Another dimension to see Body and the World
FILM
Another dimension to see Body and the World
FILM
Another dimension to see Body and the World
FILM
Another dimension to see Body and the World
FILM
CHOREOGRAPHY
Respond through Body, Space and Time
REfract, various, 2023-2026
Director & Choreographer & Dancer
A hybrid performance with a solo dancer interacting with motion capture system, avatars and VR technology. Commissioned by Goethe Institut’s International Coproduction Fund and West Kowloon Cultural District. A creative project by ZZZT in collaboration with TechDanceLab
Prepositions, 20 mins, 2025
Movement director
Prepositions is a poetic performance by Sophia Le Fraga and Michele Lorusso that explores language through gesture, weight, and rhythm. Two large, metallic typewriter spheres—engraved with “I wanted to write a poem” and “Quería escribir un poema”—are moved across a long scroll of paper by the performers, imprinting fragmented phrases that form asemic poetry. These non-linear texts, devoid of fixed meaning, emerge through labor, movement, and repetition. The piece culminates in a raw, a cappella reading of the resulting poem, transforming mechanical action into human expression. Prepositions premiered at Salón ACME, with documentation by photographer Alum Galvez.
Mother Courage and Her Children, 3 hours, 2024
Choreographer
Mother Courage and Her Children reminded me why movement matters. In supporting friends through uncertain times, dance became a form of survival—grounding us, guiding us, revealing what’s real and what’s possible. From hallway practices to the premiere, I’ve witnessed ideas take shape through shared breath and quiet gestures. Collaboration brought clarity, care, and deep connection. Grateful to walk this journey together, finding rest and resonance along the way. Written by Bertolt Brecht, directed by Ilse Castro Corona. Presented by CalArts Theatre.
Anima, 12 mins, 2024
Director & Choreographer
In collaboration with dancers: Daelyn Phelan, Riley Conroy, Violet Lopiccola and Yurui Li
Anime is a movement research project and performance that reflects on themes of growth, solitude, and transformation. It explores how individuals can maintain personal exploration while becoming part of a collective. The work extends from Zelia's solo research, REfract, which delves into the extension and loss of the bodies in digital desert. In Anime, movement research focuses on the basics of repetitive prompts and the interaction between physical and imaginative realms. The vision of Anime is to discover how we can embody these moments of connection and solitude simultaneously, to create action poems. In collaboration with the team, we invite the audience into a world where bodies and the digital self come together with care.
Labyrinth II, 15-25 mins, 2024
Director & Choreographer & Dancer
This immersive experience was showcased at Paladar Studio and two exhibitions in Los Angeles. The compact team and extensive experience make it ready for touring.
Labyrinth II is an iteration of performances that collectively experiment with interaction and presence. The narrative, manifested with bodies and sonic experiences, delves into Sarah’s dialogue with intelligent systems, crafting diverse identities and navigating choices beyond machine assimilation or singular species adherence. Iterations of herself emerge, each evolving independently, engaging in interactive learning experiences and exploring the significance of life across multiple realities.
Ephemeral Privacy: Dancing Amidst Data Breaches, 15mins, 2024
Choreographer & Creative initiator & Director
This dance performance explores privacy, the impact of surveillance and data breaches on post-human daily life. The narrative emphasizes the openness for intersubjectivity and resilience. Witness Euseon's transformation into shadow and Sundari's journey from unaware to self-discovery. As the monitored content unravels and electronic voices mock, the dancers’ data are being used in disturbed ways.
His Temple, 70mins, 2023
Choreographer & Dancer
In collaboration with director & musician Olivier Cong, dance artist Ong Yong Lock, and Karena Lam, to create a dialogue in contemporary dance and music theatre in the French May Arts Festival. This piece attempts to understand beauty through devotion and obsession and continues the quest for the relationship between pure love and craft.
Zelia delved into the synergy of contemporary dance, blending improvisation and music on stage to unveil aesthetic essence. Her expertise in Ballroom dance demanded partnering skills and tapped into vibrant cultures, fostering a belief in the power of flow. In His temple's creations, she sought a distinct performance amid pain, embracing the moonlit spotlight fearlessly. Amid structural improvisation, it wasn't the fantasy of moonlight but the gradual unraveling of the performative process—a steadfast commitment to authenticity.
Accelerating Dimension 加速次元, 40mins, 2022
Director & Choreographer
Pionier players invite the audience to become co-creators in a multisensory, interactive dance adventure. Blending live performance, improvisation, motion-capture, projections and AR, the experience explores motion through a variety of physical and virtual dimensions.
Sensing Adjacency 傳感鄰接, 10mins, 2022
Choreographer & performer & researcher
Zelia’s experimental creation aimed to explore the relationships between dancer and their avatar. She researched motion capture (mocap) dance as the form of performance. The work shared the process where one senses the loss of information. The dancer faced a distrust of data, but s/he/it discovers new connections from multiple sensors.
audītŭs 約人在聽, 50mins, 2021
Choreographer & performer & film director
Two performers discuss the relationship between "language and behavior" with their bodies remotely, helping each other to see and hear part of the world and realize the value of art. Real-time rehearsal uses tools such as yarn, bone earphones, and improved virtual reality headsets to connect another Being and create "somatic" energy to change the relationship between the little self and the environment.
Co-create with Ku Manlan, a full-length theater work was commissioned by Max Dance Hall, performed in Old Court in Macau
inCOMiNG 域匯, 11mins, 2021
Choreographer & performer.
The work exploring the vulnerability of human beings, the dancer consciously responds to the tensions between virtual body and real world.
Flaneur, various lengths, 2015-continue
Researcher & choreographer & performer.
A long-term experimental dance project. Happened in non-theatre public spaces in Paris, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Hong Kong etc.
For the body to improvise in the streets of strange cities, risky spaces with strangers passing by and unforeseeable situations. It is a search for freedom of a fragile body with its complex identity, in a hardcore real world.
Another Day on the Moon 月之背面二三事, 14 mins, 2019
Choreographer.
The work focuses on how dissonance exists between the body and object.
People participate in a dance of chaotic space, with elastic material forming unattached rhythm and unison, allowing the components to separate and assemble.
disCOVER, 6 mins, 2018
Choreographer & music designer.
The work reflected ZZ's understanding of performativity, associated with her views on body language and identity.
A dancer in skin-colored jumpsuit, and a large sheet of silver paper which emphasized or hid the gender characteristics of body parts, and individual identity was constantly redefined through verbal behavior and symbolic communication.
Signal, 15 mins, 2015
Choreographer & dancer.
Performed 10 times. Invited by the Helsinki Festival, Finland.
ZZ focused on how to use the change of different vocabularies to communicate with the audience in an impromptu manner.
During the 25-hour marathonic performance, the improvisation part of the creation was linked to the venue space, and the audience's reactions shaped each performance differently.
Addiction 癮, 10 mins, 2012
Choreographer & dancer.
First choreographed work, at the age of 15. Finalist in the Korea International Dance Festival.
It’s about her personal experience. She felt fearful to take off the high heels. Learning contemporary dance need bare feet.
The stage gave her vanity, a beautiful trap seducing her, but she yearned for freedom.
OTHER WORK
Sino-dutch international dance festival
Guang Dong Drama and Dance School
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