Song of Pensive Beholding

Directed and choreographed by Lee-Chen Lin
With Legend Lin Dance Theatre
Costume design by Tim Yip

Song of Pensive Beholding is Inspired by watching the eagles at Keelung Harbor, Lee Chen Lin’s hometown, the choreographer weaves her original tribal myth with a pensive eye, reflecting on the harm done to our environment and ourselves by human avarice. This long-awaited piece completes the trilogy of Lin’s tribute to Heaven, Earth, and Man, and serves as witness to the choreographer’s originality in transforming concern for the local culture into her own distinct dance vocabulary, which once again stuns the world stage. This production was invited to Hong Kong World Culture Festival, Maison de la Culture d’Amiens, Théâtre national de Chaillot, and Maison de la Danse de Lyon in 2011.