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Dreams in the Iron House

Duke Dance Program: November Dances 2025 Reynolds Industries Theatre, Bryan Center, Duke University November 21-22, 2025 Choreographed by Jingqiu Guan Music: Original composition by Karam Salem; "Valtari" by Sigur Rós Video: Jingqiu Guan Costumes: Jingqiu Guan Dancers: Arely Sun and Xinyi Zhang In 1922, Chinese revolutionary writer Lu Xun imagined an indestructible iron house without windows, where people slept soundly, unaware of their impending destruction. He asked, “If you cry aloud to wake a few of the lighter sleepers, making those unfortunate few suffer the agony of irrevocable death, do you think you are doing them a good turn?” His friend replied, “But if a few awake, you can’t say there is no hope of destroying the iron house.” Inspired by Lu Xun’s writing, this dance confronts the same social and moral dilemma in our contemporary moment. It asks: How do we discern between the fantastical dreams that lull us into complacency and the conscious dreaming that moves us toward liberation? How might our collective dreaming become a form of resistance?