Taiwan Season - REVIEWS

BOUT - Chang Dance THeatre

***** the wee Review - An outstanding and exhilarating piece of work

**** The Guardian - Bout floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee (And recommended as one of the must-see shows of the festival - here)

**** Seeing Dance - Bout immediately draws you in. The tight space...intensifies everything. It binds the action tightly

**** To Do List - A beautifully contemplative dance piece inspired by boxing

**** The Scotsman - The dynamic between the trio is as fluid as their bodies, shifting from opponent to protector, bystander to participant.

*** The List - One of Bout's strengths is this quick decontextualizing of movement, from something very ordinary to something strange.

*** A Younger Theatre - Bout is a serene, graceful piece with creative choreography performed by superbly professional dancers

🏆 Best Performance, Asian Arts Awards

FISH - Shinehouse Theatre

**** The List - It draws upon diverse skills to shine a warm and loving light on the subtly complex cultural values that can exist between the generations.

****Kryztoff RAW - Taiwan’s Shinehouse Theatre takes on the admirable aim of producing work for minorities, in this case, the hearing impaired.

*** The Wee Review - During the short time frame we experience delightful puppetry and expressive storytelling

*** Seeing Dance - What does come through loud and clear, and especially at the end, is the poignancy of the story

** The Scotsman - The story is endearing...

Floating Flowers - B.Dnace

***** Broadway Baby - An extraordinary piece in its sheer beauty, its piercing emotion, energy and originality.. it will stay with you for ever.

***** The Wee Review - Floating Flowers is not only a highlight of the dance on offer at this year’s Fringe, it is a highlight of the dance presented to Edinburgh audiences this year

***** Edinburgh Guide - I have given only a handful of 5 star awards in more than 15 years of reviewing, this will be one of them. Anything less would be criminal

**** The Scotsman - At the end, the rousing applause is as much for the athleticism as the aesthetics

**** The List - Exhilarating and breathtakingly executed

**** Seeing Dance - I doubt you will see more physicality, more non-stop energy, from any dance piece this Fringe

****fest - By turns beautiful and pained, this is an athletic rush of movement, shot through with snatches of serenity and humour.

🏆 The Bobby Award, Broadway Baby

🏆 The Winner Spirit of the Fringe Award, Merv Award

🏆 The Best Show, Asian Arts Award

Montser - Dua Shon Te Production

***** The Wee Review - Monster is an outstanding achievement and dares to not only be different but revels in its uniqueness

**** Edinburgh Guide - Monster is radical in its conception and avant-garde in its form and shape

**** To Do List - That unique kind of Fringe show that leaves you perplexed but intrigued…

*** Fest - Yen-Cheng’s movement has a fluid—almost lackadaisical—nonchalance that slowly morphs with lithe purpose

*** Edinburgh Festival Magzine - stage design and soundscape certainly set the tone for a psychedelic journey into the modern soul and the intricate use of a mirrored disco ball is definitely the highlight of the show.

** Seeing Dance - There are moments of humour and irony

Fringe Review Highly Recommended - This is a piece that lingers long in the memory and makes things appear to be contemplative in a way in which it explores the basic whilst performing the complex. It made a fascinating experience for us all.

Event Magzine - The cleverness of Yen-Cheng Liu’s creation hits immediately then drip-feeds into your head throughout the next few days.