Invited Work:

《The Round Light》 Presented by Tasting Theatre

Choreographer & Performer:

Choreographer Biography:

Work Introduction:

Before a tiny point of light takes shape as a body, it travels across many places and passes through countless circles. Before becoming a child, this small, round light has already explored unexpected dark corners and encountered lights far greater than itself. In the end, within a moment of stillness, it enters another glowing circle and becomes life.

The circle is both beginning and ending the earliest outline of the world and the origin to which all things continuously return. Within human subconsciousness, it echoes the journey from deep within caves toward the warmth of life’s circular cycle.

Combining objects, light and shadow, puppetry, and live music, this work portrays a solitary light-body that, after a quiet voyage through space, arrives on Earth and gradually takes form. Through this journey, the audience is invited to awaken a subtle perception of circular forms and the meanings they carry.

《The Possessed Body 》

Choreographer & Performer:

Yi-Yun Hsueh

Performers:

Yi-Yun Hsueh、 Kai-Wen Wu

Work Introduction:

The Possessed Body when spirit enters the body, form becomes meaning.

Drawing from past performance experiences and childhood memories immersed in temple culture, this work traces the body as a conduit for energy. When the human body becomes both the medium of the divine and the vessel of performance, what exactly does it carry?

Presented in an outdoor setting, the work returns performance to a space closer to everyday life and filled with unpredictability. Through the openness of the outdoor environment, the piece seeks to blur boundaries: between body and spectator, ritual and performance, everyday life and theatrical creation. In doing so, the audience is invited to witness how performance emerges and transforms within ordinary moments.

Choreographer Introduction:

Yi Yun HSUEH, born in Taiwan, is an artist who uses her body as a medium to interact with space, environment, sound, and consciousness, drawing audiences into another time and space through her work. Deeply influenced by literature, music, and film, her creative practice is rooted in storytelling through physical expression, drawing from personal life experiences and a profound empathy for the collective human journey. Growing up largely alone and immersed in nature, her connection with the body began in childhood, where she communicated with animals and experienced the world through instinct and intuition. Through movement and observation, she explores the line between the everyday and the extraordinary, viewing the body as an extension of perception, a vessel through which all things are felt and known. Audiences can choose to immerse themselves in her art personally or experience it as observers from a distance.

《IN/OUT》

Choreographers & Performers :

James Kan / Luo Yi-Tsai (Co-creation)

Video Design: Luo Yi-Tsai

Work Introduction:

IN/OUT takes the entrance area of the 907 Theatre as its primary stage, centering on six interconnected doors as the core imagery of the work. These doors are no longer merely pathways for movement; instead, they symbolize the many moments of opening and closing that occur throughout life. As dancers move through these thresholds, the neutral space transforms into a layered field carrying memories and choices. Through the body’s movement between doorframes, light, and air, audiences witness emotions being awakened and memories being reflected. Using the body as its primary narrative thread, the work builds a sensory viewing experience through footsteps, movement trajectories, and shifting light within space. The audience is no longer waiting for a performance to begin they are placed directly inside the unfolding landscape of the piece.

The work focuses on the themes of absence and loss in life. Accumulation and missed opportunities often coexist; unspoken words, fleeting moments that slipped away, and choices that can never be revisited all leave traces within memory and the body. Through the dancers’ actions, these traces become visible allowing absence to be seen and loss to be heard.

The decision to present the work within an “in-between” space reflects the transitional states people frequently inhabit in life the waiting, hesitation, and pause before the next decision arrives. Through the opening and closing of doors, movement, and moments of suspension, the work reveals the layered progression of time and memory.

Ultimately, the piece points toward acceptance of the past. Dialogue of Absence and Loss allows past and present to coexist within the same space, inviting audiences to listen to their own experiences of absence and loss while standing in the threshold between inside and outside.

Choreographer Introduction:

James Kan was born in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. His first encounter with dance was at the age of 21 during a training program led by Youth Dance Malaysia. In 2020, he graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts under the “2017 Taiwan Scholarship", Master of Fine Arts in Dance Choreography.

He has been invited to perform at some international dance festivals, such as: Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, London, Hong Kong, Australia, China, Seoul, Myanmar, Japan.

His work garnered the Merit Award in the “2011 Taiwan Creative Dance Competition” and “The Best Choreographer in a Mixed Bill” at the Malaysia 2014 BOH Cameronian Awards, while won the Gold Medal in the “2012 Taiwan Creative Dance Competition”. was the finalist choreographer in a Mentor-mentee dance choreography competition “Dance Escalator” organised by MyDance Alliance, Malaysia.

In 2013, James Kan premiered his 70mins full-length solo performance, entitled to which he was nominated “Best Dancer” for the Malaysia 2014 BOH Cameronian Awards.

Performance Schedule & Venue :

907 Space Theater

Jan 31, 2026 (Sat) 14:30

Jan 31, 2026 (Sat) 19:30

Feb 01, 2026 (Sun) 14:30