Dance review: Tao Dance Theater performs with kinetic energy

The Chinese company performing choreographer Tao Ye's 13. PHOTO: FAN XI
14 is the weaker of the two pieces in Tao Dance Theater's performance. PHOTO: FAN XI
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Tao Dance Theater
Singtel Waterfront Theatre at Esplanade
Friday, 7.30pm

A bare stage, stark lighting and pure kinetic energy – these are the essential elements in Tao Dance Theater’s unwavering focus on the abstract and minimal. 

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