The 2,400-year-old Book of Mountains and Seas forms the setting for Ars Nova Copenhagen’s spectacular embrace of Chinese creation myths.

Together, singers and puppeteers evoke a mythological world of sunbirds, demons and hairy giants. The themes of the myths are interpreted in four visual and musical tableaux.

Chinese-born American composer Huang Ruo has been called “one of the world’s leading young composers” and has previously been Composer in Residence at the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam. Basil Twist is a third-generation puppeteer, but his highly-acclaimed performances also include numerous other media, including silk fabric manipulation.