捺撇This gem-like male-female Taiwanese duet puts some unexpected spins on the familiar twinned theme of love and loss.
That’s unfortunate because it’s a beautifully produced,superbly danced and thoughtful thirty minutes of theatre that deserves a wider audience.
Beings, is the first episode of choreographer WANG Yeu-Kwn’s project, “A Trilody - Quest of Relationships.” Taking inspiration from the Chinese character “ 人 ” (person), the dance piece focuses on exploring a new way of looking at the narrative on relationships, deconstructing and reconstructing those between the two supporting calligraphy strokes, between two intimately connected performers, and between rice paper and ink.
“Beings” takes inspiration from the Chinese character “人 ”(person)
The dance piece touches on the relationships between the two supporting calligraphy strokes
The twists and creases of the paper, born of each dance step, bear witness to every trace of the past. As the ink flows from the dancers' bodies, everything is transmuted into an unerasable record and proof.
Shimmering Production extends the audience experience to an exhibition experimenting on the variations of the papers from the dance, and workshops applying the movements of the work.
Islands (working title), is the second episode of “A Trilody - Quest of Relationships.” Inspired by choreographer WANG Yeu-Kwn’s 2019 trip to Indonesia in search of a giant fish— the self identify.
WANG invites his long time friend, Danang Pamungkas, an Indonesian dance artist who once worked in Taiwan, to go on this search together. They will conduct a dialogue by exploring the cultural heritage hidden in each other’s body and movements in search of “who I am (who we are)”. The work will premiere in fall 2024.
Islands *premeire, Taiwan
UK, France (TBC)
Feb. 17-18 Beings at Mercat de les Flors, Spain
Feb. Beings, Portugal
Beings at Yokohama Dance Collection, Japanbr
Beings at “Focus Taiwan” Staatstheater Darmstadt, Germany
Residency at Kinosaki International Arts Center, Japan
Residency at The Place, London, UK
Taiwan Dance Platform, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Weiwuying, Taiwan Beings at Aerowaves Spring Forward Festival, Greece Beings at Tanzkongress, Mainz, Germany
CINARS Biennale, Canada Performing Arts Meeting in Yokohama, Japan (online) Treasure Hill Light Festival, Taiwan Double-award winner at Yokohama Dance Collection, Japan
Taiwan Dance Platform, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts Weiwuying, Taiwan Grantee of Young Stars New Vision, National Culture and Arts Foundation, Taiwan
Dancing with the public is a cherished opportunity for us. Despite our differences, we can hold hands and dance together. This consensus highlights the importance of dance as a value, and the memories of moving moments continue to spread warmth.
We believe in and strive to allow our bodies to glow, illuminating one another.
從呼吸開始尋找身體的光
Inhale and find the radiant body.
Let's start with breathing and discover different aspects of ourselves while dancing, and let the body shine through the guidance of dance.
讓我們一起從呼吸開始，在舞動之中挖掘充滿許多可能的自我，並透過舞蹈的帶領，一起讓身體散發發光芒。
打開想像，用身體“看”
Open your mind and watch with your body.
Starting from the body, we open up the space of imagination and senses, develop all the possibilities of the body, try to "see" the exhibition through the body. We hope that in the process, we can get closer to the traces of life in history, and through dance, we can see ourselves from different angle
從身體出發，我們打開想像與感官的空間，開展身體的所有可能，試著透過身體來“看”展覽，希望能經由舞蹈帶領我們看見不同角度的自己，也讓文物與生活再靠近彼此多一些些。
想像的創造打開了觀看舞蹈的另一種視角
Creating imagination opens a new perspective of seeing dance.
Starting from the body, two dancers, eight independent course units, combining film, narrative and dance performance, creating different possibilities of imagination and use from life scenes and objects, and dismantling and reorganizing dance sentences in the theater, opening the way to watch dance Another new perspective, flipping your established imagination about dance.
從身體開始，兩位線上舞者，八堂獨立課程單元，結合影像、口述與舞蹈演出，從貼近生活場景、物件創造其他想像與使用可能，感受、動作、空間、音樂，拆解並重組劇場裡的舞蹈樣貌，翻轉你對舞蹈的既定想像，開啟觀看舞蹈的另一種新視角。
讓身體帶領你展開對話
Lead your body in movement, you are about to start.
From speaking, dancing, imagining, and writing, let us transform the inner emotions into the concrete presentation of the outer body. Connect the dialogue between you and me through dance, and transform it into an irreplaceable beautiful dance.
讓我們從說、從跳、從想像、從書寫，將內在的情感化為外在肢體的具體呈現，串連起你我之間的對話，跳出一首無可取代的美麗舞蹈。
透過舞蹈，我們交換彼此
Through dance, we can talk and share about our world.
她們此時此刻共同在半島跳舞，她們交換身體的記憶，她們的聲音在聲響裡逐漸織流。
They are dancing together on this moment, they exchange physical memories, their voices gradually weaving in the sound.
Shimmering Production collaborates with the general public, finding their stories from their daily lives and developing them into dance. We hope that through dance, everyone can talk and share about their world. When we dance, we want to hold everyone’s hands together, so that more people can experience the wonderfulness of dance.
微光製造與一般大眾合作，挖掘生活當中的點滴故事並將其發展成為舞蹈，希望在舞蹈的當下，任何人都能透過動身體來分享每個人獨特的生命歷程。當我們在舞蹈的時刻，就讓我們牽起彼此的手，一起經驗與體驗舞蹈的美好。
一步一步，牽起彼此的手，尋找屬於我們的舞蹈
Step by step, hold hands, and find our dance.
In the different course themes of individuals, duet, and groups, we start from the common body dynamics such as walking, running, and jumping in life, and step by step through excavating and transforming the way of thinking based on the body.
By being aware of the breath and feeling the current self, connecting with the body symbols developed from within, so that everyone can have a dialogue with themselves and others. Let us hold each other's hands and breathe deeply, stretch freely, and dance our own dance style.
在不同的課程主題裡，個人、雙人、群體，從生活常見的走跑跳等身體動態出發，一步一步地透過轉化來挖掘身體本位的思考方式。
覺察呼吸，感受情緒，串連由內在發展出來的身體符號， 使每個人能在其中與自我也與他人對話，牽起彼此的手， 大口呼吸，自在延展，跳出屬於自己的舞蹈風格。
