About the choreographer

Yang Zhen is a choreographer and artisitc director of the post-90s Cenozoic era in China. He has been presenting and discussing the existence and aesthetic relationship between individuality and collectivity within different social contexts, based on the perception of social life and the different cultural scenes in different places. Graduated from the Dance College of Central University for Nationalities in 2014, Yang Zhen began to create a series of works under the banner: "Revolution Game", a Trilogy.

Yang Zhen latest production in the “Revolution Game" series is MINORITIES.

It premiered in Munich in May 2017 and was subsequently invited to the Tanz Festival in Heilbronn,the Theater in Pumpenhaus in Münster and to the Ostwest Tanz Festival in Gießen. In August, “Minorities” had its Premiere in Asia, at the Taipei Art Festival in August 2017.

 The productions of Yang Zhen: Revolution Game Trilogy

Just Go Forward (2014), In the Field of Hope (2015), Minorities (2017)

Yang Zhen is currently working on two new creations, a dance/theatre piece with 9 performers about the Pearl River Delta and the cities of Guangzhou, Macao and Hong Kong, entitled “Delta”.  This work will Premiere in Munich at the DANCE2019 Festival in May 2019.  At the same time Yang Zhen is preparing a new dance piece for 4 dancers, 2 from China (with Yang Zhen himself performing) and 2 dancers from Europe, about the difference in gender perception between the Eastern and Western world. 

About the company

Red Virgo is a dance and theatre company based in Beijing China. It was founded in 2017 by Choreographer Yang Zhen and has been active since 2014. Red Virgo’s works are always based on traditional Chinese dances from different ethnical backgrounds.

Currently touring: Just Go Forward (2014), In the Field of Hope (2015), Minorities (2017).