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Jul. 17-18, 2025 | TPAC Studio, Taipei
Tzu-Chao Chou, Principal Dancer of the Birmingham Royal Ballet, will return to Taiwan this summer to lead ballet workshops, sharing insights from his 24 years of international professional experience. Open to dancers of all levels, the workshop will cover everything from technique to interpretation, offering participants a unique opportunity to learn from the stage perspective of an internationally acclaimed principal dancer.

Aug.30-31, 2025 | NTT Black Box, Taichung
Adapted from the story of Lin Chong’s forced exile to Liangshan in Outlaws of the Marsh, this production features a script by Juin-Yi Wang, music by Chi-Yang Hsu, and direction by Yow-Ruu Chen. Through an interplay of first- and third-person narration, the piece explores Lin Chong’s inner turmoil and the turns of his fate. Merging the chapter-based story structure with the musical theatre form, the work offers a fresh interpretation of this classic character.

Can we do it like this?
Sep. 7, 2025 | NTU Players Theatre
Taipei Fringe Festival
Before acting, we are often caught between powerlessness and hesitation. Can we do it like this? is a solo dance work by Hsiao-Tzu Tien, blending the inner contradictions of self-doubt with the desire for decisiveness. Through layered physical expression, it gives form to uncertain emotions and thoughts, seeking to articulate a way of being that feels impossible—yet uniquely authentic.

August-October 2024, Kaohsiung
Eight years after its last tour, 1875 Ravel and Bolero has returned—thanks to the support of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying). This beloved dance-travel project visited all 38 districts of Kaohsiung from 2022 to 2024. In 2023, it reached hillside and mountainous communities; in 2024, it danced along the coast and visited seaside towns.

In this short film, choreographer Yen-Cheng Liu and film director Ki-Yan Chan question the emotional engagement or dispassionate observation of the anonymous participants in social movements. By using excitement as a starting point, it helps to release our fear and leads us down a quiet path of introspection.