With her very unusual path of life, the Chinese choreograph and dancer Jing Xing uses her life as a mirror for crossing boundaries. The paradoxes, the invisible and the subliminal dominate her choreographic works. Having served as a colonel in the military, she changed sex and is now considered one of the greatest Chinese performance and media stars. "Shanghai Lounge" is a performance in a lounge setting, realised by Liquid Loft and the Jin Xing Dance Theatre. Austrian choreographer Chris Haring and Jin Xing developed a draft about transgression - transgressing social norms and gender codes - referring to design, art, fashion, and lifestyle. In her performance, dancers are presented in new contexts and constellations using the copy-paste-method. The roles, which we assume and constantly change in daily life and the constant composing of our life's design are displayed and put into question.
