Like the Wind weaving between concrete walls and faded windows, a weary but eager heart searches for a small opening...a glimmer of light. “What the Wind Taught Me” is a solo movement piece about navigating the turbulence of unexpressed emotions and finding sanctuary within oneself.

Nature has always played a large role in Aiyu Collective’s artistic process. When generating new choreography, we often immerse ourselves among the trees, near bodies of water, and in the mountains. As a company, we believe in movement that is imperfect, honest, and challenges the notions of what a dancing body should look like. Our work centers around intuition and curiosity, which nature grants in endless abundance.

ChiWen developed this project during playful afternoons in grassy parks and under breezy skies. Movement meditations and lost memories began morphing into physical questions of a spiritual body attempting to hold—all at once—the disparate feelings of stagnant liminality and grounding clarity. Soon, the Wind emerged as a tender voice for ChiWen’s own restlessness, and the heart of the piece became clear: how can we nurture resilient hope when everything feels like it’s falling out of place?

Drawing inspiration from wushu and rituals in nature, “What the Wind Taught Me” encourages the audience to contemplate the ways we listen to the world versus the ways we listen to ourselves.