Tao Dance Theater

For this reason, the numerical series comes up with possible combinations that make room for imagination and aim at transcending the abstract versus concrete thinking duality. “4 & 8” is the chosen combination to determine the virtuosity of the company’s dancers, and their ability to display their bodies symmetrically on stage—a sublime vision. In “4”, four dancers standing up shift their body weight in a round and cyclical manner, thus generating a sense of unity without touching one another. In“8”, eight dancers form a line on the ground, and keep on doing repetitive-ritual sequential movements to the sound of Chinese indie-folk-rock composer Xiao He’s hypnotic music. Tao Ye will say that “no specificwords can express the meaning of tonight’s performance”. 


TAO Dance Theater is a dance company established by Tao Ye, Duan Ni and Wang Hao in 2008. In the last 10 years, the company toured more than 40 countries, and participated in over 100 festivals, becoming one of the companies that more curiosity arouses all over the world. In fact, it was the first Chinese company to perform at the Edinburgh International Festival (United Kingdom), and in venues such as the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (USA), the Sydney Opera House (Australia), or the Theatre de la Ville de Paris (France). TAO Dance Theatre got the attention of the Chinese fashion industry, ending up working with several established brands, magazines and photographers. Vogue China has proposed to spotlight the company threetimes, and during the Paris Fashion Week 2015 it was invited to collaborate on Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto’s fashion show.