Chou has launched a choreographic collective called the 2011 Next Choreography Project I (下一個編舞計畫 I), which will present two programs over the next two weeks under the theme “Seeing the next dance generation.” The first weekend will feature six female dancer/choreographers performing their own solos, and the second weekend eight dance students will present six solos and two duets.
The impetus of the program has been two questions that Chou has been asking himself — and his friends — for several years: What is choreography and why do we choreograph in Taiwan?
Basically, it boils down to the issue of whether there is such a thing as a “Taiwanese choreographer” identity for Chou’s generation, the way Cloud Gate (雲門舞集) founder Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) came to define his generation.
Most of the people Chou has debated these questions with are graduates or students at the nation’s two premier performing arts institutes: his own alma mater, National Taiwan University of Arts (國立臺灣藝術大學) in Banciao, or Taipei National University of the Arts (國立臺北藝術大學) in Beitou. No matter where they went to school, they felt they didn’t get much training in creation, and instead ended up learning as they went along, through collaborations and discussions with other dancers and artists.
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WHAT: 2011 Next Choreography Project I (2011下一個編舞計畫 I)
WHEN: Thursday and July 22 at 7:30pm, July 23 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm, July 24 at 2:30pm
WHERE: Building A-3, Huashan 1914 Creative Park (華山1914中四館A-3), 1, Bade Rd Sec 1, Taipei City (台北市八德路一段1號)
ADMISSION: Tickets are NT$350, available at NTCH box office or online at www.artsticket.com.tw
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The second half of the project, Discovered — Fresh Creative People (發現︰創作新鮮人) will be performed in the same space (and for the same price) the following week: July 28 and July 29 at 7:30pm, July 30 at 2:30pm and 7:30pm, July 31 at 2:30pm
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