Artist

LIU I-Ling, a contemporary dance artist from Taiwan and received a BFA from Taipei National University of the Arts, was a former member of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company(USA) for 11 years. LIU has been creating her choreographies which focus on reminiscence, trauma, social observation and re-definition of body “technique”. In 2022, her duet work “... and, or...” won the Jury Prize of the Yokohama Dance Collection Competition(Japan). In 2021 she was commissioned by Chen Wu-Kang to perform the solo “14” in part with the da:ns festival(Esplanade Singapore). Same year, she received the support of the Cloud Gate Art Makers Project and again premiered the solo work “Normal Life” in da:ns festival 2022. In 2017 her solo work “GENG” was nominated for the Taishin Arts Award(Taiwan). Liu has also been collaborating with visual artists, photographers, composers, directors and actors in theater and film. Since 2020 she has participated in Ming-Wei Lee’s work “Our Labyrinth” and performed in the Metropolitan Museum and the Tate Modern. Since 2019 she has been collaborating with the Taiwanese filmmaker Su Hui-Yu as the Choreographer / Performer / Movement Director in several productions such as “The White Waters” which has been toured internationally. In 2022 she performed “Still(Life) in Taipei” by Xavier Le Roy & Scarlet Yu. In 2022 she participated in the Australian choreographer Stephanie Lake’s work “Colossus” Taiwan version as the rehearsal director. She is currently a Part Time Assistant Professor at the Taipei University of the Arts.

Supported by Department of Cultural Affairs, Taipei City Government,  and,  National Cultural and Arts Foundation,  Taiwan.

Portrait photo by Pi-Cheng WANG

Stage photo by Ku & Dancers

Curating Producer

Mina Wang is an experienced independent producer and project manager in performing arts. Two contemporary dance works she produced won the Taishin Arts Award for Performing Arts in 2020 and 2023 respectively.

Based in Taipei, Wang is also active in international community as a consultant, researcher and advocate for better arts and cultural ecology. She is a grantee of International Society of Performing Arts (ISPA) Global Fellowship, and Fulbright Scholarship. Her research interests focus on the healthy and sustainable working environment for all practitioners in performing arts.

Portrait photo by Pi-Cheng WANG