University of Taipei dance students in a varied programme
Eddies of the Body (身‧流漫), a five-work evening, including the super Plural Bodies (複數的身體) by Tung I-fen
David Mead
Taichung university graduating dance students shine
National Taiwan University of Sport at the Metropolitan Hall, TaipeiMarch 4, 2025 March to early-April is the season for the annual performances by the graduating students at Taiwan’s major university dance departments. Given the range of styles they have to master, it is always amazing just how good the standard of performance is. This year … Read more
New works and popular revivals: The Royal Ballet 2025-26
World premieres by Wayne McGregor, Cathy Marston, Akram Khan, León-Lightfoot, and a first Royal Ballet presentation by NYCB’s Justin Peck
High altitude: Compagnie de Chaillot in Rachid Ouramdane’s Corps extrêmes
Something special and quite unique. It’s not so much what the performers do, as remarkable as that is, but how they do it; the ease, grace…
Focus Dance Company: Tempestuous
A rich and diverse programme of one masterwork, one popular revival and eight new student works… All were superbly danced.
English National Ballet 2025-26 Season
The company are set to perform works by Martha Graham and Crystal Pite, a new ballet by Kameron N. Saunders, and some old favourites
Modernity, tradition, identity, society in a Taipei triple-bill
Nameless Practice by Chien Lin-yi (簡麟懿): “Brim-full of ideas and fabulous images… a really terrific piece that holds the attention from start to finish”
BalletX at Ballet Nights
Co-founder and artistic and executive director Christine Cox talks about the company and its work, and Trey McIntyre’s ‘Big Ones,’ which they wil dance
Dance, installation, music, protest, affirmation: Bintou Dembélé’s G.R.O.O.V.E.
An evening of visual and emotional power, and of fireworks, that I have not seen the like of previously at the National Theater
Humanhood: Infinite
A work that draws you in; a work where you can just sit and admire its power and beauty, or let you mind wander into thoughts about the cosmos
Motionhouse: Hidden
Artistic director Kevin Finnan’s works are always deeply thought, but I’m not sure any has reached out and touched as Hidden.