- Some videos are accompanied by solid light or loud sounds. As such, discretion is advised.
- If you are an audience using a wheelchair, please get in touch with customer service in advance to ensure the convenience and safety of your access to the Lecture Hall. Customer service line: 07-262-6666.
- Due to the post-screening talk held at the same venue on Sunday, the 12 march, we will clear the Lecture Hall at 13:00, and the screening will resume after the event ends and the venue is restored.
2023 Dance en Scene - An Initiative of Commissioning New Dance Films in Asia
Dance en Scene, from Asia to the world
Text: CHOU Shou-yi
In early 2020, lifestyles and lives across the world were impacted by the pandemic, obstructing politics, the economy, education, art, and culture. At the peak of the pandemic, performing arts venues were closed down multiple times, and performances were cancelled, leading to the emergence of different forms of online performances and presentations, among which was creative dance films. Then, in early 2021, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (Singapore), Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts(Hong Kong), National Taichung Theater, and National Kaohsiung Center for Arts(Weiwuying) worked together to initiate the Dance en Scene: An Initiative of Commissioning New Dance Films in Asia, exploring body narratives with exclusive Asian characteristics through commissioning image and dance projects. Works included documentaries, drama films, and various experimental films that were difficult to categorize. Countless possibilities emerged when film collided with dance; it's hard to imagine how dance managed to survive when film officially entered the market.
Why would someone prefer dance films over physical dance performances? Of course, this art form was not born during the pandemic; all human behaviour has been documented since images appeared. However, since images involve countless expressions and are similar to dance, it is a way of expressing the self, when one encounters the other, it leads to a new art language. As a result, more and more creatives started creating these types of works, leading to worldwide dance film festivals and myriad works, either feature films or short films, dramas or non-narrative experimental films. Perhaps the pandemic has allowed us to share the power of dance with the public through this art form on the stage of images and film.
Dance en Scene: An Initiative of Commissioning New Dance Films in Asia has accumulated substantial creative energy throughout the past three years. We hope this force can progress from Asia to the world.
Time: 2023/3/10(Fri)-3/12(Sun) 11:00-21:00
Venue: Lecture Hall
Free Entry
Post-Talk
2023/3/12(Sun)14:00 Lecture Hall
Host:
CHOU Shou-yi (Weiwuying Artist-In-Residence, 2022 Taiwan Dance Platform Curator)
Speaker:
Swash Production Team : LUO Shih-wei (Director), *HSU Yen-ting (Music, Sound Designer)
tiaen tiamen Production Team : Bulareyaung Pagarlava (Choreographer), Mon Cher HO (Film director)
*Am I Here? Production Team : Eva TANG (Director), CHIEW Peishan (Choreographers & Dance Artist)
*Present Production Team : WAN Xing (Concept / Director / Composer / Musician)
*Participe online
Films
Am I Here?
An Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay commissioned film.
Director: Eva TANG | Choreographers & Dance Artists: CHIEW Peishan & LIM Chin Huat | Movement Collaborators & Performers: Jo KWEK, Kimberly LONG, NG Mun Poh & Wendy TOH | Music & Sound Designers: Ferry & Vick LOWPresent
A Tai Kwun - Centre for Heritage and Arts commissioned film.
Director / Scriptwriter / Composer / Musician: WAN Xing | Tap Dance: Eric HUYNH | Contemporary Dance: Natalie MAK | Videographer / Post-production: Thomas WONG | Lighting Designer: Victor WONGtiaen tiamen by Bulareyaung Dance Company
A National Taichung Theater commissioned film.
Choreography: Bulareyaung Pagarlava | Film Director: Mon Cher HO | Music Director ABAO | Music Arranger & Mixer Wenna | Dancers: aulu tjibulangan, giljigiljaw tjaruzaljum,Kwonduwa Takio, Siyang Sawawan, Liay Kitoh, Awi Pawan, CHEN Sheng-chih | Produced by Bulareyaung Dance Company | Director of Photography TANG Chien-che | 1st Assistant Cameraman SHIE Dong-lin | Chief Lighting Technician: Emile PENG | Assistant Lighting Technicians: YANG Yu-jun, CHEN Yu-fan, GENG Jing-xiang | Makeup & Hair Artist: Paggy KO | Makeup Assistant: Jens | Photographer & BTS editor: Pungiya KAOSwash
A National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) commissioned film.
