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A terrible fire destroyed the company´s ballet centre in Tapei, all of the costumes, studios and archives are gone.Lin Hwai-min, the company´s artistic director and choreographer, worldwide acclamed, regards this terrible drama not as a nemesis but as himself and his very young, 35 year old company being tested by Buddha and thus a challenge to fight and start anew. According to the legend, Cloud Gate is in China the reference name for the oldest ritual dance with about 5000 years old. In 1973 Lin Hwai-min chose this name for the first contemporary dance company in Taiwan and in the whole of Asia, whichis now classified as one of the most important dance company worldwide.The film shows the Company in Wuppertal during the preparations of \"Wind Shadow\" at the Pina Pausch´s International Dance Festival. We visit Taipei, Taiwan during the company´s 35th anniversary, where we plunge into a world that is strange and mysterious to West Europeans. In an interview with Lin Hwai-min, we learn more about his work and experience, outstanding pieces like "Wind Shadow", "Moon Water", "Cursive Trilogy" and "Whisper of Flower\" will serve as excerpts to show the artistic development of the company within the last ten years.
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LIN HWAI-MIN & CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATER
"Wanderer zwischen den Welten"

Das Cloud Gate Dance Theatre aus Taiwan gehört zu den in intl. erfolgreichsten Tanzcompanien. Vor 35 Jahren wurde die Kompanie von dem Choreografen Lin Hwai.min gegründet. Der Film porträtiert die Kompanie, die Geschichte ihrer Entstehung und ihres Erfolges. Der Film geht der Frage nach: wie schafft es eine asiat. Kompanie, die westl. Welt so zu begeistern? Im Zentrum steht Lin Hwai-min, der mittlerweile 61-jährige künstlerische Leiter, der mit Optimismus und ungebrochener Energie nach einem schrecklichen Brand deren Tanzstudios einen Neuanfang startet.