" No company in the world dances like Cloud
Gate. It presents a distinct and mature Chinese choreographic language.
The importance of this evolution in Asian dance is no less profound than
the impact of Forsythe's Ballett Frankfurt on European classical ballet
." |
-- Dance Europe
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| "The Best of the Best" |
--The Sydney Morning Herald on
Cloud Gate's Performance
at the Olympic Arts Festival, 2000
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| "Best of the Year" |
--The New Zealand Herald
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| "Best Production (Prix de la mise en scene)" |
-- Lyon Biannual Festival
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| "International dance festival saved by Formosa!" |
--Le Figaro, Paris
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| "Fascinating . . . combining modern dance techniques with traditional
Peking opera movement . . . igniting a unique new culture." |
---Time Magazine
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| "Lin Hwai-min has succeeded brilliantly in fusing dance techniques
and theatrical concepts from the East and the West." |
---New York Times
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| "By any standards Lin's troupe . . . is a fine ensemble and his choreography
is both accomplished and gripping, rigorous and committed, and not a little
beautiful too." |
---The Times
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| "The audience was moved to tears and celebrated the company with
rousing ovations." |
---Frankfurter Allegemeine Zeitung
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"Lin Hwai-min, unchallenged giant in Asia . . . one of the greats
of the twentieth century."
|
---South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
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| "His company is not only on a par with the best modern dance companies
of the Old World and the New, but perhaps even beyond." |
---Ballet International, Berlin
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| "The best dance group of this year's Spoleto Festival, or of any
other year was the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre." |
---Sun Herald, Melbourne
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| "Lin Hwai-min is the most important choreographer in Asia." |
--- Berliner Morgenpost
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| "Lin Hwai-min's Cloud Gate Dance Theatre is the most important dance
company in the Chinese cultural circle." |
---Ming Pao Daily News, Hong Kong
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| "Asia's leading contemporary dance theatre" |
---The Times, London
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| "An extraordinarily exciting, brutishly physical contemporary dance company." |
---San Francisco Examiner
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"Awesome control, suppleness, speed and strength . . .
all possessed by Cloud Gate's phenomenal dancers." |
--- South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
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| "Cloud Gate leaves you sitting breathlessly on the edge of your chair." |
--- San Jose Mercury News
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| "This company gets to you. In New York . . . as well as in Herbst
[San Francisco], the audience gave the company a rousing standing ovation." |
---San Francisco Chronicle
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| "Judged by the most critical eye of the dance world in the West,
the most surprising miracle is its technical achievement." |
---Ballet Info, Berlin
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| "The technical perfection of the dancers is breathtaking." |
---Salzburger Nachrichten
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| "…one of the finest dance companies in the
world." |
---The Globe and Mail, Canada
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| "Lin Hwai-min blends the East and the West into a third world of his own." |
---Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin
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| "Wholly irresistible!" |
---Dance News, New York
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