衛武營國家藝術文化中心 National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)

Bodies are like vessels drifting with the waves of the ocean; perhaps we began to understand each other as we left our islands.

Taiwanese choreographer WANG Yeu-kwn invites renowned Indonesian dance artist Danang Pamungkas to join his new choreography — A Quest for Relationship: Island of________ .   Together, they'll conduct a dialogue about "who am I (we)", to explore the appearance of the cultural heritage hidden in each other's bodies, and to seek beyond personal exploration and solicitude in this cross-cultural dialogue.

  Post-talk  

2022/11/11(Fri)21:20 Crown Hall 3F (East Terrace)

2022/11/12(Sat)21:20 Crown Hall 3F (East Terrace)

  Creative and Production Team  

Concept & Choreography｜WANG Yeu-kwn

Co-development｜Danang Pamungkas

Dramaturge｜WANG Shih-wei

Performer｜WANG Yeu-kwn, Danang Pamungkas

Producer｜CHEN Po-chieh

Lighting Design｜Faye HUANG

Stage Manager｜LAN Chin-ting

Executive Producer｜Angelina JIAN

Production｜Shimmering Production

Production Administrative Support｜Ars Association Ltd.

  Artists Introduction  

Concept & Choreography

／Performer｜WANG Yeu-kwn

Photo｜CHEN, WEI-SHENG

WANG is the artistic director of Shimmering Production. He focuses his artistic approach on dance creation and arts diffusion practice. His works explore the connections and disconnections between people and cities, people and environs, WANG Yeu-kwn cares about bodily alienation in urbanity. His works experiment with space and objects to deconstruct movements and propose philosophical questions in contemporary times through dance.  His recent works include: Taming Us (2019), Being (2020) and Hand in Hand, We Dance (2022). Wang is the receiver of the double awards of "2021 Yokohama Dance Collection Competition I" with his creation Beings and has been invited to perform at Aerowave in Greece and Tanzkongress in Germany. In recent years, he also collaborated with Cloud Gate Theater, National Taichung Theater, the Treasure Hill Artist Village and the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts to engage workshops, choreography commissions and performances.

Co-development／Performer｜Danang Pamungkas (Indonesia)

Danang Pamungkas was born in Solo, Indonesia. He studied traditional Javanese dance at the Mangkunegaran Palace of Surakarta and graduated from the Indonesian Institute of the Arts in Surakarta. From 2008 to 2011, he was a member of the renowned Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan under artistic director LIN Hwai-min.

Danang's choreography includes Panyot Pun Padam, which was awarded First Prize at The Next Wave Indonesian Choreographer in Jakarta, and has performed at Surabaya Art Festival (2004) and Indonesian Dance Festival 2012 in Jakarta. He collaborated as a choreographer with Indonesian director and filmmaker Garin Nugroho on Opera Jawa: Selendang Merah in 2013.  His choreographic works have been presented at the Festival Salihara Jakarta, Impulstanz Festival and Welt Museum Vienna.

Dramaturge｜WANG Shih-wei

Taiwanese director, dramaturge, performer, and journalist. After finishing his P.H.D. degree in the University of Paris III, Shih-wei works between France and Taiwan as an artist, cultural journalist and translator. His projects comprise a variety of forms, including collective creation Blossom of the Fallen Flowers (2011), theatrical adaptation Bal-con (2019), solo choreographic performance Masses (2019/2021), in-situ performance Still Living and music theatre, Existence of Absent Reality (2021). Masses is the winner of the 18e Taishin Performing Arts Award. Shih-wei also collaborates with Taiwanese artists as a dramaturge in an adaptation of the traditional puppet show, Adieu (2021).  Shih-Wei is also a critic of Performing Arts Review. His translation works include the plays of Edward Albee and of Joël Pommerat.

  Team Introduction  

Shimmering Production

Shimmering Production was co-founded by interdisciplinary choreographer, WANG Yeu-kwn and dance artist LEE Yin-ying in 2019.  The company focuses its core development on exploring dance creation and arts diffusion practice. 

The company has produced and developed various creations and projects, such as Taming Us (2019), which was presented in the New Point on Stage organised by Songshan Cultural and Creative Park, Mission 1884, a commission by 2019 New Taipei City Tamsui Environmental Arts Festival, Trance of Being invited by 2021 Treasure Hill Light Festival, "Shimmering Production Online Dance Project" (2021), a commissioned by the National Taichung Theater and Hand in Hand, We Dance invited by the 2022 Hear Here Festival.

In addition, WANG Yeu-kwn's creation Beings (2020) won double awards at the "2021 Yokohama Dance Collection Competition I" and has been invited to perform at Aerowave in Greece and Tanzkongress in Germany.

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