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Fri 26 Sept
|London
Vulture / Eve (Dance)
A double-bill from internationally acclaimed Taiwanese choreographer, movement director and dance artist, Ching-Ying Chien, combining her first solo show Vulture (2018) with a new piece, Eve.
Time & Location
26 Sept 2025, 19:30 – 21:00
London, 17 Duke's Rd, London WC1H 9PY, UK
About the event
A double-bill from internationally acclaimed Taiwanese choreographer, movement director and dance artist, Ching-Ying Chien, combining her first solo show Vulture (2018) with a new piece, Eve.
Drawing inspiration from a Tibetan myth: a vulture, sensing its end, flies into the sun to melt away. Echoing the Greek myth of Icarus, Vulture explores Ching-Ying Chien’s own experiences with loss, underscoring life’s uncontrollable nature and our human limitations. As a dancer, she finds freedom within the human frame, transitioning between animal and human states as she delves into life’s inherent limitations and profound freedoms.
Eve reimagines the creation myth, imagining Adam and Eve reborn after civilisation has collapsed, undone by technology. The piece explores humanity’s journey from primordial unity to individual emergence, moving from innocence to a pivotal awakening where past knowledge and desires unfold. Does humanity, stripped of technology, return to a simpler state? Eve is an invitation to contemplate our origins and enduring essence.
This performance will be followed by a post-show talk hosted by Christina Elliot, Head of Programming & Producing at The Place.
Ching-Ying Chien’s physical ability is astonishing. Her tiny body possesses an explosive energy and a prodigious presence... the physical training and exploration of animal primitiveness have indeed made a deep mark on her work, enabling her to represent the haughtiness and insolence of the vulture, as well as its determination when facing death.
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