two dancers bend backwards under a large swinging paper sculpture, all mid-movement, they wear white loose costumes printed with black line sketches
Faye Tan & Cecile Johnson Soliz

Infinity Duet

Production Info
10 minutes

Two people deal with weight and time in this warm, soulful duet that weaves together drawing, sculpture, dance and sound in a unique collaboration.

 

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dancer in a purple satin pyjama like costume and a white glitter swim cap jumps across a purple graphic background

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Three up and coming choreographers fill the stage with drama, dark comedy and design that shines, set to a mix of new music and classic hits.

The sculpture can't help but yield to gravity, and neither can their bodies. Two people deal with time and weight in this brief reverie.

Two people deal with weight and time in this warm, soulful duet that weaves together drawing, sculpture, dance and sound in a unique collaboration.

Choreographer Faye Tan and artist Cecile Johnson-Soliz created this work together with the dancers. Featuring music composed by Richard McReynolds, costumes printed with Cecile’s drawings and a large swinging sculpture which takes centre stage, this work sweeps you along with it.

Creative Team

Length: 10 minutes 
Dancers: 2
First performed: 30 February 2025, Dance House, Cardiff

Artist: Cecile Johnson Soliz

Composer: Richard Mcreynolds

Costume Designer: Cecile Johnson Soliz
Lighting Designer: Will Lewis
Costume Maker: Elizabeth Catherine Chiu

Dancers And Co-Coreographers: Charlotte Aspin, Alys Davies, Olivia Foskett, Sarah ‘Riz’ Golden, Jill Goh, Edward Myhill
Rehearsal Director: Victoria Roberts

With Thanks To: Luca Chiodini, Dan Clark, Elena Grace, Sam Gilovitz, Niamh Keeling, Mario Manara, Matthew William Robinson, Ds Smith, Will Barrett Soliz, Rachel Verner

Choreographer

Faye Tan

Faye tan sits outside in warm sunlight on a teal bench made of palettes, she has a green pattered blouse on and leans casually on her knee, she has short black hair

Faye is a dancer and choreographer from Singapore and is currently a full-time dancer with National Dance Company Wales. Her choreographic practice is nourished by her extensive experiences of working with contemporary dance choreographers from all over the world and her explorations of different dance styles, cultures, methods and techniques. Her works often embrace the sometimes-overwhelming complexities of human emotion, and are often odes to human experiences of the sublime.

Frequently collaborating with musicians and visual artists, she has created works for various settings and contexts with NDCWales, VERVE (UK), Frontier Danceland (Singapore), the Centre for Advanced Training (UK) and School of The Arts Singapore.

https://www.faye-tan.com/

Cecile smiles infront of her own sculpture, she has a grey bob, glasses and red lipstick with a wide smile of perfect teeth

Cecile Johnson Soliz  is a second generation American of Bolivian heritage who grew up in California, Mexico, Bolivia, Brazil, Ghana and Italy before arriving to the U.K. to study fine art at Cardiff College of Art and Goldsmiths. Following 20 years in London, the Henry Moore Fellowship in Sculpture brought her to Cardiff in 1995 where she lives and works. Cecile has exhibited across 35 years in the U.K. and abroad in both solo and group exhibitions, winning the Gold Medal in Fine Art at the National Eisteddfod, Wales in 2017. She is currently collaborating with the National Dance Company of Wales.

For full Bio and C.V. see:

cecilejohnsonsoliz.net

@cecilejohnsonsoliz

Richard leans over a laptop and dj decks, the back wall behind him lit with projections from his work

Richard McReynolds is a Northern-Irish composer, multi-media artist and creative producer based in Cardiff. He works in the intersection between media, exploring new connections between performance, sound and visuals.  His work encompasses sound works, performance-art, generative images, hyper instruments and installations.

 richardmcreynolds.com

@mcreynoldsrich

Gallery
dancer with black hair leans deeply forward, one knee bent the other straight, and arm out behind her, she wears a costume with printed sketches from artist Cecile Johnson Soliz
two dancers kneel on the floor under a swinging sculpture made of paper, its a long bar wrapped around with pale newsprint. The dancers elbows reach to the sky, back muscles flexing, costume with printed sketches from artist Cecile Johnson Soliz
two dancers wearing costume with printed sketches from artist Cecile Johnson Soliz bend forward on one knee, facing the camea, one hand on their heart, the other stretched towards the sky behind them
a dancer wears a costume with printed sketches from artist Cecile Johnson Soliz she balances on one knee and one elbow on a wooden floor, seemingly suspended in the moment