Workshop_Watan Tusi

Workshop Info.

Date｜2023/11/20 (Mon.) - 11/24 (Fri.) 14:00-18:00
Language of Instruction｜ Mandarin and English
Additional Info. for Participants｜ Prior dance experience required

Workshop Description

Foot script
A tribal displacement driven by colonialism ruptured the connection with ancestors, subsequently creating a temporal and spatial gap, which also exists on the fringes of discourse. "Foot script" writing begins from dance of stepping the ground, extending horizontally across time and vertically as a continuous, relative orientation. "Foot script" does not speak directly, but rather maneuvers back and forth along the edges of this gap. This is similar to other forms of art, where a material or method is used, shifting language away from the level of meaning, at least not solely within the realm of inference.

A Brief Biography of Artist

Taiwan｜Watan Tusi
Founder of TAI Body Theatre, Watan Tusi is a Truku descendant from Swasal village. "Tai" originates from the Truku language meaning “to see or to observe” hinting to Watan’s gaze and contemplation towards traditional indigenous culture. The question Watan Tusi asks himself: “What could indigenous music and dance be more apart from traditional ceremonies and touristic performances?” After spending two years in field research of the movement of foot scripts on the land in daily life, Watan Tusi documented over 60 “Foot Scripts”. New physical and dance forms are evolved from the deconstruction and reconstruction process in every creation. The works of TAI Body Theatre are inspired by indigenous literature, body and music, as well as the status of indigenous people, environmental conflicts, and related issues.

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