This lecture begins with an analysis of Hagay Dreaming. Three creators, specializing in costume design, music production, and choreography, respectively, explore the mythology, technology, and physicality involved in this cross-disciplinary creation.
This work was inspired by the legend of Hagay from the Indigenous Truku tribe. It combines traditional songs, dance, lighting, and digital technology, with the construction of a dream-like forest setting for the performance of rituals.
The panelists are to draw on their creative practices to discuss how the costumes responded to the characters and their physical movements, how music and chants shaped the perceived spaces, and how choreography transformed physical experiences within the contexts of traditional music and dance and contemporary theatrical vocabulary.
As the moderator guides the discussion, the audience is expected to gain a deeper understanding of how cultural memory, gendered bodies, and imaginative settings became intertwined to shape the unique artistic language of Hagay Dreaming.
Moderator｜Lu Wei-Lun
Lu Wei-Lun is an independent curator and art critic, who focuses on contemporary Indigenous art, postcolonialism, and gender theory research. His recent curatorial works include Amorous Mountains, Erotic Seas: Queer, Indigene, and the Hidden History and Memo from the Great Mother: Aluaiy Kaumakan Solo Exhibition.
Panelist｜Chiu Wei-Yao (Dahu)
Dahu is of the Indigenous Bunun tribe from Taitung and holds a master’s degree in dance from the Taipei National University of the Arts. Inspired by the traditional songs of his community, he weaves diverse dialogues based on culture and contemporary and physical vocabularies. He has performed internationally as a dancer for the Formosa Ballet and served as a choreographer for the Taikang Cultural Center. In 2020, his work Padan won the Pulima Performance Creation Award. In 2025, he performed in Hagay Dreaming at the Tate Modern in London. That same year, his solo piece Question the Folk, Rebuild What It Could Be won first prize at Create Your Own Dance in Hsin-Chu. His creative style is frameless, as he explores the intertwining of culture and contemporary application.
Panelist｜Sayun Chang
Sayun Chang, a percussion artist from the Indigenous Truku tribe, is passionate about world music, improvisation, and cross-disciplinary productions and performances. Stream Legend, which she recorded with Spectro 7, earned Best Instrumental Album at the 32nd Golden Melody Awards. Her recent sound creations include Tension and Hollow (sculpture by Wu Sih-Chin, Taitung Sound Art Festival, 2025); The Path (New Taipei City Art Museum, 2024); Bridge Exploration (Romantic Route 3 Art Festival, 2023); and If Narratives Become the Great Flood (Liu Yu Solo Exhibition, 2021).
Panelist｜Chen Shao-Yen
Chen Shao-Yen’s works are characterized by different textures and challenging structures. They have been presented multiple times at London and Paris fashion weeks, and as part of The Future of Fashion is Now exhibition at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen in Rotterdam and Mode in Taiwan exhibition at the Calais Lace Museum in France, as well as at the National Palace Museum. From 2016-2021, he participated in Tong Yang-Tze’s From Ink to Apparel — A Crossover between Calligraphy Art and Fashion Design exhibition and designed costumes for Björk and Jolin Tsai. Since 2018, he has collaborated with Cloud Gate Dance Theatre on Spring Riot, Lunar Halo, Sounding Light, and All Ears. In 2023, he joined the production of Hagay Dreaming and in 2024 received a grant from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC).
