Raymond Liew Jin Pin & Folkwang Tanzstudio ›Orchidee‹ & ›LOTUS FIGHT CLUB‹

In the organizer's words:

AS PART OF TANZ NRW 25

In this two-part evening by Raymond Liew Jin Pin, the production 'Orchidee' stands like an overture before his subsequent, also new piece 'LOTUS FIGHT CLUB'. In 'Orchidee', he and the dancers of the Folkwang Tanzstudio explore the question of how to enter into a relationship and build intimacy. The starting point is traditional South East Asian dances and autobiographical material. Immediately afterwards, it's time for Welcome to the 'LOTUS FIGHT CLUB': when night falls, the ribbons of the traditional Chinese ribbon dance turn into whips - an allusion to the sodomy law from the colonial era in Malaysia, which is still enforced by whipping. Desire and submission, fantasies of pleasure and punishment are staged here like competitions in an arena.

Orchid:
Concept: Raymond Liew Jin Pin Co-choreography, dance: Mateusz Bogdanowicz, Jennie Boultbee, Chen-Yi Lou, Érika Polifroni Martín, Gabriel Gaudray Donnio, Harrison Rodrigues, Jordan Gigout, Tullia Franci, Tzu-Chun Liou, Yun-Ru Lee Music: Andras_2020 Assistant: Paula Pau Costume: Catharina Holtgrave

Co-production: Folkwang Tanzstudio

Supported by PACT Zollverein


Lotus Fight Club:
Concept, choreography, direction, dance: Raymond Liew Jin Pin Co-choreography, dance: Paula Pau, Lee Mun Wai Music: Jascha Hagen Costume: Catharina Holtgrave Set design: Yi-Jou Chuang Lighting, technical direction: Jascha Viehstädt Outside Eye: Niklaus Bein Production management: Sina Rundel
Co-production: Kampnagel Hamburg, PACT Zollverein Essen

Supported by the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media, the Hamburgische Kulturstiftung, Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media

Supported by Schwankhalle Bremen, STUDIO Hammer Deich

https://www.pact-zollverein.de/programm/orchidee-lotus-fight-club