Dance review: 13 Tongues a mesmeric hour of chaos and transformation

13 Tongues is the first work Cheng Tsung-lung is presenting in Singapore as the artistic director of Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. PHOTO: BERNIE NG
13 Tongues is the first work Cheng Tsung-lung is presenting in Singapore as the artistic director of Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. PHOTO: BERNIE NG
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13 Tongues
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre
Esplanade Theatre
Last Friday, 8pm

The work 13 Tongues, created in 2016 by choreographer Cheng Tsung-lung, is inspired by the eponymous legend who would shape-shift to play each of the characters in the tales he told.

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