One of China's most critically acclaimed, in-demand dance companies is hitting the boards at Arts Centre Melbourne once more. After stunning audiences during last year's Supersense festival, Tao Ye's TAO Dance Theatre returns with a spectacular double bill, for a three-night-only engagement as part of Asia TOPA.
On stage from Wednesday, February 22 until Friday, February 24, TAO Dance Theatre will present the fast-paced 6 along with its more sensuous accompaniment 8. Scored by Chinese indie-folk-rock composer Xiao He, the two works see Tao continue his exploration of the human form in motion, with the dancers maintaining precisely the same distance from one another as they repeat the same hypnotic motions again and again and again.