About Us
Tony Nyugen, Yi Zhang - Xing
Red Span Dance Company was formed in 2006 by choreographer Feng Feng Wang and producer Gus Macmillan.
The company consists of dancers of Asian and Australian backgrounds with the aim of spanning the divide between traditional Chinese and modern art-forms, blending Feng Feng's background in Chinese dance with more contemporary Western inluences. In searching for an original character and style, Red Span Dance Company expresses a complex and subtle aesthetic, one which provides intimacy, elegance, simplicity and abstract grace.
In 2006, Red Span Dance company partcipated in Full Tilt, a new funding initiative by the Arts Centre. The Full Tilt programme provided Red Span Dance Company with the resources to further develop the work Xing and the opportunity to show the progress of the work in the Blackbox.
Red Span Dance Company will be performing Xing and The Treasure at the Casula Powerhouse on September 11th, 12th & 13th 2008 as part of Mulitcultural Arts Victoria's Kultour program
From the Artistic Director
Through the knowledge of my cultural heritage, I have searched for my character and original style of expression by paying attention to and exploring the influences from both Western and Eastern civilizations. In my recent choreographic work, my aesthetic has spontaneously emerged, reflecting my self-knowing and understanding of factors including my social life and cultural environment both present and past.
Primarily, Western cultural influences have enlightened me, helping to reveal my identity as well as approach self-belief through individual meditation. As I started to respect my natural sense and trust my intution I realized that Chinese cultural essences already in my memory are strongly influencing my aesthetic sense. It is as if it has been planted like a seed of inspiration generating the creative impulses inside me and continuously taking place during my artistic processes.
-Feng Feng Wang