Kontakthof – Echoes of ’78
Brings together surviving members of Bausch’s original 1978 cast, placing them against archive footage of their younger selves and those no longer alive.
Reviews
Polymer DMT: The Seas Between Us
Deeply thoughtful… very personal, it exposes many confusions and contradictions about identity and Taiwan’s relationship with China in particular.
Wan Sha Dance Platform presents five emerging choreographers
An evening of great variety that included hip hop, dance theatre and more experimental pieces, all around fifteen minutes in length
Focus Dance Company 2026: Sleepless Utopia
Two programmes, twelve works by company members plus pieces by the well-established Huang Yi (黃翊), and the very much emerging Yu Wan-lun (余宛倫).
National Taiwan University of Arts: 在Dˋ
A superb evening of excellent performances and very good student choreography, topped off with Toru Shimazaki’s marvellous Zero Body (臨極限).
Mayerling: A world that breaks apart up close, and the body language of ruin
Kenneth MacMillan’s ballet is built from fractured needs, twisted intimacies and bodies that say what the characters themselves cannot
Hwa-Gang Dance Troupe: The Body of Time: Generations in Motion
a stylistically rich evening, the work ranging from classical and contemporary ballet to traditional Chinese dance, all excellently performed
Yewande 103: Many Lifetimes
The dancers use kinetic, fluid movement, which is deeply controlled, deliberate and strikingly graceful. Each coveys a sense of humility…
Tsai Meng-ting x Lai Yi-fei: Illusory Time|Errant Tongue
Tsai Meng-ting (蔡孟廷) and Lai Yi-fei (賴怡菲) in a programme of interesting choreography, and superb interpretation and ownership of roles.
Ballet Nights in Richmond
The choreographic mix, emerging dancers alongside dancing stars, is what makes Ballet Nights a unique experience… the dancing was an absolute joy
Verve 2026
An excellent triple bill… a superb evening, one that showed, once again, that the NSCD is still at the top of the dance training tree