Date and Time

Oct. 28th (Sat) 8 pm

Oct. 29th (Sun) 3:30 pm

Venue

Guangming Culture & Art Centre

Samsara is a duet created and performed by Aakash Odedra with Hu Shenyuan. Samsara is inspired by the many monks believed to have attemptedthe long pilgrimage that eventually led to the classic 16th Century Chinese story Journey to The West. Drawing on contemporary dance, Chinese folkdance and the classical Indian dance form Kathak, Samsara is an expression of cultural exchange where epic, mythological storytelling merges withpersonal experience from two globally opposite perspectives. Samsara traces a path across lands and through time, and explores the idea that if welet attachments go, and allow love or light in, we may find a place of truth and peace. 

Artist Lineup

Aakash Odedra

Aakash Odedra is a dancer, choreographer and teacher. Born in Birmingham, UK and trained in the classicalIndian dance styles of Kathak and Bharatanatyam. Aakash formed Aakash Odedra Company in 2011 as a vehiclefor commissioning solos and to develop his own choreographic work, and as a soloist has performed over 300full length performances in 40 countries in the past decade. Aakash received a British Empire Medal in theQueen’s 2021 New Year’s Honours for his services to dance. 

Hu Shenyuan

Hu Shenyuan is an independent dancer and choreographer. He graduated from the Dance Academy of CentralMinZu University before working in Beijing for LDTX Dance Company from 2012 to 2014. As a dancer, he playedYu Ji in Yang Liping’s dance work Under Siegeto great public acclaim. In 2017, Hu became the first young artistsupported by Yang Liping Art Foundation, created his work Rovingand established his studio Hu-Hu Dance. Hismany awards include Best Performance Award at the 4th Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Compe-tition; the Silver Award from the 16th Italian Rome International Choreography Competition and the JuryChairman’s Award at the 15th Seoul International Dance Competition in 2018.