Start from the Body: Body Movement Workshop

Chou Shu-yi has been an Artist-in Residence at National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) since 2020. Chou is also the curator of Taiwan Dance Platform, a programme based in southern Taiwan, which aims to serve as a point of connection for contemporary dance in Asia. Using dance as a language to communicate with the world, Chou focuses on the relationships between humans and society. In his creations, he harnesses the power of cross-disciplinary collaborations to express the public nature of arts. 

Between 2022 and 2024, he also initiated the Bolero in Kaohsiung project, bringing dance performances out of the theatre setting and into the community, and at the same time, nurturing the next generation of dancers in Taiwan.

Born in 1969, Cheng Chih-chung was diagnosed with poliomyelitis in 1973. He is currently the resident playwright and director of Oz Theatre Company. He performed in many important productions, including 1949 if 6 was 9 and Knock on Heaven’s Door by Théâtre du Point Aveugle, 30 People: No Reading by Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group and Rainbow Factory by the Riverbed Theatre. The works he wrote and directed for the Oz Theatre Company include Spring-First Episode of Road to Brightness Trilogy and A Wordless Drama 2012.