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Pigs in Heaven

Created in 2025
Duration | 16 min
Premiere | 7th Nov 2025, ONE Art Centre,
Shanghai, China

by YAK Dance

 Credits

We follow Y and K through their daily lives and witness their struggles and desires to escape from modern life. The story takes a strange and dramatic turn as they begin to face their realities… has it always been like this?

Set in an Orwellian inspired universe the film is explored through movement, imagery and sound, there are no words.

The shadow of K's head and hair in the glow of the mornig sun in the film Pigs in Heaven
Dark image of multiple people moving in the film Pigs in Heaven, illuminated by a single overhead light, with shadows obscuring their features.
A group of six diverse people standing inside an elevator with metallic walls, looking downward or away, with serious or contemplative expressions.
Y a woman from the film Pigs in Heaven standing under a tree on a grassy hilltop against a blue sky with clouds.
Y leaving her gated door in the film Pigs in Heaven. A black and white photo.
K leaning against a shelf in a warehouse, surrounded by bags of goods, in black and white. From the film Pigs in Heaven

Credits

Direction & Choreography:
Composer:
Director of Photography:
Editor:
Costume Design:
Literary Advisor:

Y:
K:
Dancers:
Costume Maker

Project Producer:
Project Assistants:
Producer:

Co-produced and Sponsored by:

Supported by:


Special thanks to:

Yeji Kim & Kenny Wing Tao Ho
Alex Paton
Xie Yu
Xie Yu & Kenny Wing Tao Ho
Yoki
Amy Ng

Yeji Kim
Kenny Wing Tao Ho
Yalin, Hai Qing, Yuki, Ma Siyuan, Lee, Jojo, Zhang Yan
Liu Xiaorong

Daisy (XDT)
NextOwl, Marcella
Siyuan Gong (UK)

ONE ArtCentre | Xiexin Dance Theatre, XDT International Choreographic Residency Program

Battersea Arts Centre, Centre 151, The Dancers’ Development Fund, Studio Wayne McGregor through the FreeSpace programme

Xie Xin, Liu He, Annie Song