Taiwan/臺灣
A journey into the mysterious world of dreams: Cloud Gate 2 in Dream Catcher
Cloud Gate Theater, Tamsui, Taiwan October 22, 2017 David Mead It is certainly different. Very different. Dream Catcher (捕夢), Cheng Tsung-lung’s (鄭宗龍) latest work for Cloud Gate 2 (雲門2), explores the often strange, difficult to explain world of dreams. It’s fragmentary nature reflects perfectly the other world we visit in sleep; each scene often not … Read more
Shadows and memories in Reflection of Mind by Water Reflection Dance Ensemble
Shadows and lingering memories
Live action, multimedia and unusual perspectives combine in the enigmatic ST/LL by Shiro Takatani
A meditation on time and space
Hsu Chen-wei Dance Company: Purgatory
Song Yan Creative LAB, Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Taipei September 22, 2017 David Mead The concept of purgatory crops up in most religions. Although often referred to as a place, in religious teaching, it’s usually seen as a sort of in-between state of existence somewhere between life and death. Hsu Chen-wei’s (許程崴) family were … Read more
Beguiling and intense: Sun Son Theatre in Heart of Darkness
Low Pei-fen is a gravitating force centre-stage
Taiwan at Summerhall: Heart of Darkness, Ever Never, The Backyard Story
Heart of Darkness is a terrific piece of ensemble theatre
Taiwan x 2 at Dance Base: 038 and Together Alone
Dance by Kuo-shin Chuang Pangcah Dance Theatre and Chen-wei Lee
