Between the multinational and multi-hued ‘Hui’ at the National Theater, ‘So Blue’ at the Experimental Theater and a festival of contact and dance improvisation at the Wellspring Theater, Taipei’s dance audiences are spoilt for choice

Taipei Times
Date: Nov 12, 2015
By: Diane Baker  /  Staff reporter

Taipei’s fall overload of dance programs is going strong this weekend, with three terrific

Hui, a joint production by Dance Forum Taipei and Chinese composer Tan Dun, opens tomorrow at the National Theater in Taipei as part of the NTCH’s Dancing in Autumn series. Photo courtesy of Chen You-wei

cross-cultural programs to choose from. The overload is having an impact at the box office, though, with many companies reporting slower ticket sales than normal because of the increased competition, something that is set to continue almost through the end of the year.

The National Theater Concert Hall’s (NTCH) Dancing in Autumn series has programs running in both the main theater, Hui (迴), and the Experimental Theater, So Blue, while the annual iDance Taipei festival opened its tent last night across town at the Wellspring Theater in the Gongguan (公館) area.     [FULL  STORY]