Edinburgh Fringe: Two from Taiwan, Shinehouse Theatre and Chou Kuan-Jou
The Whisper of the Waves is very, very stylish and has a lovely pace and rhythm. It comes with depth and intensity
Taiwan/臺灣
Edinburgh Fringe: Dance, acrobatics and colour in Diabolo Dance Theatre’s Light of Life
a magical hour of dance and acrobatics that oozes warmth and that will delight the whole family.
Edinburgh Fringe: Resident Island Dance Theatre in Ice Age; Indepen-dance in Entwined
For all its downbeat beginning, Ice Age definitely comes with a life affirming, positive outlook. It ends celebrating the human body and spirit
Edinburgh Fringe: Beautiful and telling, Hung Dance in See You
Fine detail is everywhere in an hour of contemporary dance at its best: beautiful, telling movement that holds you throughout.
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
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
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
A shape-shifting tale of love and desire: Fox Tales by GuoGuang Opera Company
A super production that fuses traditional Chinese opera with vivid digital multimedia design that brings the imaginary world to spectacular life
Finding oneself, finding ‘woman’: Yun Collective’s This is Not a solo dance
In her dance, Ruby Chang talks to herself, questions herself. Is there one ‘woman’ or lots of ‘women’? And, where, what, who is she?
Taiwan Season at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe: The Back of Beyond
Internal, spiritual, sensual; a beautiful and mesmeric work of light and dark, or movement and stillness