A spectrum of urban flair: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan’s Send in a Cloud
An explosion of strong and lively colours; a visually stunning production that leaves a lasting impression for audiences to take home and savour
Asia Pages/亞洲頁
Revealing personal, hidden trauma: Frontier Danceland’s Stage On-Screen
Unlock draws you almost immediately, the mood set inside seconds. Dancers dressed in simple, plain gowns pad slowly through the space
Stre@m, a new video-on-demand platform for Asian dance
This year, Stre@m will focus on work from Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea, but he hopes more Asian countries will join next year.
Memories, energy, feelings. Shanghai-based Xie Xin on choreography, Ripple and the BalletBoyz
“I want the audience to see themselves. Sometimes memories hit us…creating ripples.” It’s the heart that makes a piece come alive, she adds.
Determinedly different: T.H.E Dance Company in PheNoumenon
The intimacy of the eccentric Coronet Theatre suited this company of six dancers from Singapore and its programme well
Béjart’s spellbinding Les Chaises headlines Programme B of the 16th World Ballet Festival on demand
The most interesting work without doubt is Béjart’s Les Chaises. Gil Roman is a fine actor while Alessandra Ferri is the powerful presence you would expect
The 16th World Ballet Festival on demand
Everything is straight out of the top drawer in the first of two programmes from the festival held in Tokyo in August 2021
Reflections on life: In Time You Will by Sun-Shier Dance Theatre
The older performers steal the show. It could easily have become over-sentimental, yet it’s all done with a beautiful light touch delicacy
A double-bill for our times: T.H.E. Dance Company’s Seeing ___ Through The Eyes Of Impermanence
A deeply thoughtful double bill from Singapore of hidden stories, unusual perspectives and struggles with life.
New works curated by Sun Shier Dance Theatre
New work from emerging Taipei artists. Six short films, none longer than 15 minutes, and a mixed bunch in pretty much every sense of the term
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s 13 Tongues, open-air amid the rice fields of Chihshang
With its fields of rice, sky in multiple shades of grey, and clouds slowly drifting across the mountains, the landscape provides a magnificent backdrop