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Chi

 

CONcept

Ye starts to reconnect with his original culture roots both as choreographer and composer.In Chinese, Chi 气 means air and energy, and it is essential for life and breath. In traditional martial‑arts training, our body is the container and channel to conduct the Chi through movements.

The idea of blending aspects between cultures was the main drive for his music. Alongside the pulse of traditional Chinese percussion, he layers the meditative guqin (古琴, one of the most ancient instruments from China since 1st millennium BC ), the breathy dongxiao (洞箫), and the resonant Tibetan singing bowl (西藏钵). Choral voices and orchestral colours connect the flow, creating fluid exchanges between Eastern and Western traditions.

After eight years of dancing and choreographing across Europe, Ye is turning back to his earliest discipline: the martial‑arts training he received from his father. In the 1990s Ye’s father taught Tai Chi in Japan; before retiring he served as a national wushu judge and full‑time Tai Chi instructor in China. That legacy of precision, balance, and inner focus now anchors Ye’s choreographic and musical language.

Music Demo

Chi Demo 1Ye Lun
00:00 / 01:15
Chi Demo 2Ye Lun
00:00 / 02:42

Choreography, and light design

Ye Lun 

Music Composer 

Ye Lun 

Rehearsal Director 

Blake Michael Olson

Duration

25 mins

Commission from 

Dance Arts Faculty, Rome 2025

Performance Venue 

Theatre Vascello

Dancers

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Agnese Alberghini

Alessia Giovannetti

Anna Milani

Anna Raschetti

Anthony Liguori

Aurora Pelagatti

Beatrice Lustri

Benedetta Capozzi

Celeste Michelle Vaccalluzzo

Chiara Scartoni

Costanza Palazzolo

Danila Muhametaj

Desirée Sevà

Elisa Caruso

Elisabetta Chietera

Francesca Fontana

Giuseppe Saieva

Leo Bramerini

Livia Sacripanti

Ludovica Francesca Tirico

Maria Letizia Lanera

Matilde Corrao

Matilde Sofia Fazio

Matteo Marchese

Mya Scarascia

Sofia Cartei Mattei

Valentina Migani

Viola Ferrari

Zoe La Greca

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