Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan: Dust

Dust, set to Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8, is a masterpiece. The music evokes the horrors of the Dresden bombing, while the choreography transforms it into a lament for human suffering. Dancers, faces covered in dust, stagger with heavy steps, their ragged clothes echoing despair. Simple yet refined movements—trembling, dragging, falling—respond sensitively to the score. In the most haunting moments, they lie motionless, resembling a mass grave, before individuals emerge, each carrying profound sorrow. Performed with rare sincerity and passion.

Artist Credits 
Concept / Choreography, LIN Hwai-min
Music, Dmitri D. Shostakovich
Costume Design, MA Ke
Lighting Design, Lulu W.L. LEE
Projection Design, Ethan WANG
Co-Productions, National Performing Arts Center – National Theater & Concert Hall, Taipei
Movimentos Festwochen der Autostadt in Wolfsburg, Germany