Playdead

“CHEN Wu-Kang’s Play Dead features a diverse choreography language and a bold attempt to challenge conventional viewing habits with its stage installations, which make this performance at the National Theater unusually experimental. Although HORSE no longer sticks to an all-male dance troupe, its signature witty sense of humor stays in its dance pieces.”

                           -MO Lan-Lan, Performing Arts Review Platform

“Apparently, the choreographer composed this entire dance work from a bystander position and viewpoint. He watched his and other people’s life and death from the sidelines, just like a spectator. On such a relatively alienated giant stage, death no longer carries a dark charisma but a mere sense of loss.

Despite being a light-hearted humorous pseudo-elegy, this work reflects CHEN’s usual composure and fluency in storytelling. This time, he is telling the story that we ‘must’ and ‘should’ try hard to stay alive.”

                                                                       -JI Huei-Lin, ARTalks