Title: Nomad: The River

Traditional Chinese and Western dance theater merge in the world premiere of Yin Mei’s Nomad: The River, inspired by the dual natures of China’s Yellow River and India’s Ganges River – mythical holy bodies of water as well as sites of destruction and pollution. Projected animation by Tennessee Dixon converts the stage into a river, along which a ghostly boat carries the dancers through memories of the past and fantasies of the future. Some of the music comes from the Cultural Revolution, through which Yin lived in her native China.