


XIE Xin

I want to see it all over again and go through their stories. I feel healed.
What I didn’t get to see in my life are all here in this piece.


HAO Ruoqi

WANG Jiajun

It comes from the heart.
What I see in their eyes are the things I have lost.


ZHU Fengwei
TRAILER | THE VISION OF YOYO
Rated 9.1/10 on Douban, The Vision of Yoyo was exceptionally well-received when it met the audience for the first time.
XIE Xin, HAO Ruoqi, WANG Jiajun, ZHU Fengwei…even the professionals couldn’t help recommending it.
9 amateur dancers and 4 professional dancers,
8 months, 40000 miles apart.
Age, occupation, distance, pandemic…
None of these could stop them from coming together to this stage.
Where an 9-year-old girl meets a 66-year-old madam,
Where a scholar under doctoral program meets primary students,
Where amateur dancers meet professional dancers
For the last time, they peel off the masquerade of life, and embrace you with their most candid self.
Produced by SIDCT, The Vision of Yoyo is here to light up YOUR life.
*This performance contains dialogue in Chinese.

About THE VISION OF YOYO
In this work, we have seen praises, applause and tears.
After 8 months of rehearsal, the dance theater of The Vision of Yoyo finally met the audience in May 2021. Its debut won an exceptionally high rating of 9.1/10 on Douban. Here are some comments from the audience:
“I can feel the innocence and compassion of the choreographer, and it marvels me.” “I really admire every dancer on the stage.” “This was beyond my imagination.” “It couldn’t be better.” “I cried. What else can I say?” “It tore down the wall between the amateur and the professional.” “I felt deeply cured.”
They are just thirteen normal people from different walks of life, but they overwhelmed the audience with their “imperfect” dancing.

As they are about to return to their own tracks of life, they have decided to come back again for the last time. On 12-14 November 2021, they are back here again to peel off the masquerade of life and embrace you with their genuine selves.

In this work, we present the real life.
"The Vision of Yoyo" is a dance theater performed by amateur dancers who are from all walks of life. The dancers dance for nobody but themselves. They tell the most candid stories of themselves, of life, with the most sincere bodies. With lives struggling through the upheavals of 2020, The Vision of Yoyo wishes to shed some light onto the physical and mental condition of individuals in the form of Dance Theater.

In this work, we cure life with dance.

In March 2020, SIDCT launched a series of online dance courses when the theatre was closed due to the outbreak. Among all the participants, WU Yo, an 11-year-old boy from Wuhan, attracted us with his dance.
Yoyo’s love for dance and life inspired us to find more people who are as lively and enthusiastic about dance and life as him. This was how the idea of The Vision of Yoyo was conceived. Having received over 100 applications from dance lovers, we had a hard time making decisions. Eventually, a team of thirteen distinctive personalities was formed. They scrutinize the reality and concern for the present. They seek to express as they explore the interaction between body and life.
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Performers
10-year-old,
little "Michael Jackson"
WANG Qinyu
9-year-old,
little "Pina Bausch"
WANG Yuying
13-year-old hip-hop boy
seven-grade student
XU Wangrongping
18-year-old,
sophomore student
WANG Shuhuan
19-year-old,
sophomore student
WANG Jia'ni
26-year-old,
freelancer
YE Yiqing
27-year-old, Ph.D. Candidate in Neurobiology
JIANG Mengying
31-year-old,
business analysist
WU Jiajing
37-year-old, former professional dancer
WANG Sijia
38-year-old, former kindergarten teacher
DU Juan
(deceased)
38-year-old,
programmer
PAN Wenjia
(deceased)
41-year-old, professional dancer of street dance
HU Hongjun
(EVO)
66-year-old, painter
XIANG Qing
Words From Director
This project has brought us together, who would have, otherwise, never met in this life. It formed a temporary society. I stood as an outsider, listening to the life experiences I have never gone through and the cruel truths while tapping into the splendid souls of those candid minds. I immerse myself into their lives, sympathizing with their anxiety, fragility, depression, question as well as euphoria, insistence, reconciliation, appreciation…… I guess that is what life is all about.
There are times when I get tired of dancing, but when I took the project and saw them dancing, it seems that I have found faith in dancing again. I admire how they get along with dance. For most of them, dancing is not the purpose but simply a means to express the vitality and tenacity of life.
Reading them, is just like reading myself.
Director|SONG Xin Xin
About the creative team
Director: SONG Xinin
Choreographer: HU Hongjun (EVO)
Dramaturgy: LI Ran
Composer: Aming Liang
Lighting Designer: WANG Yang
Tour Lighting Designer: MIAO Chunyu
Tour Lighting Designer: LIU Lei
Video Design: QIU Yifu
Video Design: RUAN Jiawen
Video Design: LI Ziyao
Available to Purchase

Date: 19:30 Nov 12th 2021
19:30 Nov 13th 2021
14:00 Nov 14th 2021
Venue: Shanghai International Dance Center @ Experimental Theater
Director: SONG Xinxin
Produced by Shanghai International Dance Center Theater
Duration: Approximately 90 mins
Ticket price: 100/150/200/280 RMB
Hotline: 021-52990372
*This performance contains dialogue in Chinese.
How to Purchase
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YOUTH INCUBATION PLATFORM
Shanghai International Dance Center Theater Youth Incubation Platform (hereinafter referred to as "youth incubation platform") is platform for young dance artists in China who have room for growth and development to communicate and display, sponsored and established by the Shanghai International Dance Center Theater. It provides creative resources, funding, publicity and exchange and learning opportunities for outstanding young dancers, promoting development and catalyzing innovation. It provides a new window for Chinese original dance works to go out of the country and into the world.
Guided by Shanghai municipal instructions for art centers, following countermeasures are implemented by Shanghai International Dance Center Theatre to prevent COVID-19 virus:
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*This notice will be adjusted according to the city’s further guidelines based on the pandemic’s situation.
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