The 2024 SummerWorks Performance Festival, scheduled to take place from Aug. 1 to 11 in Toronto, Canada, is launching its unprecedented “Taiwan Focus” program series. This series features three boundary-pushing contemporary works from some of Taiwan’s most celebrated movement-based companies.
Featured Taiwanese works at this year’s festival include the Canadian premiere of “Girl’s Notes III (少女須知（後）)” by Kua-bo Dance Theater (看嘸舞蹈劇場); “Meet the Bones” by HORSE (驫舞劇場); and the world premiere of “Three Dots” by Fist & Cake Production (軟硬倍事).
Entering its 34th year, the SummerWorks Performance Festival expands the possibilities of performance as Canada’s premier curated live performance festival. With the theme “Survival Mode,” this year’s festival holds space for a diversity of perspectives and lived experiences, featuring over 40 projects and 100 artists from across Canada, as well as from Taiwan, Morocco, Kenya, and South Korea.
In addition to the “Taiwan Focus” program, a series of events featuring visiting artists and producers from Taiwan will be also held. These include movement workshops led by renowned Taiwanese artists WuKang Chen (陳武康), Fangas Nayaw (陳彥斌), I-Fen Tung (董怡芬), and PinWen Su (蘇品文); a producer talk featuring Taiwanese producer Wen Huang (黃雯) and other Toronto-based professionals; and an open studio presented by Taiwanese choreographer Naceku (何晏妤) and Toronto-based dancer Nyda Kwasowsky.
For more information and registration: https://adelheid.ca/toronto-taipei