TAI Body Theatre: Sym-Body
Can indigenous dance presented on stage ever be called ‘authentic’? A question posed by TAI Body Theatre’s Sym-Body
National Theater Taipei
Cybernetics, dance and the future? Pichet Klunchun’s Cyber Subin
Could human dancers have a symbiotic, cybernetics-like relationship with machines, the outcome being a new form of contemporary dance?
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre: Lunar Halo in Taipei
It’s one of those very rare pieces that doesn’t just grow on you with repeated viewings but that seems to reveal more and spark new thoughts with each revisiting
A new take on an old story: Kidd Pivot in Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s Revisor
Quite simply, a brilliant piece of theatre, one where the performers don’t move to music but dance the words, physically expressing them in every way
Young Stars, New Vision. New dance in Taipei
Dance, physical theatre and circus to the National Theater’s black box stage in three, very different, 30-minute works.
Uniquely Taiwan: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre in Legacy
Presently being restaged as part of Cloud Gate’s 50th anniversary celebrations, it is ninety minutes of magnificent dance, and magnificent theatre
Bulareyaung Dance Company: tiaen tiamen Episode 1
An artwork in themselves, visual artist reretan pavavaljung’s video projections would comfortably stand alone as an installation in a gallery
Magic, beauty and darkness: Riverbed Theatre and Formosa Circus Art in Dreams and Shadows
The circus merges seamlessly into the theatre and a work that has a deeply thoughtful, emotional core that pulls you in and never lets go.
L-E-V in Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart
A feverish, pulsating, visceral dance in which salsa, voguing, rave and clubbing run up against balletic moments and more
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
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