2021 Xiexin Dance Theatre | ENTRORY

Inspiration of Science + Live Music + TOP Creative Team

ENTROPY is a brand-new work choreographed by Yin Fang and performed by Xie Xin Dance Theater. "Entropy" is a scientific concept which refers to the measure of the disorder undergone by a system. Things in our life develop in a way much identical to the principle of the increase of entropy, meaning that the original order within a system never lasts long. In order to fight against the increase of entropy, people constantly establish rules in various scenarios, so that a system can operate in relative order.


By borrowing the concept of entropy, the work regards the body of a dancer as the physical existence of a system and builds order for it, simulating the dynamic process of the decrease and increase of entropy. Through the dancer's movements, we will see the establishment and changes of order made by man in various scenes, and also take a close look at the relationship between a person’s behaviors and will in the frame of human body.


The creation of ENTROPY is a journey into the unknown. It started with a creative idea and that was all there was. There was never a clear picture of how this idea shall take form, but slowly, Yin found order in his spinning mind of disorder.


Entropy is a physical concept of thermodynamics, meaning the measure of the disorder undergone by a system. Despite its scientific features, entropy has a rich humanistic connotation because it sums up the basic laws of the development of the universe that everything spontaneously grow in disorder, and this tendency is presented by the increase of entropy. Houses that are not cleaned for a long time will become messy; buildings that are in disrepair will become increasingly dilapidated; lovers that stop caring will gradually go separate ways.

Choreographer Yin Fang told us that the whole process of choreography is a gradual progress going from disorder to order, a fight between negative entropy and increase of entropy.


The work regards the body of a dancer as the physical existence of a system and simulates the establishment and change of order made by man in various scenes. On the other hand, it is also a game between a man and his body. Is the “body” controlling the “man” or the “man” controlling the “body”? The conflict and confrontation in this process coincide with the concept of entropy.


Produced and performed by 
XIEXIN DANCE THEATER

Choreographer: YIN Fang
Artistic Director and Producer: XIE Xin
Producer: LIU He
Rehearsal Director: WU Mengke
Dancers: XIE Xin, FAN Xiaoyun, WANG Qizhi, SHU Yaohui, MA Siyuan, TU Youzhen, TANG Ying, WANG Shaoyu
Technical Director & Lighting Design: GAO Jie
Stage Art: HU Yanjun
Costume Design: CHEN Xuzhi
Composer: WANG Yubo
Operations Director: LIU Zhonglei
Commission Institution：
Shanghai International Dance Center Theater