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The Shanghai International Dance Center has reopened with a new work, “The Dark,” presented by the Shanghai-based contemporary dance troupe, Slate. Established by American choreographer Anneliese Charek in 2014, Slate consists of Chinese and Shanghai-based dancers from the United States, Hungary and Brazil.
According to Charek, “The Dark” is a quest for humanity to find common ground between different cultures. Light and drumbeats fill the first of two acts to express joy in revelry, while the second act showcases human nature’s struggle, doubt and fragility through dark colors and electronic music. Swiss musician Florian Rudin, drummer and co-founder of the rock band Shanghai Qiutian, holds down the rhythm in the first act, while electronic band Frankfurt Helmet takes over in the second act.