YIBU DANCE - Chun Zhang | Kai Strathmann

WHIRLING LADDER | BETWEEN

2 Dancers, 60 min., 2021

WHIRLING LADDER | UPRIGHT

5 Dancers, 55 min., 2023

Gezeiten

8 Dancers, 70 min., 2023

Flow DOT

2 Dancers, in rereach and residency, 2024/2025

AGENDA

01.04 - 15.04.24 | 2 weeks residency - Flow DOT in CN D and Le Cap Arts center, Lyon, FR
22.03.24 19:00 | Open class - Timing & Precision by Kai Strathmann in Tanz Station – Barmer Bahnhof, Wuppertal, DE
05.03 - 15.03.24 | 2 weeks residency - Flow DOT in SE.S.TA – Centre for Choreographic Development, Prague, CZE
15.01 - 05.02.24 | 3 weeks residency - Flow DOT in Projektraumkunst Busch 8, Nettetal, DE
01.12 - 17.12.23 | YPAM online exhibition
19.10 - 23.10.23 | Networking in China Shanghai International Arts Festival supported by Kreativ-Transfer, with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media
23.09.23 20:00 | Performance - WHIRLING LADDER | UPRIGHT at TanzFaktur - Bühnensaal, Köln, DE
22.09.23 20:00 | Performance - WHIRLING LADDER | UPRIGHT at TanzFaktur - Bühnensaal, Köln, DE
08.09.23 19:30 | Open class - Timing & Precision by Kai Strathmann at Tanzstation Barmer Bahnhof - Wuppertal, DE
18.08.23 19:00 | Performance - Gezeiten for Anniversary 650 years Krefeld (10th anniversary Move in Town 2023) Rathaus Krefeld, DE
11.08.23 19:00 | Premiere - Gezeiten for Anniversary 650 years Krefeld (10th anniversary Move in Town 2023) Rathaus Krefeld, DE
15.07.23 15:00 | Performance - Dance and live electronic music at Bunt oder Blau Festival, Umschlagplatz, Dortmund, DE
19.07.23 | Film Screening - Dance Film: WHIRLING LADDER | BETWEEN at Dance Italia Film Festival, First Edition: Cultural Impact: Motore 592, Lucca, IT
04.07.23 21:30 | Italian Premiere - WHIRLING LADDER | UPRIGHT at Campania Teatro Festival 23 Parco Grande, Villa Floridiane, Naples, IT
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ABOUT

Chun Zhang Kai strathmann by NIKLAS HLAWATSCH

Dancer, choreographer Chun Zhang (1988, Shanghai, China) met Kai Strathmann in 2015, during their master of choreography study, in the Folkwang University of Arts, Essen, Germany. In 2019, both of their productions with the Folkwang Dance Studio got nominated by the renowned Kurt Jooss Prize. Chun won the jury prize with her piece 'Being Far Away From' at the end. Same year, they founded YIBU DANCE. 'Yibu, Yibu' means 'step by step' in Chinese, representing the ethics and aesthetics of the ensemble:

Vision - challenging the existing notions of dance, they strive for visual, playful, refined and inventive approaches, guiding to movement observations that have never been experienced before.

Originality - Treasuring research and experimentation, each production has its own unique creative process that derives from movement exploration and may involve sound, light, video, design and stage set.

Execution - demanding consequent and precise physicality, movement techniques have been released from genres and styles, and serve directly for the expression.

Their works have been invited, shown and resided in Fabrik Heeder, TanzFaktur, International Tanzmesse Düsseldorf, Festival Tanz NRW, First and Further Steps Festival, Move Festival, Campania Teatro Festival (IT), SILK Kliscope (AT), Yokohama Dance Collective (JP) among other theaters in Germany and China. They collaborate with other freelance artists from diverse disciplines and engage in artistic researches, workshops and dance films.

COMMUNITY

Artisitic director, choreographer, dancer, co-founder: Chun Zhang CV

Music/Sound design, co-founder: Kai Strathmann CV

Freelance artists: see each production

Sponsors: Kurt Jooss Förderpreis, Stadt Essen, Stadt Krefeld, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft NRW, Fonds Dastellende Künste, Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, Stadt Arnsberg, Stadt Velbert, Dachverband Tanz, Kreativ Transfer, NRW Landesbüro Tanz, Bihong Zhao, Xiaoming Zhang

Partners and friends: Beijing Dance Academy, Folkwang University of Arts, Folkwang Tanzstudio, Fabrik Heeder, International Tanzmesse, Lehmbruck Museum, Landesbüro Tanz, TanzTausch Festival, Cinars, Tanzfaktur, SILK Kliscope, Sauerland-Theater, Campania Teatro Festival, China Shanghai International Arts Festival, Yokohama Dance Collective, CN D Lyon