Choreographer Liu Kuan-hsiang (劉冠詳) and his wife, Chien Ching-ying (簡晶瀅), were busy last weekend performing in Horse’s (驫舞劇場) Duets (兩對) at the Experimental Theater, alongside company cofounder Chen Wu-kang (陳武康) and his wife, Yeh Ming-hwa (葉名樺).
This weekend sees the couple performing in Liu’s latest work, Wild Never Exist — along with four of their friends — as part of being performed as the third and final production in this year’s Points on Stage@Lab at the park’s newly opened LAB Creative Lab.
Liu, who grew up in the mountains, said he wanted to return to the fundamentals of dance and movement, with rhythms that are close to nature and wilderness.
Photo courtesy of Horse
■ Wild Never Exist, tonight at 7:30pm and Sunday at 2:30pm and 7:30pm, at Songshan Cultural and Creative Park East Building 2F(松山文創園區 — 東向製菸工廠2+), 133, Guangfu S Rd, Taipei City (台北市光復南路133號)
■ Tickets are NT$500; available at NTCH box offices, online at www.artsticket.com.tw, at convenience chain store ticketing kiosks and at the door.
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