A solo performance that reveals the many meanings of the colour black: death, coldness and rebirth, structurally inspired by the “Twelve Stages of Life” in Chinese yin–yang philosophy, it uses the movement languages of krumping, waacking, breaking and martial arts to express, through poetic imagery, what is so often left unspoken.

Production 

It is almost three o’clock in the morning as I type these words onto my screen. Everything around me is black—even my monitor, set to night mode. But, strictly speaking, that statement is not quite true. Not everything is black; in fact, nothing is. The Wi-Fi router glows green, the power socket shines red, and yellow light spills in through the window. Even where no light falls directly, nothing is truly black. Everything is grey, like the cats roaming the streets at this hour—without exception.

Zhechang Yuan (袁喆畅) AKA Mr. Chaos