Create Your First Project
Start adding your projects to your portfolio. Click on "Manage Projects" to get started
Exit I
Abstract
A site-specific dance theater work inspired by the scientific phenomenon of the “Ant Mill,” in which army ants, having lost their pheromone trail, follow one another in a fatal circle until exhaustion. This image becomes a metaphor for collective blindness, for obsession, conformity, and the quiet violence of ignoring injustice. Set within a cold dystopian landscape, the work examines what happens when individuals silence their hearts to follow the majority.
Link
“Exit” is a site-specific dance theater work inspired by the scientific phenomenon “Ant Mill”: army ants are blind and reliant on pheromone trails for navigation, when a group loses the pheromone trails, begins following each other in a continuous circle, the“death spiral”, until each dies from exhaustion.
This haunting cycle uneases me every time I observe. It strikes me deeply on personal and societal levels. What happens when a group becomes obsessed with the wrong ideas? When we turn a blind eye to injustice, simply following because we don’t know what else to do? On a personal level, have we ever shut off our hearts to follow the majority blindly?
This piece creates a cold dystopian world where obsession leads people to suffer silently, choosing to ignore others’ pain and their own. Since December 2023, I’ve been experimenting with this work. The video sample comes from a recent work in progress sharing.
May 2025, All Over WestFest, NYC
Choreography: Yang Sun
Dancer: Natalia Fernandez, Alexis Vinzons, Yang Sun
Music: Toni Mora
