《Dance a Dance From My Yellow Skin》
The Chinese diaspora identities of Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan are explored in Dance a Dance From My Yellow Skin, a work by CHOU Shu-yi. All three places are multicultural hubs with a majority Chinese population. With this in mind, CHOU gathers dancers from the three locales for a performance that approaches the body as a repository of history. Where do you come from? Why did you come here? Why did you leave there? Where do you want to go? These questions of emigration and migration underpin the lives of all Singaporeans, Hong Kongers, and Taiwanese, and serve as a starting point for CHOU and company to ask what it means to be Chinese, particularly within a multicultural society.
About Creation
Stage Size: 10m(w) x 8m(D)
Number of performers: 9
Number of tour party: 14
Age of Audience: 7+
Audience Capacity: 200
Length of show: 117 mins
Photo credit: Ms Bernie Photography
CHOU Shu-yi
CHOU Shu-yi has been an Artist-in Residence at National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) since 2020. Chou is also the curator of Taiwan Dance Platform, a programme based in southern Taiwan that aims to serve as a networking hub for contemporary dance in Asia. Viewing dance as a language to engage with the world, CHOU focuses on the relationships between humans and society. In his work, he embraces cross-disciplinary collaborations with an emphasis on the public nature of the arts. His projects include the Bolero In Kaohsiung Project, a community outreach program that also aims to nurture future generations of dancers in Taiwan.
Contact Information
Contact Person
LO Shih-ju
羅仕儒
