Do You Speak Chinese?

Production still for "Do You Speak Chinese?" Photographer: Gregory Lorrenzutti

Do You Speak Chinese?

By Victoria Chiu

17 March 2015 – 21 March 2015 Tower Theatre

Choreographed in collaboration with Kristina Chan

Malthouse Theatre, Dance Massive,

Theatre Dance Collaboration

‘Do you speak Chinese?’ is a question many Australians are asked every day. Choreographer and dancer Victoria Chiu is a Melbourne girl. She doesn’t speak a Chinese language and the closest thing she has to a Chinese cultural ritual is the odd weekend yum cha session. This performance plays with the many ways our bodies speak for us, often before we’ve even had a chance to open our mouths.

 

"CAPTIVATING ... TAKES AUDIENCES THROUGH AN ARRAY OF EMOTION, DRAWING THEM INTO A WORLD OUTSIDE OF THEIR OWN". 

— Vue Weekly (Vancouver)

Production still for "Do You Speak Chinese?" Photographer: Gregory Lorrenzutti
Production still for "Do You Speak Chinese?" Photographer: Gregory Lorrenzutti
Production still for "Do You Speak Chinese?" Photographer: Gregory Lorrenzutti
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Production still for "Do You Speak Chinese?" Photographer: Gregory Lorrenzutti

Production still for "Do You Speak Chinese?" Photographer: Gregory Lorrenzutti

Production still for "Do You Speak Chinese?" Photographer: Gregory Lorrenzutti

Cast

Kristina Chan

Kristina Chan

Collaborator, Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Victoria Chiu

Choreographer, Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Hsin Ju Chiu

Dancer, Ballerina, Ballet Dancer, Ballroom Dancer

Creatives

Roland Cox

Assistant Director

Harriet Oxley

Harriet Oxley

Costume Designer

Adam Hardy

Realisation

Jana Perkovic

Dramaturg

Lian Low

Writer

Bosco Shaw

Bosco Shaw

Lighting Designer

Mindy Meng Wang

Composer

Benja Harney

Benja Harney

Visual Artist

Acknowledgements

Presented in association with Dance Massive.