Sleepwalker, Daydreamer

This duet Sleepwalker, Daydreamer originates from Russian Avant Garde musician Sergey Kuryokhin’s subtle arrangement of the same melody in 3 different renditions. The layers therein seem to portray an intricate quality where one falls into the edges between dream and reality, a place where tenderness, passion, and confusion all exist. Countless moments of encounter and departure are created through the calculated usage of repetition and deconstruction. The body’s thwarted yearning could only crystalize dreams in daily gestures, and distill the passion of fantasies into the mundane. How torn! —— We are rained on under a clear sky, yell with lost voice, and sleepwalk in daytime. 

Choreographers and Performers: Yinqi Wang and Xiao Liang (Maggie)

Music: “Sleepwalker I” and “Sleepwalker II” by Sergey Kuryokhin

Photographer: Haley Lowenthal

Special thanks to Bates Dance Festival, 2024

📍 Bates Dance Festival, Lewiston, Maine (Aug 2024)

📍 Columbus Dance Theater, Columbus, Ohio (Sep 2024)

🎖️ Guangdong Modern Dance Festival, Guangzhou, China (November 2024)

🎖️ Hixon City Dance Showcase, Columbus, Ohio (November 2024)

Larry Keigwin, director of Keigwin + Company

“there are special performers who have a great sense of their bodies and the stories they tell. Wonderfully matched in quality and ability.”

lAI Hung-chung, director of Hung Dance

“two people existing in different times and spaces, yet sharing the same goal.”

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