- Doors: 7:00 PM
- Price: £12/10 online, £15/12 on the door
- Entry: All Ages
- Room: Main Room
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Forge Venue presents:
The Sound of Tea II – A Performance Fusing Taiji, Tea Ceremony & Music
Wednesday 30 May @ The Forge, London
The Sound of Tea II - A Performance Fusing Taiji, Tea Ceremony & Music
In association with The Chinese Tea Company
Cheng-Ying Chuang – Chinese lutenist (liuqin & zhongruan) and countertenor
Audrey Sun – Tea Artisan
The Sound of Tea returns to The Forge to bring ancient Chinese culture into contemporary performing arts. Award-winning musician Cheng-Ying Chuang is joined by Tea Artisan, Audrey Sun for an event that explores a cultural and inspirational take on Taiji, tea and music. Traditional yet creative, we embark on a journey of the tea ceremony with traditional Chinese music and builds the contemporary dialogue with Taiji movement.
The tea ceremony is a combination of Audrey’s own creation with elements of an ancient Chinese tea ceremony from the Tang Dynasty (618-907AD). Chuang’s instrumental and vocal music will accompany the audience into the terroir (where the tea grows) and flavor of tea which you will taste during the event and provide an evocative soundscape to the ceremony and Taiji movement. All the tea used is the best premium quality loose leaf tea and is provided by The Chinese Tea Company.
Programme (categorised with names of premium Chinese teas used today):
Dragon Well with Osmanthus (top green tea with Osmanthus flower)
Traditional Chinese music recital from Jiangsu & Zhejiang Provinces where Dargon Well grows
Silver Needle White Fur (top white tea made from the first spring tea buds)
Tea ceremony theatre based on the Tea Meditation in Tang Dynasty, Buddhism scripture chanting, religious percussion and improvised Chinese lute music
Black tea with Chrysanthemum (Black tea from Hunan Province with Chrysanthemum flower)
Music from Hunan/Hubei where the Black Tea grows and and West China where it is transported in “Tea-Horse Ancient Road”
“Taiji Tea Ceremony” combines tea ceremony with taiji movement/music as a contemporary choreography theatre
View the promotional video (The Sound of Tea 2011) for tonight’s performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWXxI-g7_S0
Performance Details:
Doors open at 7pm
Performance begins at 7:30pm
Loyalty Scheme – this concert does apply to our loyalty scheme
It is NOT possible to dine during this performance
The Forge can accept only cash on the door
Please note that for Sound of Tea performances only, concession price tickets include members of the Shaolin Temple UK, Meridian Society, London Symphony Chorus and Chinese Students and Scholars Association UK as well as our normal concessions.
In Association with Shaolin Temple UK.
Sponsored by XIT Services Ltd. www.xitservices.com
Supported by Tai Chi Life School. www.taichilife.com
Hanfuk costume provided by Hanfeng In UK
Tea drink and samples provided by The Chinese Tea Company.
www.the-chinese-tea-company.com
The Forge is acting as a collection agent only for this event.
Countertenor and Chinese lutenist (liuqin & zhongruan)
Born in Taipei, Taiwanese lutenist/countertenor Cheng-Ying Chuang studied Chinese lutes since twelve and read MMus at Birmingham Conservatoire in vocal performance with Julian Pike and Christine Cairns. He won the first prizes of Taiwan Music Competition in Liuqin solo and Orchestra conducting, the Voice Competition by Taipei Philharmonic Foundation, and 2ndprize of Cecil Drew Oratorio Competition. He was awarded the Young Star 2008 in Taiwanese National Concert Hall. He performs both Chinese and Western music in Early, classical, contemporary styles and in multi-cultural/multi-artform projects in Europe and Taiwan. He has worked with organizations/artists such as Asian Music Ciucuit, Scottish Philharmonic Orchestra (liuqin concerto soloist), composer Eddie McGuire, British band “Blur” musician Damon Albarn, Chinatown Arts space, Step Out Arts, London Chamber Music Company, Silk String Quartet, Indian Classical singer Sanchita Pal, sitarist Mehboob Nadeem, Edinburgh iMAP Ensemble, London Symphony Chorus…
‘Hauntingly beautiful.’ – The Herald, Scotland.
<strong>‘With the humble depth of the East and the passion of the West’ – Neue Westfälische, Bielefeld, Germany.</strong>
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