When Chen was asked to make a new piece for The Shed, he showed Alex Poots, The Shed's artistic director, a video clip of Bruce Lee's first audition reel for Paramount Studios in 1964.
In that clip, Lee attempts to explain the basics of martial arts, a form that was largely unknown in the United States at the time. A half century later there are no fighting sequences in world cinema, superhero movies, television, and theater that are not based on traditional martial arts.
Chen has always aspired to do a musical of Bruce Lee, but finding the right cast proved to be very difficult.
As an alternative, Chen cast an ensemble of performers who not only have strong physical abilities but are willing to put in hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of training so that the integrity of martial arts is not sacrificed. He and the cast together found a way to present martial arts in a new form, blending the form with dance movements that are not traditional Chinese at all.
One of the cast, Jasmine Chiu, who is a native of Hong Kong, said exploring the discipline of martial arts was both challenging and fascinating as she picked up movements she had never thought of before.
"Martial arts is so specific because it is for combat. You have to know the way that you attack and that everything's for a purpose," said Chiu.
It was her first time to learn so much about martial arts and Chiu felt grateful that she could take the opportunity to dedicate her performance to her late grandfather Jin Yong.
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