for balcony seats),230 RMB (for stage places) Ticket Reservation Hotline: /-99,

4 Young Israeli Choreographers Israel Happiness / Solo Siento / Room for Thoughts The Young Israeli Choreographers exist of 8 group members from the Middle East country. Among them are dancers and choreographers as well as visual artists. Maya & Tomer work together since 1991 creating more than 10 dance pieces. At SDF they are going to perform Happiness. Belarusian born Arkadi Zaides and Shira Miasnik cooperate since 2005 and in Solo Siento they combine Arkadi s solo dance with Shira s visual art exploring new ways of reactive expression. Aviv Eve-Guy, Maya Brinner and Ido Cohen-Alloro joined recently the group and developed Room for Thoughts a performance integrating video art and dance to create an extreme experience of movement and space. All group members are dedicated to merge the traditional performing art form of dance with the new artistic language of video-art. Happiness Room for Thoughts Solo Siento Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center Drama Salon Performance Dates: September 17, RMB Ticket Reservation Hotline: ,

5 Danish Dance Theatre Denmark Kridt Established in 1981 the Danish Dance Theatre is one of the major forces in contemporary dance in Denmark. The British born Tim Rushton took over the artistic leadership in Under his direction, the company has gained an international presence and enjoyed acclaim throughout Europe, North America, Australia and the Middle East. The vision of the Danish Dance Theatre is to push the borders of the perception of dance. The gap between contemporary and classical dance is the signature playground of Tim Rushton and the company. Kridt Kridt Kridt Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center Arts Theatre Performance Dates: September 18, 19 Ticket Reservation Hotline:

6 New Waves of Shanghai Young Chinese Choreographers Male. City. Female. / Me or Us? Fragments of Memory / Switch Like in 2006 at the first edition of SDF the festival provides again a platform for young Chinese choreographers. Under the title New Waves of Shanghai six artists present their latest dance creations. The program opens with the group dance Male. City. Female. choreographed by Wang Tao. Wang Tao graduated in 1995 from JieFang Jun Art Academy and joined the Guangzhou Soldier Dance Group. Since 2000 he dances for Jin Xing Dance Theatre and choreographed Dimensions and Demarcations for last years SDF. Liu Min-Zi s solo creation is titled Me or Us?. Liu graduated 1997 from Gansu Art School and joined Ge Wu Tuan. In 1998 she moved to Shanghai and worked for Shanghai Opera Dance Company before joining Jin Xing Dance Theatre in She co-choreographed with dancers from foreign countries and in 2006 her dance piece My Beautiful World premiered at SDF. Sun Zhu-Zhen and Zhao Yuan-Hang developed for SDF 2007 the duet Fragments of Memory. In 2000 Sun Zhu-Zhen graduated from Shanghai Dance School and in 2004 from Beijing Dance Academy. She joined Jin Xing Dance Theatre in She choreographed and performed Sui and in last year she presented her work One at SDF Zhao Yuan-Hang was working for Shanghai Opera Dance Company before he started dancing for Jin Xing Dance Theatre in the year With their duet Switch Xie Xin and Liu Xian Yi present their own work for the first time to public. The creation ironically plays with the traditional roles of men and women in society. During the performance the female dancer Xie Xin will challenge, undermine and bring to fall the superior position of male Liu Xian Yi. Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center Arts Theatre Performance Dates: September 21, 22 80, 150,230 RMB Ticket Reservation Hotline: ,

7 Efva Lilja Sweden The Outmost White SDF 2007 Efva Lilja established herself as a choreographer in Since then she created many dance pieces among them commissioned works together with major art institutions such as Centre George Pompidou in Paris in 1994 or Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao in Two years after she has been appointed as professor at Stockholm s University College of Dance and in 2006 she became the Vice Chancellor of the school. Efva Lilja is a powerful and singular voice in the world of contemporary dance. Her artistic creations show us the way to an entirely new experience of what is remarkable and strange about human life. The Outmost White The Outmost White The Outmost White Ke Center for Contemporary Art Performance Dates: September 22, 23 Performance Time: 19: RMB Ticket Reservation Hotline: /-99,

8 Arthur Kuggeleyn & Co Switzerland Kopflos / Masters of Complications Arthur Kuggeleyn started to work as choreographer in 1986 and founded his performing group Arthur Kuggeleyn & Co in 1998 which he leads as artistic director. Since then the company developed around 20 pieces and performed them all over Europe. Continuity throughout the pulsating rhythm of ritualized movement and acoustic as well as visual loops is the main feature of all the company s choreographies. This consistent choreographic style is called trance dance. The company s creations confront the audience with an uncompromising point of departure coupled by taste for breaking established representative codes that continues to provoke uncertainty, astonishment and strong reactions. Kopflos Masters of Complications Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center Drama Salon Performance Dates: September 24, 25, RMB Ticket Reservation Hotline: ,

9 Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai - China Made in China The Return of the Soul Jin Xing Dance Theatre Shanghai was established in Beijing in 1999 as the first independent dance troupe in China. The following year the company moved together with its founder and Artistic Director Jin Xing to Shanghai. Since then the company started touring with creations like Shanghai Tango, Carmina Burana or Shanghai Beauty all over Europe and Asia and gained wide recognition from audience and critics. For SDF 2007 the company will perform as a world premier the new creation Made in China - The Return of the Soul. Jin Xing s choreographies combine elements from her Asian cultural background with influences from her western dance education. Her artistic creations have grace, subtlety and visual appeal. Jin Xing s sensuous dance style and sure technique allied with her inspired choreography enchants the audience. Jin Xing Jin Xing Dance Theatre Jin Xing Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center Drama Salon Performance Dates: September 28, 29, ,200, 300, 400, 500 RMB Ticket Reservation Hotline: ,