Vulture / Eve by Ching Ying-Chien

A double-bill from internationally acclaimed Taiwanese choreographer, movement director and dance artist, Ching-Ying Chien, combining her first solo show Vulture (2018) with a new piece, Eve.

Drawing inspiration from a Tibetan myth: a vulture, sensing its end, flies into the sun to melt away. Echoing the Greek myth of Icarus, Vulture explores Ching-Ying Chien’s own experiences with loss, underscoring life’s uncontrollable nature and our human limitations. As a dancer, she finds freedom within the human frame, transitioning between animal and human states as she delves into life’s inherent limitations and profound freedoms.

Eve reimagines the creation myth, imagining Adam and Eve reborn after civilisation has collapsed, undone by technology. The piece explores humanity’s journey from primordial unity to individual emergence, moving from innocence to a pivotal awakening where past knowledge and desires unfold. Does humanity, stripped of technology, return to a simpler state? Eve is an invitation to contemplate our origins and enduring essence.