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 Hwai-min as the first contemporary dance company in any Chinese-speaking community. Returning to the Northwest for the first time since Vancouver’s 2010 Cultural Olympiad, Cloud Gate makes its Seattle debut with Lin Hwai-min’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 3-1/2 tons of shimmering golden grains of rice. March 6-8, 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 90-minute 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