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De Stijl

In the 1920s, Mondrian initiated Neoplasticism, which takes its name from the word "plastique," meaning "free dance" or "pure movement in space".

  • Liu Yang
    Director
  • Liu Yang
    Key Cast
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    dance
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes 46 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    May 3, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 CNY
  • Country of Origin:
    China
  • Country of Filming:
    China
  • Language:
    Chinese, English
  • Shooting Format:
    digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - Liu Yang

Yang Liu, a young dance artist and interdisciplinary artist, graduated from The Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy. She further studied at Beijing Dance Academy and was awarded the ballet performing talent training by China National Arts Fund, and she traveled to France, UK, Netherlands, and Austria to study contemporary dance.Her works have been exhibited and performed in China Contemporary Dance Biennial, Wuzhen Theatre Festival, Guangdong Dance Festival, Beijing Dance Festival, Nanluoguxiang Theatre Festival, and A4 Art Museum, etc. She has performed in the Centre Pompidou of West Bund Museum and Power Station of Art. She focuses on the connection and interaction between body and visual, new media, and technology, not limited to Theatre Arts, Image Art, Digital Media Art,and Installation Art, and presents an gesamtkunstwerk form.

Her choreography Two Fish was selected for the 7th Nanluoguxiang Theatre Festival, toured to the 14th Guangdong Dance Festival, was selected for the 1st China Contemporary Dance Biennial, and was awarded the star recommended play in the Ancient Town Carnival of 3rd Wuzhen Theatre Festival. "Floating Blood" and "Kiss the Memory" were presented at Beijing Dance Festival.

Her dance video works include "Why You Are Here" (National Young Dancers Development Plan of China Dancers Association), "Grill the Cyborg" (A4 Art Museum), and "De Stijl ", etc.

She starred in the physical theater "Drift Home" (Baidu & Meng Jinghui "48 Hours of Micro Theatre"/Shenzhen Contemporary Theatre Biennale/invited play of Wuzhen Theatre Festival/best production award of Tianjin People's Art Theatre & Tianjin North Youth Performing Arts)

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Director Statement

In the 1920s, Mondrian initiated Neoplasticism, which takes its name from the word "plastique," meaning "free dance" or "pure movement in space".
The dancer Yang Liu dances in the neoplasticism space built in the Song Art Museum, internalizing the lines of the space into the inner feeling of the body, and extending the lines through the body in the space.