TAO Dance Theater 2014 World Tour

2014 World Tour

2014 saw two commissioned World Premieres as well as tours across eleven territories on five continents!

From 2009-2016, Ping Pong developed and produced all of TAO's international touring and projects, including all tour and production management, as well as for numerous domestic projects and performances. Ping Pong secured all commissioning support from China and abroad for the co-commissioned works 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Tao Ye's dance works belong to the 21st Century. They amaze and provoke deeper reflection. In my dreams I can create works like these, yet at the same time I know that I am not capable.

Lin Hwai-Min, Founder and Artistic Director of Cloud Gate Dance Theater

Mr. Tao has an ability to draw you inside his austere, meditative world; if you go willingly, you realize that the body is a sacred place. In a way, Mr. Tao has reinvented the solo within a visceral framework of repetition and time. His insistence is palpable, and, through that, we grasp the freedom in flesh.

Gia Kourlas, The New York Times

About the Artist

Tao Ye

Artistic Director Tao Ye is a graduate of the Chongqing Dance School in Chongqing, China.
After dancing with the Shanghai Army Song & Dance Ensemble, he joined Shanghai Jin Xing Dance Theater, and later moved to Beijing to join the Beijing Modern Dance Company (BMDC).

In March 2008, at only 22 years old, he founded TAO Dance Theater. Main works include his number series Weight x 3; 2; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8. In 2012 leading Asian style magazine Men's UNO awarded Tao Ye the 2012 Elegance Award, recognizing leaders in China’s culture and entertainment field. In 2013, The Beijing News awarded him the 2013 Innovator Award for Dance, and the 2015 Emerging Artist Award. In 2013 The Beijing News awarded him the 2013 Innovator Award for Dance. He is a 2012-14 Sadler’s Wells "New Wave Associates" artist.

2014 Tour Schedule

FEB 1 & 2: WORLD PREMIERE of "6: The Sami Chinese Project" Opening Performance of the 2014 European Cultural Capital at NorrlandsOperan in Umeå, Sweden

SWEDEN TOUR:

FEB 4 - Kulturens Hus, Luleå, SE
FEB 6 - Acusticum, Piteå, SE
FEB 9 - Dansstationen, Malmö, SE
FEB 10 - Dansstationen, Malmö, SE
FEB 12 - Vara Konserthus, Vara, SE
FEB 14 - Dansens Hus, Stockholm, SE
FEB 15 - Dansens Hus, Stockholm, SE

USA TOUR:

FEB 20-23: NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
FEB 27, 28: Celebrity Series of Boston, part of 75th anniversary program, Citi Shubert Theatre
RAVE REVIEWS in The New York Times and the Boston Globe

MARCH 28, 29: Novel Dance Series, Novel Hall, Taipei

"Tao Ye's dance works belong to the 21st Century. They amaze and provoke deeper reflection. In my dreams I can create works like these, yet at the same time I know that I am not capable." -- Lin Hwai-Min, Founder and Artistic Director of Cloud Gate Dance Theater and Artistic Director of Novel Dance Series

APRIL-MAY: BRAZIL TOUR

MAY 31-JUNE 3: Wiener Festwochen, Austria

JUNE 6, 7: Sadler's Wells, London, UK

Rave Reviews: Critical Dance and BachTrack: "Weighty, abstract and astounding: TAO Dance Theatre’s 4 and 5"

SEPTEMBER 19, 20: Adelaide Festival Centre, Australia OzAsia Festiva

OCT 1 - 4: Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, France

OCT 14, 15: Singapore Esplanade da:ns Festival

OCT 20, 21: Sadler's Wells in association with Dance Umbrella, UK

OCT 31, NOV 1: New Vision Arts Festival, Hong Kong and the 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Hong Kong Cultural Center

NOV 7: Indonesia Dance Festival, at the Jakarta Art Theatre