
Taiwan Season
A Glimpse of Taiwan
Launched in 2014, Taiwan Season had been an ever-increasing ‘hot tip’ at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe by showcasing a wealth of dance, theatre and live performance.
Hao Cheng’s mathematical background gives him a unique perspective on abstract ideas and flesh-and-blood performance.
Moderated by Laura Kriefman, chief executive officer of Barbican Theatre, Plymouth and founder of Hellion Trace Ltd, this panel will explore dance, theatre and performance delivered both live and digitally.
Drawn from one of the keystones of classical Chinese literature, this buoyant production by Nai-Hsuan Yang’s company Les Petites Choses Production is fierce fun.
Moderated by Hsiu-chih Lo, art critic and historian, documentary filmmaker and curator of Green Island Human Rights Art Festival in Taiwan, this webinar will look into how the Festival enabled the artistic expression of marginalised voices from political and ethical perspectives, thereby potentially liberating and transforming individuals, communities and society itself.
Tai Gu Tales Dance Theatre’s extraordinary dancers go on an arresting physical and spiritual journey merging Eastern cultural traditions and contemporary Western practices.
Guided by moderator Gwen Hsin-Yi Chang, head of international partnerships (2017-21) at National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts, an international panel of circus experts will delve into the challenges and pleasures of creating and presenting circus today – from insightful discussions of daily practice to re-establishing connections with local communities as well as supportive shareholders further afield.
Emotive yet essentially light-hearted and domestic, it puts a fresh, universally contemporary spin on indigenous tribal customs.
Moderated by Cheng-Hua Chiang, of Pulima Art Festival and Indigenous Peoples Cultural Foundation, this final session examines the vital creative expression of indigenous art in Taiwan and internationally – how it interacts with and impacts upon the mainstream art world, the nurturing of emerging talent, and the strengthening of existing support systems alongside the creation of new ones.