Ying Xu
The Immigrant (2024)
The immigrant is the performance that linked me and my collaborators in the same feeling, despite coming from distant countries and cultures we all share the fact of being immigrants. With this theme I wanted to show the different emotions and positive feelings that each of us feels in our day and during our experience outside through choreography and design.
The choreography begins with one dancer dance in a static position on a chair, looking towards the horizon. This scenic portrait of the chair symbolises a deserted island, immediately establishing an emotional connection with the audience through themes of isolation and loneliness.Subsequently the dancer enters the scene, we tried to create a romantic and suggestive duet
On part of the design introduced a video projection depicting trains and journeys, accompanied by voices in English, Italian and Chinese. This moment represents a thoughtful and expressive interlude, which adds emotional depth to the performance.