Date
10.22 Sat.－10.30 Sun
About the Performance
Dérive à NangangXizhi is an experimental video-choreography launched by contemporary dancer and choreographer WANG Ning. She took her living area, NangangXizhi(Taipei), as a site-specific space. Extending the idea, Théorie de la dérive, from Guy Debord, it proposes to activate our perception while walking through city pathway. The intention is to get rid of the ossification and encounter things randomly. In this dance video, the dancer paired up with a camera(man). They were improvising through the lanes around Ning’s neighborhood. Attempts to documenting all the spontaneously happens between all matter’s interaction.
WANG Ning
Concept/Choreography/Perform: WANG Ning
WANG Ning, born in 1991, is a contemporary dancer and choreographer from Taipei, Taiwan. Since 2013, Ning has performed, choreographed and collaborated with independent artists and groups in Taiwan. She engaged in various forms of multi-disciplinary arts, including dance, theater, contemporary circus, percussion, multimedia and experimental film. Her first full-length dance piece, 《丨丨》The Other (2018), focused on the gendering spectacle of human bodies. She attempted to create a hybrid teasing curls under the spectatorship on the ground of nudity. Launching series of experiments about dance making, Ning initiated an improvised practice and developed into her current choreography Movement (2021). It was nominated by The 20th Taishin Arts Award. From 2020, she participated several international exchange projects, including ARTWAVE “Movers’ Platform#1 Taiwan/Japan”, [CP]3 (organized by Dance Nucleus, Singapore) and Connect with SEA (Gender & Sexuality): Residency Onsite & Online.
Co-scripting/Videography/Edit: CHANG Neng-Chen
Born in 1987 in Taoyuan, Taiwan, CHANG Neng-Chen is a videographer and the director of Tunneling Studio. With a B.A. in visual communication design from the TransWorld University, CHANG had worked at editing department of several film productions and music video studios. As a videographer, CHANG devoted to use his camera documenting social and political movement. Became freelancer from 2013, he has cooperated with visual artists, performing artists and indie band for a long time, including feature commercial advertisement, music video, documentary and campaign film. Recently, he worked with Treasure Hill Artist Village, Vocal Asia and Eden Social Welfare Foundation.
Production Team
Concept/Choreography/Perform: WANG Ning
Co-scripting/Videography/Edit: CHANG Neng-Chen
Music: LIAO Hai-Ting
Photography: TSAI Shi-Fan
Special Thanks: Ann WU, KAO Yi-Kai, CHEN Hsin-Yu, Spring CHEN, CHIU Cheuk-Lam
