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By Zhao Zhibo
6月5日 排练喽
Yao，Ziyan，宥臻，婷徽，品娴，嘉佳，六个女生+我：）
昨晚我有一个视觉设计的想法：使用镜面的地板，但想法只是想法~
舞者在镜面上跳舞，也被镜子吞没。身体在地面上留下虚像，那些看似真实的身体，其实都是虚妄的影子？
这让我想起《金刚经》：凡所有相，皆是虚妄！
人不是单一的存在，我们总在表演，也在伪装
在成为，也在失去, 对吗？
今天我和舞者们没有谈论任何创作的想法，也没有谈风格，我们以关键词为起点进行一些即兴游戏。Yao是伦敦团队的，但是是来自广州的中国女生，这样，舞者很开心，因为可以让我一直说中文了，不用英文了，语言沟通完全没问题！
Sacred – graceful -beautiful 对 ，我觉得是光明的，向上的，一种被凝视感。
挺有意思的，自由吧，寻找各自的身体回应。
今天是完全没有什么实质，就是各种尝试，
还尝试了戏谑的，内容，假装打架，哈哈，两人一组，挺有意思的，就是“逗你玩”的不真实。
舞者们很可爱，挺喜欢讨论的，很多意见和想法，哈哈。
5 June — Let’s get started!
Yao, Ziyan, Yu-chen, Ting-hui, Pin-hsien, Jiajia — six brilliant women + me :)
Last night, I had this sudden visual idea: what if we used a mirrored floor?
It’s just a thought — no concrete plan yet.
But imagine it: dancers moving on the mirror, but also being swallowed by it.
Their reflections stay on the ground — bodies that seem real, but are just illusions?
It reminded me of a line from the Diamond Sutra:
“All that has form is illusion.”
We are never just one thing.
We’re always performing, always doing things, always becoming… and also losing, losing parts of ourselves, Right?
Today, I didn’t talk to the dancers about any big concepts or aesthetics.
We just started with a few key words and went into improvisation games.
Theu are great!
Yao is from the London team, but she’s originally from Guangzhou, China! Aha!
which made all the dancers happy,
because it meant I could finally speak Chinese the whole time — no English needed!
Total ease in communication.
Sacred – graceful – beautiful
Yes — I feel that’s something bright, uplifting, like a sense of being looked at, being held by a gaze.
It was fun. Very free.
Everyone finding their own physical responses.
No pressure to produce anything — just trying things out.
We also played with something more playful, even a bit silly —yes, silly.
pretending to fight in pairs, like a clownish duet.
Totally, just for fun.
The dancers are lovely — very open, very up for discussion.
Lots of thoughts, ideas, and laughter.
Loving the energy so far.
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