BEAUTIFUL GHOSTS (May 2015, Hong Kong)

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Photos courtesy of Carmen So.(Hong Kong) righteyeball@gmail.com

Beautiful Ghosts

Inspired by the bleak, powerful and raw poetry of Xu Lizhi**, a young anonymous Chinese assembly line worker in an electronics super factory, who took his life in late 2014. His frustrated words off a silently potent voice to an overworked, underpaid generation of young factory workers who were sadly compelled to take their own lives.

Set before a stark and unsurmountable concrete wall, Beautiful Ghosts is a story about hope, about change and about the power of unity - using gritty athletic choreography combined with elements of contact, circus and text work.

**English translations of Xu Lizhi´s poetry were sourced from the www.libcom.org blog. Many thanks to Nao for posting the translations, highlighting Xu Lizhi´s story, which ultimately inspired this work.

Please read more of Nao´s translations on https://libcom.org/blog/xulizhi-foxconn-suicide-poetry

Premiere: May 1, 2015 in the Lyric Theatre, Hong Kong Academy of Performing Arts, Hong Kong

Concept and Direction: Rob Tannion (Organización Efímera)

Choreography: Rob Tannion in collaboration with Tania Cervantes & the performers

Set and Costume Design: Cecelia Cheung

Lighting Design: Yeung Tsz-yan

Sound Design: Veronica Kuk Hui-yin

Rehearsal Directors: Joy Cho Yi, Yan Xiaoqiang

Dancers:

Cabrera, Luis Jr

He Mengmeng

Jasper Lai Kwai-lok