It has been seven years since Taiwan’s legendary Cloud Gate Dance Theatre performed in Hong Kong, and in his first interview in the city since taking charge, artistic director Cheng Tsung-lung says the return allows Hongkongers to see the shift in energy since the departure of his predecessor Lin Hwai-min.
“I am from a different era from him, and we live in a different era now, so I hope the Hong Kong audience will appreciate how Cloud Gate has changed – we have become more manic!” Cheng tells the South China Morning Post ahead of Cloud Gate’s performances of Lunar Halo – a production choreographed by Cheng that premiered in Taiwan in 2019 – at the Xiqu Centre in West Kowloon from July 10 to 12.
Lin, who founded Cloud Gate in 1973, stepped down at the end of 2019. He was known for pioneering a blend of Asian and Western cultural traditions and imbuing the company with its hallmark hypnotic beauty – epitomised in works such as Moon Water (1998) and the Cursive trilogy (2001-2005).
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