Want to Dance Festival 2026: Open Call Programme

A look at six works in the Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節節目表) Open Call Program, which takes place across multiple venues simultaneously

Want to Dance Festival 2026: Curator Programme

Contemporary dance, tango, circus, and butoh meets wrestling. All in the Curator Program at the 2026 Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節節目表)

Want to Dance Festival 2026: Exchange Program

The Exchange Program of Taipei’s Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節節目表), curated by Shinehouse Theatre saw two very mixed programmes

Three days in Wanhua, day 3: Want to Dance Festival 2025

A day of unusual locations and six performances, including by 79-year-old Zhang Su-fen in Lost in Time (歲月流線), one of the highlights of the festival.

Three days in Wanhua, day 2: Want to Dance Festival 2025

An afternoon that featured two quintuple-bill showcases of works from the Want to Dance Festival ((艋舺國際舞蹈節) Exchange Program

A weekend of all that’s good about dance at Taipei’s Want to Dance Festival

The festival guarantees surprise, delight, frustration and more as established choreographers and dancers rub shoulders with those still emerging

Joy, tears and more: Want to Dance Festival’s Exchange Program

Including ‘Sky ~ World challenge in Taiwan~’ by Reisa Shimojima from Japan. A serious theme for sure, but utterly mad and utterly brilliant

Dance in all its variety: Shinehouse Theatre’s Want to Dance Festival

Over three packed days, artists from 15 countries presented 74 works at the company’s Wan Theater and 16 less traditional venues.