Three days in Wanhua, day 1: Want to Dance Festival 2025
75 performances of 43 works across 16 spaces and venues. The 2025 Want to Dance Festival (艋舺國際舞蹈節) was a fine three days in every sense.
Shinehouse Theatre (曉劇場)
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.
Edinburgh Fringe: Two from Taiwan, Shinehouse Theatre and Chou Kuan-Jou
The Whisper of the Waves is very, very stylish and has a lovely pace and rhythm. It comes with depth and intensity
