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Moderator-Romane BOYER
Green Arts and Edinburgh Festivals Officer of Creative Carbon Scotland (SCOT)Romane BOYER has a background in environmental sustainability (and an MSc in same from University of Edinburgh), specialising in circular economy and the arts sector. She has experience of initiating and managing diverse projects in international contexts, delivering workshops on climate change in France and the UK, and co-ordinating cross-cultural teamwork. She is also a member of the Education Interest Group at the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (a non-profit that brings together an international community of academics and practitioners on issues related to the environment, conflict and peace). At Creative Carbon Scotland (CCS) she leads the Green Arts Initiative, facilitating a community of cultural organisations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and support the Edinburgh Festivals in their ambitious strategy to reach net-zero.
Panelist - SHIH Hsin-Yuan
Deputy Artistic Director of National Theater & Concert Hall, Taiwan (TW)SHIH Hsin-yuan has worked in the cultural and artistic fields for more than two decades as producer, curator and project manager, supervising projects ranging from mega-events with large-scale site-specific performances, to city landscape and lighting festivals, to international co-productions between Taiwan and countries round the world. She was appointed deputy artistic director of the National Theater & Concert Hall (NTCH) in 2021. Previously, from 2017-2020, she was director of NTCH's Programming & International Development Department, and established the International Development Section where she forges strong partnerships with many international theaters and festivals including Théâtre National de Chaillot; Le Phénix, scène nationale de Valenciennes; Sadler's Wells Theatre; Théâtre de Liege; and Mercat de les Flors: Casa de la Danza. She initiated NTCH's 'Taiwan Week' project, an annual performance and discussion platform involving Taiwanese artists and international programmers, and the 'Asia Connection: Producers Camp' which is designed to foster creation and collaboration with Asian theater partners, build up an eco-system that supports co-production of regional projects, and encourage the emergence of diverse Asian contemporary theatrical art forms.
Panelist -PENG Hsiao-Yin
Artistic Director of Dancecology (TW)PENG Hsiao-Yin is Artistic Director of Dancecology, Taiwan. She has an M.F.A. from the Graduate Institute of Choreography, Taipei National, TNUA and a B.A. in agronomy, NTU. She is a former dancer of Neo-Classic Dance Company. Inspired by Dr. Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM and the connection between nature’s ecosystem and dancing bodies, she founded Dancecology in 2009, gathering artists from the fields of dance, music, film, visual and digital art to create artistic work together. In recent years she has been choreographing environmental dance-theatre and directing dance films. The two main series in her work - "Dancing with Nature" and "The Plastic Project" - include dance films, theatre and site-specific projects. In 2016-17 she was the curator and mentor of the Dance and the Moving Image Workshop, in co-operation with TPAC. Her film ‘Recycle Project’ was commissioned by Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival 2016, and the following year she won its short film competition for her collaboration with Dennis Chen, ‘Wonderer.’
Panelist -Gry Worre HALLBERG
Artistic Director of Sisters Hope (DK)Gry Worre HALLBERG is the artistic director of the award-winning and Copenhagen-based performance group Sisters Hope. Their radical innovative work unfolds at the intersection of immersion, intervention, activism, research, and pedagogy. In large-scale durational performances they explore different aspects of what they refer to as a ‘Sensuous Society’ – a potential new world arising from the post-economical and ecological crisis. In the ongoing and groundbreaking five-year performance, Sisters Hope Home, they are introducing a new artistic paradigm called ‘inhabitation’ which stimulates ecologic connectedness and sustainable futures.
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Session 3_speakers' autobiography
Moderator-Romane BOYER
Green Arts and Edinburgh Festivals Officer of Creative Carbon Scotland (SCOT)Romane BOYER has a background in environmental sustainability (and an MSc in same from University of Edinburgh), specialising in circular economy and the arts sector. She has experience of initiating and managing diverse projects in international contexts, delivering workshops on climate change in France and the UK, and co-ordinating cross-cultural teamwork. She is also a member of the Education Interest Group at the Environmental Peacebuilding Association (a non-profit that brings together an international community of academics and practitioners on issues related to the environment, conflict and peace). At Creative Carbon Scotland (CCS) she leads the Green Arts Initiative, facilitating a community of cultural organisations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and support the Edinburgh Festivals in their ambitious strategy to reach net-zero.
Panelist - SHIH Hsin-Yuan
Deputy Artistic Director of National Theater & Concert Hall, Taiwan (TW)SHIH Hsin-yuan has worked in the cultural and artistic fields for more than two decades as producer, curator and project manager, supervising projects ranging from mega-events with large-scale site-specific performances, to city landscape and lighting festivals, to international co-productions between Taiwan and countries round the world. She was appointed deputy artistic director of the National Theater & Concert Hall (NTCH) in 2021. Previously, from 2017-2020, she was director of NTCH's Programming & International Development Department, and established the International Development Section where she forges strong partnerships with many international theaters and festivals including Théâtre National de Chaillot; Le Phénix, scène nationale de Valenciennes; Sadler's Wells Theatre; Théâtre de Liege; and Mercat de les Flors: Casa de la Danza. She initiated NTCH's 'Taiwan Week' project, an annual performance and discussion platform involving Taiwanese artists and international programmers, and the 'Asia Connection: Producers Camp' which is designed to foster creation and collaboration with Asian theater partners, build up an eco-system that supports co-production of regional projects, and encourage the emergence of diverse Asian contemporary theatrical art forms.
Panelist -PENG Hsiao-Yin
Artistic Director of Dancecology (TW)PENG Hsiao-Yin is Artistic Director of Dancecology, Taiwan. She has an M.F.A. from the Graduate Institute of Choreography, Taipei National, TNUA and a B.A. in agronomy, NTU. She is a former dancer of Neo-Classic Dance Company. Inspired by Dr. Elizabeth Cameron Dalman OAM and the connection between nature’s ecosystem and dancing bodies, she founded Dancecology in 2009, gathering artists from the fields of dance, music, film, visual and digital art to create artistic work together. In recent years she has been choreographing environmental dance-theatre and directing dance films. The two main series in her work - "Dancing with Nature" and "The Plastic Project" - include dance films, theatre and site-specific projects. In 2016-17 she was the curator and mentor of the Dance and the Moving Image Workshop, in co-operation with TPAC. Her film ‘Recycle Project’ was commissioned by Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival 2016, and the following year she won its short film competition for her collaboration with Dennis Chen, ‘Wonderer.’
Panelist -Gry Worre HALLBERG
Artistic Director of Sisters Hope (DK)Gry Worre HALLBERG is the artistic director of the award-winning and Copenhagen-based performance group Sisters Hope. Their radical innovative work unfolds at the intersection of immersion, intervention, activism, research, and pedagogy. In large-scale durational performances they explore different aspects of what they refer to as a ‘Sensuous Society’ – a potential new world arising from the post-economical and ecological crisis. In the ongoing and groundbreaking five-year performance, Sisters Hope Home, they are introducing a new artistic paradigm called ‘inhabitation’ which stimulates ecologic connectedness and sustainable futures.