TNUA’s Focus Dance 2016
Toru Shimazaki’s Patch Work highlights this year’s programme at Taipei National University of the Arts
Asia
Spanish fun: Singapore Dance Theatre in Don Quixote
Uneven dancing but a production that is an absolute joy
Memories of a moment past: Christian Rizzo’s d’après une histoire vraie
A dance with a slow fuse…although it has much of interest, and the final joyful explosion is a delight
An East-West dialogue about love
Taiwan’s U-Theatre and Berlin’s Rundfunkchor in a fascinating and totally absorbing East meets West meeting
Freefalling through time
Beyond time (時間之外) by U-Theatre (優人神鼓) from Taiwan begins with a lone man rotating centre stage, his robe gathering like waves around his lower body.
Ekaterina Kondaurova’s Odette/Odile: A marvel of emotion
Joy Wang X.Y. on the Mariinsky Ballet in Tokyo