2022TCAF:Diabolo Dance Theatre VALOＩ- Amoeba

"The amoeba signifies the purest, untainted, original heart of life, through the eyes of which we see a beautiful new world of life.

In the primordial chaos of creation, Mother Earth created the amoeba out of converging lights and forces. As the new amoeba basked in the moonlight, the people celebrated its arrival. Yet not all were pleased: volcanic fires and torrential winds lunge to challenge the newcomer. Undaunted, and under the gentle guidance of Mother Earth, the amoeba faces these challenges, bearing the hopes and loves of all creation.

VALO I - Amoeba is the magnum opus of Diabolo Dance Theatre, a company renowned for its unique mastery of the diabolo, or Chinese yo-yo. Fusing traditional artistry with song, dance, drums and multimedia, Amoeba blends physical and virtual realms in a highly acrobatic performance full of imagination and surprise.
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"Diabolo Dance Theatre

Founded in 1986, Diabolo Dance Theatre has given performances in more than 30 countries, including at the Lincoln Center in New York, the 2005 Aichi World Expo in Japan, the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, the National Theater in Taipei, National Taichung Theater, and at various national theaters across Central and South America. It has made regular appearances at multiple major arts festivals in Asia, such as Tianjin's Teda Summer Arts Festival, Hong Kong's AsiaWorld-Expo, the Macau Arts Festival, and Singapore's Chingay Parade.

Centered around the art of diabolo and radiating outwards to theater space creativity, the group's performances meld music, dance, contemporary circus, multi-media art, lighting, and visual design. The group hopes to bring high quality entertainment to the performing arts and cultural industry and allow more artists to shine on the international stage. "

"Liu Le-chun

As for Liu Le-chun, diabolo was used as a medium to connect various elements of art without any limitation, boldly manifesting all kinds of surprising performance forms with creativity. Each production is a new challenge for him to open up a higher realm, and each performance always brings a new perspective to the existing foundation, which makes him feel the infinite joy of diabolo performance. With thirty years of practice, countless trials and errors have accumulated into the rich experience of Diabolo Dance Theatre.
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