Together, we will delve into Sticky Hands, Stitched Mountains –Japan co-production by Taiwanese artist Ciwas Tahos (林安琪) and Japanese choreographer Nanako Matsumoto. The project draws from the Atayal oral narrative “Temahahoi” and the Japanese mountain witch folklore “Yamauba,” weaving them into a dynamic, interlaced landscape. Through the lenses of queer theory, archipelagic discourse, and ecofeminism, we will trace the currents and contexts—both within and beyond the work’s textual fabric.
Speaker｜Fan-Ting Cheng (Taiwan)
Fan-Ting Cheng holds a Ph.D. in Theater and Performance Studies from UCLA and is currently an Associate Professor at the Graduate Institute of Taiwanese Literature at National Taiwan University. Her research interests include contemporary theater, queer critique, and island discourses. Her writings have been published in TDR/The Drama Review, Asian Theatre Journal, Theatre Studies, Chung-Wai Literary Quarterly, and various arts criticism journals both in Taiwan and internationally.
