Hwa Kang Dance Troupe: The Island’s Tapestry
The programme of seven short works was inspired by Taiwan’s diverse cultures and landscapes… It very much lived up to its promise.
School & conservatoire performances
University of Taipei dance students in a varied programme
Eddies of the Body (身‧流漫), a five-work evening, including the super Plural Bodies (複數的身體) by Tung I-fen
Taichung university graduating dance students shine
National Taiwan University of Sport at the Metropolitan Hall, TaipeiMarch 4, 2025 March to early-April is the season for the annual performances by the graduating students at Taiwan’s major university dance departments. Given the range of styles they have to master, it is always amazing just how good the standard of performance is. This year … Read more
Northern School of Contemporary Dance: VERVE 2025
As an ensemble, they moved as one when required to do so. Individually, they were interpretive and wholly engaging.
Classicism to the fore at the John Cranko School Matinée
Top quality dancing… But perhaps best of all, everything was very classically rooted, with pointework very much to the fore for the women.
English National Ballet School annual performance
The third year’s classical work was Les Patineurs (1937), and then Pina Bausch’s Tannhăuser Bacchanal (1972), a fascinating piece of dance history
English National Ballet School dance PCK and Pita
Most fun was Arthur Pita´s Death Defying Dances. Full of dark humour and fabulous music, it is an absolute delight.
Toru Shimazaki’s Shattered Moon shines in the University of Taipei’s annual performance
“Not only the highlight of the programme, but one of the best works I’ve ever seen in a Taiwanese vocational school show. And I’ve seen a lot.”
Hwa Gang Dance Troupe: Twilight Whispers
In South, Toru Shimazaki draws on elements of aboriginal dance and music, giving them a contemporary sentiment, but never loses sight of their soul.
National Taiwan University of Sport, Dance Department Graduation Performance
The evening of largely student work consisted entirely of ensemble creations with lots of excellent committed dancing
Focus Dance Company 2024
Six works by students alongside Self-Portrait by Hung Tsai-hsi and Hofesh Shechter’s powerful In Your Rooms. The dancing was top drawer