The tiger dance and the battle scene from the world premiere of Hanneke van Proosdij's composition "Wu Song and the Tiger." Live, 8K video March, 2023.
BALAM Dance Theatre:
Guest artist: Kaili Chen as Wu Song, dance and choreography
Carlos Fittante, director & choreography, as the tiger
Voices of Music:
Hanneke van Proosdij & David Tayler, directors
Hanneke van Proosdij, composer & conductor
Guest artist: Yihan Chen, pipa
Isabelle Seula Lee, baroque violin & concertmaster
Aniela Eddy, Linda Quan & Shelby Yamin, baroque violin
Mitso Floor and Gail Hernandez, baroque viola
Eva Lymenstull, baroque cello
Farley Pearce, violone
Peter Maund, percussion
David Tayler, archlute

March 31–April 2, 2023
The Water Margin (水滸後傳) is one of the earliest Chinese works written in Mandarin, and is attributed to Shi Nai’an. Wu Song is the legendary hero, and one of the characters in the Water Margin. During his travels, Wu Song passes by a tavern in Yanggu County with a banner that reads “After Three Bowls, Do Not Climb the Mountain”. The bartender explains that the wine is so strong that customers would get drunk after having three bowls and could not cross the mountain ahead. Wu Song argues with the bartender and drinks eighteen bowls of wine. Wu Song climbs the ridge, falls asleep and then battles the tiger.
Audio engineer and ambisonics: Boby Borisov
8K Video: Lloyd Hryciw, Rob Clevenger, Mitso Floor, Didier LeGall
Post production: Hanneke van Proosdij & David Tayler
Historical research and tavern poster design: Eiko Jin
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