As part of its partnership with the Taiwan Fringe Festival, the Melbourne Fringe Festival will bring to the stage two modern dance works created by top choreographers Su Pinwen and Zhou Kuanyu.
girl’s notes (October 11-12, Melbourne Recital Center – Primrose Potter Salon)
Crossing the boundaries between contemporary dance and gender, we ask questions: How should women express themselves? Artist Su Pinwen and pianist Michael Lin have created a groundbreaking piece of performance art and contemporary dance inspired by a 1990s Taiwanese book that taught women how to behave.
The two perform captivating performances on stage that explore the intentions behind our everyday actions. SU’s work challenges heteronormative ideas of gender, feminism and nudity, taking dance into conceptual realms that question ideas of gender and the power dynamics of female sexuality in relationships.
Su Pinwen (he/him/they) is the artist and artistic director of Kuabo Dance Company. His work challenges heteronormative stereotypes surrounding concepts of gender, feminism and nudity.
tomato (October 2-5 at Dancehouse – Sylvia Staehli Theatre)
Created by the talented dancer and choreographer Zhou Kuanyu for himself and two other performers, not to mention some ripe and shapely red fruit, tomato It’s a cultural experience that’s both fun and provocative.
Desire and desire take center stage in a shrewd, capricious mix of live performance and live camera recording. This mesmerizing work expresses Zhou’s ongoing interest in the sexualized body from a feminist perspective in absurd ways. Here, private sexual expressions receive public attention.
Zhou Guanru is an artist living in Taiwan. A carrier of multi-dimensional performance energy and sensibility, she is a theater performer, choreographer, movement designer and dance coach. In recent years, she has devoted herself to the art practice of “desire body”, using sexual fluidity as a strategy to loosen boundaries. Through tactile perception, she expands into dance-based conversational spaces, focusing on the performance of body politics. Her practice methods include, but are not limited to, physical practice, workshops, and performance.
The Taiwan Fringe Festival is a program that spotlights innovative arts in one of Asia’s most creative centers of inspiration. In 2024, Fringe Festival Taiwan will explore the boundaries of gender and the changing forms of feminism at the intersection of private and public spaces.
For more information, visit melbournefringe.com.au/fringe-guides/fringe-focus-taiwan.
