Ripples
The water is warmed by the sun,
turns into mist, vapour, and clouds,
condenses, cools down, pours back onto Earth,
feeds seas and rivers, oceans and lakes.
The land remains.
Seeds sprout and grow into plants.
Trees become forests, forests get hacked.
Woodlands get burned and grow back again.
The land remains.
From the end of the 18th century and for a period of nearly 100 years, the Japanese developed the sugar cane industry of south Taiwan, leaving behind architecture, habits, economic development, and exploitation of the local community.
Ripples reenacts the life of the former Tsung-Yeh Sugar Factory, today transformed into the Tsung-Yeh Arts & Cultural Centre.
Work commissioned by the Cultural Affairs Bureau of the Government of Tainan City, Taiwan.
Children are born, they turn into men,
grow into soldiers, mothers, and dads,
soon to decline, eventually, die.
The land remains.
The land remains, holding men straight.
The land remains as soil for life to emerge.
The land remains and keeps water in place.
And all before our eyes that seemed to
forever last
vanishes and becomes a ripple of the past.
Creative Team
Concept, Direction & Choreography Ivan Andrade
Image Clara Bes
Production Maggie Pan
Interpreter Elm Owen
Cast
王士賓 方怡婷 張淨涵 邱泓予 朱英韶 于英如 王云禧
陳俊維 王慧婷 唐心榆 顏汝倩 張盈盈 李坤運 李鈺婷
王庭妤 黃琬尹 林哲毅 曹佑蔆 陳君倩 連郁慈 蘇玉蘭
蘇鈺茹 張秀曼 鄭伊伶 王詠晴 林采霓 陳瑞婷
