Miroirs de Vie
Directed and choreographed by Lee-Chen Lin
With Legend Lin Dance Theatre
Costume design by Tim Yip
Miroirs de Vie was inspired by the Jiao, a Daoist open-air ceremony held during the Ghost Festival in the seventh lunar month, when the angry spirits of the un-cared-for dead are temporarily allowed to return to the world of the living. Having grown up in the harbor town of Keelung, where the Jiao has been practiced for centuries, Lin was a frequent witness to the power and beauty of this appeasement ceremony, and her Miriors de Vie is an aesthetic tribute to this local cultural tradition.
