Chi
气
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
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
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