- For more offers, please visit the ticketing website.
- Weiwuying Co-organiser Program
- Duration is 60 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 6+
- Latecomers are not allowed to enter the venue.
- For more offers, please visit the ticketing website.
Hung Dance - Birdy
Contemporary dance transcends modern constraints and liberties – a Taiwanese creation so compelling, French audiences queue for standby tickets every day.
Reinterpreting Western myths and Eastern traditional opera, this dance, akin to poetry, charts the soaring journey of individuals and nations.
"Is every free flight born from a restriction?"
Birdy uses dance as a brush, offering a flowing and a poetically-profound answer to this question. In the summer of 2023, the performance graced the stage at one of the world's three major arts festivals, the Festival Off Avignon in France. It sold out for all 20 shows; even 40-degree heatwaves couldn't deter audiences from queuing for standby tickets.
Choreographer LAI Hung-chung first introduced the duet version of Birdy to international choreography competitions in 2017. It garnered multiple awards and embarked on an international tour, embodying an unapologetic desire for flight, unburdened by constraints.
Years later, Birdy evolved into an octet production, circling the globe. As it gazes back at those who persistently navigate the unsteady skies of life and nation, LAI reevaluates the concept of "restriction." He combs through elements of Western mythology and Eastern tradition, turning them over and melding them together. The traditional headdress symbolising authority, the "Lingzi," is used with graceful agility, akin to a brush and as sharp as a knife. It is no longer reserved solely for those of high stature. The "vine pole" is a spear without a head, constructing a floating cage and constraint.
Contemporary dance confronts contemporary issues, witnessing how, in times of turbulence, wings scatter into feathers, and feathers gather into wings, flying toward the heart's true direction.
Post-talk
2024/3/23(Sat), 3/24(Sun) After performance at Playhouse
Creative and Production Team
Choreographer｜LAI Hung-chung
Rehearsal Director｜CHENG I-han
Composer｜HSU Chia-wei
Costume Designer｜Summer LIN
Technical Coordinator & Lighting Designer｜TSAI Chao-yu
Stage Manager｜Lin Chen-Yu
Lighting Technician｜WU Yi-ru
Executive Producer｜Huang Pei-jie
Administrative Coordination｜CHEN Yuan-yu
Company Agent & Marketing Communication｜CHANG Hsin-i
Copywriting｜Fion LEE
Dancers｜CHENG I-han, LEE Kuan-ling, HUANG Li-chieh, KUO Chueh-kai, Wu Shin-jie, HO Tzu-wen, CHEN Ting-yu, CHENG Wei
Team Introduction
Artistic Director and Choreographer｜LAI Hung-chung
LAI Hung-chung, a graduate of the Dance Division at Kaohsiung Municipal Tsoying Senior High School and the Department of Dance at National Taipei University of the Arts.
In 2016, he participated in the Ministry of Culture's "Creative Dance（舞躍大地）" competition, winning four gold awards, two honorable mentions, and one excellent work, making him the first choreographer in the history of the "Creative Dance（舞躍大地）" competition to receive four awards simultaneously.
Between 2017 and 2018, LAI submitted his works to various major international choreography competitions. Standing out among hundreds of entries, he garnered 13 major awards in international choreography competitions and consecutive invitations to festivals, launching international tours of his choreographed works.
LAI Hung-chung's works revolve around the themes of freedom and constraint, drawing inspiration from daily life and incorporating elements of Tai Chi to create a distinctive dance style. His repertoire includes BOUNDLESS, See You, Formless Erosion and Birdy, all embodying this spirit. See You was nominated for the Taishin Arts Award and received nine five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the UK and the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia. From 2022 to 2023, both See You and Birdy achieved sold-out success with 20 performances each at the Festival Off Avignon in France.
Hung Dance
In 2017, choreographer LAI Hung-chung founded Hung Dance, with the name and meaning of "Hung" symbolising the spirit of soaring freedom. Since its inception, the company has been tirelessly creating and striving to convey Taiwanese art through international tours. It is also committed to fostering international connections for young creative talents. In 2019, the "Stray Birds Dance Platform" was established to support emerging choreographers, providing opportunities for production and touring, promoting international collaboration, and bringing new vitality to the field of dance in Taiwan, thus advancing the development of Taiwanese dance.
Hung Dance focuses on the interactive moments between dancer training, developing dancers' abilities, and conceptualising works. It develops a dance training system according to the requirements of creative concepts, integrating traditional Tai Chi elements to find a balance between contemporary thinking and dance.
Hung Dance aspires to inspire and move audiences through its works and invites the public to join us in soaring freely in the world of dance, both on stage and in the community.
Sponsored by the 2023 FACP—Clare C. & Friends Fellowship
Presenter：Hung Dance
Sponsor: National Culture and Arts Foundation、Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Kaohsiung City Government
Co-organiser: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)
Hung Dance - Birdy
Contemporary dance transcends modern constraints and liberties – a Taiwanese creation so compelling, French audiences queue for standby tickets every day.
