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IMAGES OF CHANGE
The development of the item is as follows: I segment: the two opposites are not yet separated, they play together as one. II segment: the great beginning begets the two fundamental forces, the creative, masculine, and the receptive, feminine. III segment: after separation, the opposites complementing each other IV segment: transformations in space and time V segment: dream sequence, relativity between dream and reality VI segment: circumbalation of light, return to wholeness. CREDITS Concept and choreography -Ileana Citaristi Some press comments "It was her third piece 'Images of change'
which provided a memorable dance experience. Imaginatively choreographed
for two dancers, male and female, it explored the Chinese philosophical
concept of Kun and Chien, the receptive and creative forces of the
universe...It was in this item that Ileana used the full expressive power
of Chhau with its varied gaits and stances, body jerks, footwork and
energetic circular leg movements and kicks." New Delhi, The Hindustan Times, October 2, 2000 |
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The item is inspired by the ancient system of
Chinese philosophy which interprets the entire universe as an unending interplay between
the two basic opposite forces of yin and yang, feminine
and masculine. Their symbol, two fishes locked in a circle, represents the complementary
characteristic of all polarities. Graphically rendered as two moving lines, the first
divided and the second undivided, the two basic concepts of K'un, the receptive and
Ch'ien, the creative, represent with their alternate movement, all the possible variants
in existence.