SARAH XIAO | CH/HK

Biography

Xiao started her dance training at the age of 6 at The Xiao Du Juan School of Arts in Hunan, China. In 2010, She moved to Hong Kong to start her contemporary dance training at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. As an artist, She is always open-minded, avant-garde, improvising and unconventional, She brings an introspective artistic eye to her audiences.  In 2014, She was on full scholarship for Biblioteca Do Corpo Dance Project in Vienna, in 2015, She was selected by Italian spellbound contemporary ballet company for the summer intensive course. Having received professional performing education at HKAPA, Sarah has been actively involved in a number of collaborations with artists, both visual and musical. The artists and groups she has corporated with include Ismael Ivo(Brazil), Sang jijia(China), Laura Aris Alvarez (Spain), Kate March( America), Sascia Pellegrini(Italy),Craig Pepples(America), Hong Kong New Music Ensemble, Hong Kong Modern Academy, Hong Kong Zheng Music Thomas Sandfield.

PERFORMANCE: LIKE PILLOW LIKE LIGHT BULB

Performed by Sarah Xiao, Sylvie Cox

Music | “Loosefoot” by Blood Wine or Honey

The piece is an explorative process of different improvisational tasks based on rhythm, objects, gestures and dialogue in relation to body movement.