Reinterpreting Western myths and Eastern traditional opera, this dance, akin to poetry, charts the soaring journey of individuals and nations.
"Is every free flight born from a restriction?"
Birdy uses dance as a brush, offering a flowing and a poetically-profound answer to this question. In the summer of 2023, the performance graced the stage at one of the world's three major arts festivals, the Festival Off Avignon in France. It sold out for all 20 shows; even 40-degree heatwaves couldn't deter audiences from queuing for standby tickets.
Choreographer LAI Hung-chung first introduced the duet version of Birdy to international choreography competitions in 2017. It garnered multiple awards and embarked on an international tour, embodying an unapologetic desire for flight, unburdened by constraints.
Years later, Birdy evolved into an octet production, circling the globe. As it gazes back at those who persistently navigate the unsteady skies of life and nation, LAI reevaluates the concept of "restriction." He combs through elements of Western mythology and Eastern tradition, turning them over and melding them together. The traditional headdress symbolising authority, the "Lingzi," is used with graceful agility, akin to a brush and as sharp as a knife. It is no longer reserved solely for those of high stature. The "vine pole" is a spear without a head, constructing a floating cage and constraint.
Contemporary dance confronts contemporary issues, witnessing how, in times of turbulence, wings scatter into feathers, and feathers gather into wings, flying toward the heart's true direction.
Post-talk
2024/3/23(Sat), 3/24(Sun) After performance at Playhouse
Creative and Production Team
Choreographer｜LAI Hung-chung
Rehearsal Director｜CHENG I-han
Composer｜HSU Chia-wei
Costume Designer｜Summer LIN
Technical Coordinator & Lighting Designer｜TSAI Chao-yu
Stage Manager｜Lin Chen-Yu
Lighting Technician｜WU Yi-ru
Executive Producer｜Huang Pei-jie
Administrative Coordination｜CHEN Yuan-yu
Company Agent & Marketing Communication｜CHANG Hsin-i
Copywriting｜Fion LEE
Dancers｜CHENG I-han, LEE Kuan-ling, HUANG Li-chieh, KUO Chueh-kai, Wu Shin-jie, HO Tzu-wen, CHEN Ting-yu, CHENG Wei
Team Introduction
Artistic Director and Choreographer｜LAI Hung-chung
LAI Hung-chung, a graduate of the Dance Division at Kaohsiung Municipal Tsoying Senior High School and the Department of Dance at National Taipei University of the Arts.
In 2016, he participated in the Ministry of Culture's "Creative Dance（舞躍大地）" competition, winning four gold awards, two honorable mentions, and one excellent work, making him the first choreographer in the history of the "Creative Dance（舞躍大地）" competition to receive four awards simultaneously.
Between 2017 and 2018, LAI submitted his works to various major international choreography competitions. Standing out among hundreds of entries, he garnered 13 major awards in international choreography competitions and consecutive invitations to festivals, launching international tours of his choreographed works.
LAI Hung-chung's works revolve around the themes of freedom and constraint, drawing inspiration from daily life and incorporating elements of Tai Chi to create a distinctive dance style. His repertoire includes BOUNDLESS, See You, Formless Erosion and Birdy, all embodying this spirit. See You was nominated for the Taishin Arts Award and received nine five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in the UK and the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia. From 2022 to 2023, both See You and Birdy achieved sold-out success with 20 performances each at the Festival Off Avignon in France.
Hung Dance
In 2017, choreographer LAI Hung-chung founded Hung Dance, with the name and meaning of "Hung" symbolising the spirit of soaring freedom. Since its inception, the company has been tirelessly creating and striving to convey Taiwanese art through international tours. It is also committed to fostering international connections for young creative talents. In 2019, the "Stray Birds Dance Platform" was established to support emerging choreographers, providing opportunities for production and touring, promoting international collaboration, and bringing new vitality to the field of dance in Taiwan, thus advancing the development of Taiwanese dance.
Hung Dance focuses on the interactive moments between dancer training, developing dancers' abilities, and conceptualising works. It develops a dance training system according to the requirements of creative concepts, integrating traditional Tai Chi elements to find a balance between contemporary thinking and dance.
Hung Dance aspires to inspire and move audiences through its works and invites the public to join us in soaring freely in the world of dance, both on stage and in the community.
Sponsored by the 2023 FACP—Clare C. & Friends Fellowship
Presenter：Hung Dance
Sponsor: National Culture and Arts Foundation、Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Kaohsiung City Government
Co-organiser: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)
- For more offers, please visit the ticketing website.
- Weiwuying Co-organiser Program
- Duration is 60 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 6+
- Latecomers are not allowed to enter the venue.
- For more offers, please visit the ticketing website.
