LUNAR HALO

A riveting lunar experience.
It is, quite simply, terrific, good enough to warrant repeated viewings.
Taipei Times

About LUNAR HALO

Cloud Gate Artistic Director CHENG Tsung-lung first observed a lunar halo, when light is refracted through layers of ice crystals in the atmosphere to produce a sparkling ring around the moon, in the sky over Iceland. The phenomenon is thought to presage a storm and in some ancient societies is taken as a more foreboding sign of impending change.

Working with the Icelandic band Sigur Rós, CHENG now explores the changes that are shaping our world today, particularly our increasing reliance on communicating through new technology.  Performing to a hauntingly ethereal soundtrack, the dancers interact with each other -- in pairs, groups, or as an ensemble -- as well as with multiple large LED panels that are filled with fluidly moving shapes, colors, and images so that their sheer physicality highlights one of the essential questions of our age: if we can satisfy our needs and desires with just a few taps of a screen, what is the purpose of the human body? 

LUNAR HALO

Choreography
Cheng Tsung-lung

Music
Sigur Rós
Music Direction  Kjartan Holm

Visual Design / Direction
Jam WU

Lighting Design
SHEN Po-hung

Video Design
Ethan WANG

Costume Design
CHEN Shao-yen

Performed by
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

Premiere
April 13, 2019, Taipei, Taiwan

Recorded
April 21, 2019, Taipei, Taiwan

Music is used by arrangement with and permission of UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LTD.