SOMEWHERE
A YYDC production
Runtime: 75 min without intermission
NEW YORK LIVE ARTS
June 20-22, 2024

SOMEWHERE is the second full length dance production within a trilogy of work conceived and choreographed by YYDC creative director Yue Yin. The work showcases Yue’s original and dynamic FOCO Technique, an admixture of traditional Chinese folk, ballet and western dance movement. SOMEWHERE explores the mystery of our bounded existence within a limitless universe. The work features immersive scenic design by Striped Canary and original musical score by Michel Banabila.

Choreographer | Yue Yin
Rehearsal director | Grace Whitworth
Original Score | Michel Banabila
Lighting design | Solomon Weisbard
Set design | Striped Canary
Costume | Yue Yin and Mike Esperanza
Production manager | Tricia Toliver
Public relations | Michelle Tabnick
Producers | Yue Yin and Joseph Tedeschi
Number of dancers | 8

SOMEWHERE is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. Additional support is provided by the Danse Mirage Foundation, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, and individual donors. The Company spent three weeks in residency at Chautauqua Institution to create this performance. Support for scenic design has been provided by The Ellis Beauregard Foundation of Rockland, ME and by Mary McFadden and Larry Stifler.

Through The Fracture of Light

Choreography: Yue Yin
Original Score: Juliane Jones and Doug Beiden
Original Lighting: Matt Miller
Number of Performers: 7
Running Time: 35 min
Premiere: March 3rd, 2016 Schrittmacher Festival, Aachen, Germany
Touring: Verona, Modena, Belgrade

​Showcasing the company’s original movement technique, FoCo Technique, as well as its signature sleek physicality, Through The Fracture of Lightdemonstrates the versatility and range of its dancers as well as Yin Yue’s ability to weave strong rhythmic movement with quiet grace and agility. Fierce group sections seamlessly transition into duets and then back again, culminating with a group composition that builds and grows and amplifies in intensity. The audience is brought to their emotional edge as dancers push on tirelessly toward this final energetic apex. The original score of lingering stringed sounds, Tibetan throat singing and Mongolian melodies enhances the experience of the piece’s elegantly designed choreography and precise, dynamic execution.

Ripple
Premiered in 2021 at Harkness MainStage Series
Toured to Verona, Modena and Belgrade Dance Festival in 2023

Choreographer: Yue Yin
Costume Designer: Christine Darch
Lighting Designer: Haley Burdette
Musicians: Echo Collective, Mr. Mitch & Social State, CoH, A Winged Victory for the Sullen, Luca Yupanqui
Performers: Sarah Allen, D’Angelo Castro, Kristalyn Gill, Jordan Lang, Grace Whitworth, Nat Wilson

Created during the pandemic, Ripple is an intimate and intricate group work consisting of several duets, the movement represents the spectrum between order and chaos. While our lives may seem caught up in the conflict between calmness and turbulence, there are moments of harmony when the balance is found

Commissioned and premiere in June 2022 at New York Live Arts by Gibney Company

Choreographer | Yue Yin
Music | Rutger Zuydervelt
Original Lighting Designer | Asami Morita
Lighting Adaptation | Solomon Weisbard
Costume | Christine Darch
Length | 16min
Number of dancers | 2

Our existence is often measured, remembered, shared and felt by our interactions with space, time and each other. In A Measurable Existence, Yue Yin delves into how we discover aspects of ourselves by discovering others. The moment we realize our journeys parallel, intersect, repel or collide with others’ experiences, we begin a new understanding of our own existence that may frighten, challenge and, at the same time, sustain us.

A Measurable Existence was commissioned by Gibney Company with generous support from Andrew A. Davis, a trustee of the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund.

Performance video is available upon request.

North American premiere at BAM Fisher May 30 – June 1, 2019
The work is set to “in the round” configuration

Choreographer: Yue Yin
Original Music| Juliane Jones and Doug Beiden
Length | 30 mins
Costume | Barbara Erin Delo
Original lighting | Christopher Chambers
Number of dancers | 8

Citizen is a physically demanding ensemble piece performed by the full company of YYDC dancers. It’s dynamic and expressive movement, together with dramatic original musical scoring, explores the intensity of the times we are living now, the challenges we face together and the political environment that surrounds and influences us The dancers and their movements celebrate our common sense of hope and determination.

Video by: Dancing Camera