Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan, Songs of the Wanderers

Asia s most acclaimed contemporary dance company, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan was founded in 1973 by choreographer Lin Hwaimin as the first contemporary dance company in any Chinesespeaking community. Returning to the Northwest for the first time since Vancouver s 2010 Cultural Olympiad, Cloud Gate makes its Seattle debut with Lin Hwaimin s masterpiece, Songs of the Wanderers, a visually stunning work inspired by Siddhartha s quest for enlightenment and brought to life on an astonishing set of 31, 2 tons of shimmering golden grains of rice. March 68, 2014, at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts on the UW Campus. About Songs of the Wanderers A monk stands still at a downstage corner throughout the 90minute performance, while a shimmering stream of rice grains showering from above and onto his shaved head. Golden rice grains on stage transform from a river to hills to a desert. Rice grains shower like a summer storm and waterfalls. Onto this landscape, dancers in ragged br, br,