One of the artists working with Tan in this production is composer Qu Dawei, who wrote music pieces featuring a variety of musical instruments, such as piano, violin, classical guitar, pipa (a four-stringed Chinese lute), and bayan (a type of accordion).

The composer was impressed by Tan's solid techniques which seems to reach for the ideal. He was also intrigued by the idea that "the paintings are no longer hanging on the wall in museums but they are all alive," says the composer. "With dance, music and paintings coming together, they are no longer independent but expressive as something new"

"I chose pipa as the only Chinese musical instrument in this production because it has a unique sound of China and works well with other Western musical instruments," adds Qu.