Date/Time: Saturday, 31 August 2024, 16:30-17:20
Venue: 11F Studio 3, Taipei Performing Arts Center
Artist: TS Crew, contact Gonzo
Language: In English
Building a Bridge
The two all-male physical theatre and performance collectives – TS Crew (Hong Kong) and contact Gonzo (Japan), which have a common interest and background in martial arts and stunt work, will share the research and development process of their new co-creation and how they tackle the theme of ‘building a bridge’ to explore its multifaceted context - social, political, economic, technological - in relation to the spatial and temporal dimensions of human interference in the world.
Commissioned by the WestK (Hong Kong), the first stage development of the work will be presented at Freespace Dance 2024 in November and the final full-length work will be premiered in 2025.
Speakers for the presentation at the ADAM: Hugh Cho (Artist of TS Crew), Andy Lo (Producer of TS Crew)、Yuya Tsukahara (Artist of contact Gonzo), Anna Cheng (Senior Producer of WestK, Hong Kong)
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TS Crew, Hong Kong
Professional performing arts group TS Crew, led by artistic director Hugh Cho and associate artistic director Steve Ng Chung-wai, is comprised of artists with backgrounds in film, drama, xiqu, dance, martial arts and stunting, and is the driving force behind the Hong Kong-international dance platform Hong Kong Soul. Currently a three-year grantee of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council, TS Crew has performed locally and internationally at a variety of festivals and events, including New Year’s Eve Countdown 2023 at Times Square, New York, Busan International Dance Festival, Sziget Festival in Budapest, Hungary and Edinburgh Festival Fringe, UK. The group’s performance No Dragon No Lion received the Asian Arts Award for Best Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2022, and nominations for Best Dance and Best Show in the DarkChat Award at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023.
contact Gonzo, Japan
Osaka-based performance art collective contact Gonzo was founded in 2006 by Masaru Kakio and Yuya Tsukahara. Its current members include Yuya Tsukahara, Keigo Mikajiri, Takuya Matsumi and NAZE. Taking its name from “Gonzo journalism” – a highly personal style of reporting from the 1970s – contact Gonzo emphasises improvisational interaction among performers. Their performances are often likened to fighting and the practice of martial arts, blurring the boundaries between violence and trust. contact Gonzo has performed across Japan as well as in major international cities such as Singapore, New York, Moscow, Rio, Reykjavik, Zurich, Budapest and Ljubljana.
IG: contact_gonzo
Key visual photo© Kinosaki Internatinal Arts Center
