Kataklo Athletic Dance Theatre China Tour

Time: 2008/7/11-2008/7/12
Venue: PKU Centennial Memorial Hall
Price: 20/30/50/80/180/280
Tel: 86-10-64177845
Web: www.piao.com.cn

KatakloAthletic Dance Theatre is a unique dance group in the world. Most ofartists come from national gymnastics team, and they will presentcharacteristic sport spirits on the stage—convergence of dance andgymnastic performance, pursuing of strength, sports and passion. TheirDance performance is full of strength and poetry, which has taken theworld by storm since 1998 FIFA World Cup in France, the 2000 SydneyOlympics, the 2004 Athens Olympic Games and the 2006 Winter Olympics inTurin.A race transformed into pure rhythm, a foil poised to strike, a bicyclewhich evokes the past, legs which sing in perfect synchrony. Sportspicture cards from far away times and places.

Createdin ’96 with the title Indiscipline, the show has undergone profoundchange over time with regards to the choreography, music and lighting.For the Beijing 2008 Olympic Cultural Festival it will be presented ina totally and radically renewed version which had its debut in Lisbon on May 20th 2008 at the prestigious Auditorium dos Oceanos.