"11" is Tao Ye's 11th digital dance work and also the longest one in duration. The creative concept of this piece, just like the symmetry of its title, represents two independent '1's that correspond to each other, generating and reflecting upon one another.

In this work, dancers are given a rule that combines restriction and openness: their lower bodies are constrained while their upper bodies are improvised. Each dancer moves back and forth along their independent path, with predetermined hip rotation space, knee orientation, and every step they take, while their shoulders, elbows, wrists, torso spine, and head are free to extend and move randomly. The 11 dancers dialogue between rationality and sensibility, presenting 11 dance segments and 11 different dimensions, interweaving solo, duet, trio, and various group dances.How can the duality of the body - the individual nature and the group order - find balance? The work "11" attempts to understand freedom through new limitations.

How to create a work through improvisation is not only a global challenge but also a challenge Tao Ye has always wanted to attempt. In this piece, there might be an opportunity for closely choreographed classics and experimental uncertainties to run parallel. Tao Ye believes that "improvisation is not casualness." He wants bodies that generate dialogue through opposing numbers.

As Tao Ye's decade-long partner, Xiao He once again composed the music for this new work. He created 11 electronic music tracks in different styles for the 11 dance segments, similar to producing a music album with diverse styles, releasing more diverse imaginative space for the work.

The costume design for "11" is tailored to each dancer. The loose and relaxed design allows the 11 dancers to move as freely as wind, releasing greater freedom for physical movement. Duan Ni also incorporated the trajectories of body movement into the black-and-white costumes through video projection, adding instant fluidity and complex visual dynamics to the stage.