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Purgatory

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About Choreographer

Hsu Chen Wei

From Taiwan, Kaoshung | Independent Artist

Current dancer at "Ku and Dancers" and founder of Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company

From Taiwan, Kaoshung | Independent Artist Currently Artistic Director of Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company. Hsu’s training background includes Contemporary Dance, Improvisation, and has received a Masters Degree in Dance Choreography at Taipei National University of the Arts.

Currently dancer at "Ku and Dancers" and founder of Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company. Hsu also teaches “Contact Improvisation” at CAREO of TNUA in Huashan, and “Contemporary Dance” at University of Taipei Department of Dance. Hsu has awarded “LO Man-Fei Fund” in 2015 and 2017, “Cloud Gate-Wanderer Plan” in 2018.

Hsu has focused on Taiwan contemporary dance methods throughout his career, which then evolves into his core principal when choreographing dance pieces. Many of Hsu’s dance works have won the Taiwan’s National Creative Dance award, and has toured in many countries; including the US, Canada, Australia, France, Malaysia, China, HK, Indonesia, and Macao. Except exchanging and cooperating with international countries,

Hsu also actively promotes dancing by holding many dancing workshop; including “My Dancebody Program 1-7”, “Local Dancbody Program”, “Contact improvisation workshop” in 2015-2018.

In 2018, Hsu’s piece “Being not being” was invited to perform in “Chiayi New Style Choreography”, and in Macau “Solos/Duets Showcase”. In 2017, another Hsu’s piece “ Purgatory” was also elected to participate in “Kaohsiung Spring Arts Festival”.

In 2015, Hsu’s piece “The Sacrifice of Roaring” was elected to participate in Sun-Shier Dance theatre’s salon and won S-An Cultural Foundation Arts award. In the same year, “The Sacrifice of Roaring” was invited to participate in the Beijing Dance week, and then attended the WDA - America in Hawaii. This piece was also elected to participate in “ 2016 Taiwan Season - Edinburgh Fringe Festival”, The Netherlands “2016 NEU NOW Arts Festival”, and Hong Kong “2017 City Contemporary Dance Festival – HOT POT East Asia Dance Platform”. In 2018, “The Sacrifice of Roaring—Essential Version” was invited to perform in Taipei “ CoDance Festivel”, and Macau “CDE SPRINGBOARD”.

Hsu was elected to participate in “Youngs Stars, New Vision” in 2015, and his piece “Tiny Kingdom” debuted at the Taipei SongYan LAB, also in the same year Hsu’s third solo piece “Blue Yellow” debuted at the Taipei Wen Shen Theater, which was also invited to perform in Macau.

About Company

Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company

From Taiwan

Hsu Chen Wei Dance Company was formally established in the summer of 2015. Before creating his company, Hsu Chen-Wei worked as an independent artist, performing in domestic and international festivals. Through his touring experience throughout the country and abroad, this triggered Chen-Wei to create new dance and body vocabulary.

In the future, the company will continue to focus on multiple fronts in creation and body discipline, especially focusing on the “WallyHsu style", an aesthetic method that drives heavily on tradition Taiwanese ritual and celebration in dance. The company was created a works " The sacrifice of roaring " in 2016 . It was invited by Edinburgh Fringe Festival, the Netherlands NEU NOW Festival, Hong Kong 2017 City Contemporary Dance Festival, Taipei 2018 " CoDance Festivel", and Macau 2018 "CDE SpringBoard". This works has jumped into the international stage, and the company will continue to develop more chances.

《 Purgatory 》

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《A Wonder Place》-〈A Million Miles Away〉

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《The Sacrifice of Roaring》

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《Tiny Kingdom》

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《Journey of a Dancing Body》

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《No Lines》

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《Excerpts》

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