My identity, my homesickness and my choreographic works

What reminds you of home, childhood and maybe some of your earliest memories? In this talk and performance, choreographer Ergao (Qiwo He) takes us on a journey with him through some of his early memories, his identity struggle and homesickness, and shows us how all of them affect his dance work.

Ergao was born in Yang Jiang, a small town in Guangdong Province. Graduated from APA, Hong Kong, he is a multi-media dancer and choreographer who works across dance, film, installation and other creative media. He founded ErGao Dance Production Group (EDPG) in 2007 in Guangzhou, with a focus on dance theatre, dance film, community art, and dance education. He uses the body as a site of artistic investigation to explore Chinese social and cultural identities, sex, gender, and other social problems through interdisciplinary practices. Selected works: Disco-Teca adopts 80s disco culture to invite the audience to explore their identities that are in a constant of flux. This is a Chicken Coop investigates the interactive impacts between urban development and rural places through our shared memories with chickens and childhood.