PERSONALLERY 4.0
Zheng Xiaofan Dance Theatre / Shanghai University of Sport
PERSONALLERY 4.0. China's first immersive contemporary ballroom dance theatre series (multi-award-winning, featured in Dance Fashion magazine), explores Shanghai-style ballroom aesthetics through AI-enhanced stage design. It reinterprets The Peony Pavilion: The Interrupted Dream via Freudian psychoanalytic theory. Blending traditional Pingtan storytelling with pipa accompaniment and Suzhou dialect, audiences navigate conscious/preconscious/subconscious realms, confronting the id/ego/superego in a quest to unravel the mystery of Du Liniang’s death. This pioneering production merges classical Chinese narrative with psychological exploration, redefining immersive dance through multi-layered cultural symbolism. Directed by artist Zheng Xiaofan, Shanghai University of Sport.