桑步 (2021)
首演：空總臺灣當代文化實驗場｜臺灣聲響實驗室立體聲場, 2021.11.13
Sung Bu (2021)
Premiere: Taiwan Sound Lab Spatial Audio Field, 2021.11.13
「桑步，用來做為告別的雅緻舞步。」
臨死前的最後一步，真希望時間可以再行進得更慢一點，
讓我足以把最後的動作做完，再離開。
說到告別，我幾次來不及說再見...會不會這就是最後一次機會？
我全神貫注踩著柔軟又強韌的步伐，
望著送行的儀隊，成為生命裡的最後一場戲。
《桑步 2021》是編舞家許程崴對於生命「最後一步」的想像，他讓最後一步以儀式的姿態，莊嚴、緩慢、安靜地，甚至是以一種極端、堅忍的身體狀態，陳述死亡前的告別。將高度悲傷的情緒沈澱與轉化，賦予《桑步》強烈的儀式感，作品也以接觸即興的身體表現，與現場即興演奏合作，營造獨特的死亡儀式美學觀。
此次《桑步2021》與臺灣聲響實驗室合作，利用49.4聲道喇叭陣列系統與現場演奏家跨界合作，打造全沈浸式的聲音劇場，擴張《桑步2021》作品中欲表達對於人生中來不及說「再見」的意念，令觀者能在不同動作與聲音的層次中感同身受，獲得非同凡響的感官衝擊。
"The mulberry dance—a graceful farewell step." That final step before death—how I wish time could slow its pace just a little longer, so I might complete my last movement before departing. Speaking of farewells, I've failed to say goodbye so many times... Could this be my final chance? I tread with focused steps, soft yet resilient, gazing upon the escorting honor guard as life's final performance unfolds. "The Mulberry Step 2021" is choreographer Hsu Cheng-wei's vision of life's "final step." He transforms this last movement into a ritual—solemn, slow, quiet, even extreme and resilient—to articulate the farewell before death. By settling and transforming profound grief, Mulberry Steps gains a potent ritualistic quality. The piece also employs contact improvisation and live musical improvisation to create a unique aesthetic of death rituals. For "Mulberry Steps 2021," a collaboration with Taiwan Sound Lab utilizes a 49.4-channel speaker array system and cross-disciplinary live musicians to create a fully immersive sound theater. expanding the work's exploration of life's unspoken farewells. Audiences will resonate across layers of movement and sound, experiencing an extraordinary sensory impact.