“Renaissance of Its Ashes” uses the body as a medium to initiate a cross-cultural dialogue between Eastern and Western cosmologies. Shifting between realms of faith and spirituality, the piece mirrors the choreographer’s somatic memories of Taiwanese Taoist rituals with the allegorical, religious world of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, exploring how different civilizations respond to the universal questions of existence.

Set to the third movement of Polish composer Henryk Górecki’s “Symphony of Sorrowful Songs”, the choreography resonates deeply with the music’s profound contemplation of mortality, compassion, and meaning.