Taiwanese Artists Talk
July 11, 2010 at 7:30pm
Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in New York
1 East 42nd Street, New York, NY 10017
Tel : (212) 6976188
July 12-17, 2010 at 7:30pm
Bessie Schönberg Theater of Dance Theater Workshop
219 West 19th Street, New York, NY 10011
Tel : (212) 6916500
A total of 6 Taiwanese professional dance companies, 8213 Physical Dance Theater, Chieh-hua Hsieh, Century Contemporary Dance Company, Assembly Dance Theatre, Taipei Crossover Dance Company, and Scarecrow Contemporary Dance Company, are selected to perform at the World Dance Alliance Global Dance Event, hosted by World Dance Alliance-Americas (WDAA) in af?liation with the University of Wisconsin-Madison and New York University, Steinhardt, Dance Education Program. July 12 ? 17, 2010, 6 Taiwanese dance companies present works at prestigious venues for dance art, Bessie Schönberg Theater of Dance Theater Workshop (DTW) in New York. The Event is a conference and festival which brings together an international cohort of over 350 dance artists, scholars, educators, and students from more than 25 countries as well as from around the United States. Event concerts are intended to provide a diverse representation of contemporary dance art. The Event's theme ?In Time Together: Viewing and Reviewing Contemporary Dance Practice? encourages broad investigation of relationships between dance and temporality. The theme particularly emphasizes the contemporary-- con-/ together + tempus/time. However, it also seeks to raise questions of how dance, often characterized as the most ephemeral or immediate of art forms and cultural practices, negotiates and has negotiated time. Taipei Cultural Center is in conjunction with WDAA to feature Taiwanese dance companies and choreographers in the Artists' Talk. Choreographers share artistic concepts, perspective and insights for audiences to have a better understanding of Taiwanese modern/ contemporary dance choreography. The World Dance Alliance is an organization whose primary goal is to be an advocate for dance worldwide. The World Dance Alliance was created to answer the desire and need for dancers worldwide to communicate and exchange ideas on issues that are of common concern, recognizing that we have truly become a global village.
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