Director & Cinematographer & Editor: LUO Sih-wei | Creation Partner CHOU Shu-yi | Choreographer WANG Yeu-kwn | Dancers & Co-choreographers: LEE Yin-ying, TIEN Hsiao-tzu | Music & Sound Designer: HSU Yen-ting | Executive Producer: LIN Jou-wen | Special Thanks: Jasper WANG、CHEN Yi-en
2023 Dance en Scene - An Initiative of Commissioning New Dance Films in Asia
Dance en Scene, from Asia to the world
Text: CHOU Shou-yi
In early 2020, lifestyles and lives across the world were impacted by the pandemic, obstructing politics, the economy, education, art, and culture. At the peak of the pandemic, performing arts venues were closed down multiple times, and performances were cancelled, leading to the emergence of different forms of online performances and presentations, among which was creative dance films. Then, in early 2021, Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay (Singapore), Tai Kwun – Centre for Heritage and Arts(Hong Kong), National Taichung Theater, and National Kaohsiung Center for Arts(Weiwuying) worked together to initiate the Dance en Scene: An Initiative of Commissioning New Dance Films in Asia, exploring body narratives with exclusive Asian characteristics through commissioning image and dance projects. Works included documentaries, drama films, and various experimental films that were difficult to categorize. Countless possibilities emerged when film collided with dance; it's hard to imagine how dance managed to survive when film officially entered the market.
Why would someone prefer dance films over physical dance performances? Of course, this art form was not born during the pandemic; all human behaviour has been documented since images appeared. However, since images involve countless expressions and are similar to dance, it is a way of expressing the self, when one encounters the other, it leads to a new art language. As a result, more and more creatives started creating these types of works, leading to worldwide dance film festivals and myriad works, either feature films or short films, dramas or non-narrative experimental films. Perhaps the pandemic has allowed us to share the power of dance with the public through this art form on the stage of images and film.
Dance en Scene: An Initiative of Commissioning New Dance Films in Asia has accumulated substantial creative energy throughout the past three years. We hope this force can progress from Asia to the world.
Time: 2023/3/10(Fri)-3/12(Sun) 11:00-21:00
Venue: Lecture Hall
Free Entry
Post-Talk
2023/3/12(Sun)14:00 Lecture Hall
Host:
CHOU Shou-yi (Weiwuying Artist-In-Residence, 2022 Taiwan Dance Platform Curator)
Speaker:
Swash Production Team : LUO Shih-wei (Director), *HSU Yen-ting (Music, Sound Designer)
tiaen tiamen Production Team : Bulareyaung Pagarlava (Choreographer), Mon Cher HO (Film director)
*Am I Here? Production Team : Eva TANG (Director), CHIEW Peishan (Choreographers & Dance Artist)
*Present Production Team : WAN Xing (Concept / Director / Composer / Musician)
*Participe online
Films
Am I Here?
An Esplanade-Theatres on the Bay commissioned film.
Director: Eva TANG | Choreographers & Dance Artists: CHIEW Peishan & LIM Chin Huat | Movement Collaborators & Performers: Jo KWEK, Kimberly LONG, NG Mun Poh & Wendy TOH | Music & Sound Designers: Ferry & Vick LOWPresent
A Tai Kwun - Centre for Heritage and Arts commissioned film.
Director / Scriptwriter / Composer / Musician: WAN Xing | Tap Dance: Eric HUYNH | Contemporary Dance: Natalie MAK | Videographer / Post-production: Thomas WONG | Lighting Designer: Victor WONGtiaen tiamen by Bulareyaung Dance Company
A National Taichung Theater commissioned film.
Choreography: Bulareyaung Pagarlava | Film Director: Mon Cher HO | Music Director ABAO | Music Arranger & Mixer Wenna | Dancers: aulu tjibulangan, giljigiljaw tjaruzaljum,Kwonduwa Takio, Siyang Sawawan, Liay Kitoh, Awi Pawan, CHEN Sheng-chih | Produced by Bulareyaung Dance Company | Director of Photography TANG Chien-che | 1st Assistant Cameraman SHIE Dong-lin | Chief Lighting Technician: Emile PENG | Assistant Lighting Technicians: YANG Yu-jun, CHEN Yu-fan, GENG Jing-xiang | Makeup & Hair Artist: Paggy KO | Makeup Assistant: Jens | Photographer & BTS editor: Pungiya KAOSwash
A National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) commissioned film.
Director & Cinematographer & Editor: LUO Sih-wei | Creation Partner CHOU Shu-yi | Choreographer WANG Yeu-kwn | Dancers & Co-choreographers: LEE Yin-ying, TIEN Hsiao-tzu | Music & Sound Designer: HSU Yen-ting | Executive Producer: LIN Jou-wen | Special Thanks: Jasper WANG、CHEN Yi-en
- Some videos are accompanied by solid light or loud sounds. As such, discretion is advised.
- If you are an audience using a wheelchair, please get in touch with customer service in advance to ensure the convenience and safety of your access to the Lecture Hall. Customer service line: 07-262-6666.
- Due to the post-screening talk held at the same venue on Sunday, the 12 march, we will clear the Lecture Hall at 13:00, and the screening will resume after the event ends and the venue is restored.
