Living Up/噏 to Death

EVENT DESCRIPTION

Living Up/噏 to Death, choreographed and directed by Ivanhoe Lam, endeavors to bridge the realms of dance and life through the creative team’s collaboration with the ‘Silent Teachers’ Body Donation Program, alongside archive research. Central to the conception of the work, Lam suggests “Leaving is merely another beginning”. In view of the universal yet personal finality of life, he emphasizes the significance of how the living honor and continue the legacies of their predecessors. Despite its partial title reference to ‘death’, Lam aspires for the audience to experience from the experimental theatre a transformed perspective on separation and existence, encouraging viewers to seek new meanings and answers within the concept of ‘living’.

The 90-minute performance blends dance, installations, text, live videos and electronic music into an immersive experience for the audience. The multidisciplinary production features Dance Artists not only performing contemporary dances, but also presenting a series of spectacular and unconventional performances, weaving multiple narratives within the same space.

In redefining the viewing experience, the creative team has turned the theatre space into a ‘laboratory’. Each audience member becomes a ‘laboratory technician’, free to observe and wander through different areas, and to select their viewing distance based on personal psychological comfort or preference, thus engaging in a thought experiment. Inside The Big Box, both the body and the mind are granted infinite possibilities. The audience is invited to envision their future life journey, experiencing a sense of rebirth akin to emerging from a cocoon. Living Up/噏 to Death is crafted to create unique stories for each individual, underscoring the power of life.