Tragic Spirits
By Choy Ka Fai
Tragic Spirits is a documentary performance presented as part of the Blue Sky Academy that was inspired by the ancestral spirits of the Siberian, which have their origins in the Buryats people. The performance excavates the vibrations as if the Siberian shamans enter into trance and enact the oppressed ancestral spirit of the Ongon, who embodies the trauma of border and cultural memories from the past.
Tragic Spirits premiered at the Hybrid Biennale 2022 at HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden.
Concept, Documentary and Direction: Choy Ka Fai/ Supernatural Presence: Bukha Noen/ Dramaturgy: Tang Fu-Kuen/ Choreography and Performance: Yurika Yamamoto/ Sound design: Tseng Yun-Fang/ Visual and Virtual Reality Artist: Maria Judova/ 3D Avatar and Programming: Brandon Tay, Huang Wei-Hsuan and Huang Wei/ Light Design, Installation and Technical Direction: Ray Tseng/ Costume Design: Kayn Ken and Kuo Yu Ning/ Research and/ Mediaturgy: Mi You/ Research and Translation: Mitya Glavanakov/ Shamanic Heritage Consultation: Palace of Heaven, Ulan Ude, Buryatia Republic/ Project Manager: Mara Nedelcu/ Tour Manager: Tammo Walter
Blue Sky Academy is a project of Choy Ka Fai co-commissioned by the Taipei Performing Arts Center and tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf. With Support from the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING OUT 2020, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance. The research process was supported the VERTIGO project as part of the STARTS program of the European Commission, based on technological elements from Moving Digits.
Tragic Spirits premiered at the Hybrid Biennale 2022 at HELLERAU – Europäisches Zentrum der Künste, Dresden.
Concept, Documentary and Direction: Choy Ka Fai/ Supernatural Presence: Bukha Noen/ Dramaturgy: Tang Fu-Kuen/ Choreography and Performance: Yurika Yamamoto/ Sound design: Tseng Yun-Fang/ Visual and Virtual Reality Artist: Maria Judova/ 3D Avatar and Programming: Brandon Tay, Huang Wei-Hsuan and Huang Wei/ Light Design, Installation and Technical Direction: Ray Tseng/ Costume Design: Kayn Ken and Kuo Yu Ning/ Research and/ Mediaturgy: Mi You/ Research and Translation: Mitya Glavanakov/ Shamanic Heritage Consultation: Palace of Heaven, Ulan Ude, Buryatia Republic/ Project Manager: Mara Nedelcu/ Tour Manager: Tammo Walter
Blue Sky Academy is a project of Choy Ka Fai co-commissioned by the Taipei Performing Arts Center and tanzhaus nrw Düsseldorf. With Support from the NATIONAL PERFORMANCE NETWORK - STEPPING OUT 2020, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and Media within the framework of the initiative NEUSTART KULTUR. Assistance Program for Dance. The research process was supported the VERTIGO project as part of the STARTS program of the European Commission, based on technological elements from Moving Digits.