• I Cried Alone in the Summer — Rourou Choreography & Dance Coaching

I Cried Alone in the Summer

Live performance. 2017

The piece confronts the objectification of female body, challenged the stereotype of beauty. The women in the dance use the sense of "game play" to create tensions with their consumers, to seduce them, to disgust them, to disappoint them. The dance reveals the vulnerability of women in the end of the dance, aim to woke up the crazy world.

Conceived and Choreographed by Rourou Ye

Performed by Alaina Wilson, Catherine Eng, Eleanor Lougee-Heimer, Kaylan Roach, Manami Takashina, Ruoshan Yin, Rourou Ye.

Music by Cosey Fanni Tutti, Meredith Monk, Lady Gaga, Benny Benassi, Bert Kaempfert.

Text and Voice over by Rourou Ye.

Costume Conceived by Rourou Ye.

Lighting Designed by Sarah Knight.

Venue: MFA Thesis Concert @ Sarah Lawrence College

Spring 2017

These women characters

The party starts

..Loneliness..

Some thoughts

THE UNTOUCHABLE BEAUTY

I finally decided to edit my thesis dance piece. It took me 4 months to start. For editing, the first step is to look at all my video materials elaboratively. My dancer Alaina has long blond hair. Her hair is gorgeous, feminine, very powerful, and attractive. There is a part, I asked her to play with her hair. She weirdly plays with her hair, eating them, tangling them, mashing them on her face. She doesn't appear any kind, instead, she starkly looks at you. When I was watch the edited video today, I find out that her beauty is undeniable, yet the beauty is untouchable. It's the untouchable beauty that makes her distant, cold, scary, full of power. And it is what I tried to express.