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The Taipei Dance Circle was founded by Liou Shaw-Lu in 1985, formerly a co-founder of the Cloud Gate, widely recognised as one of the biggest contributors to contemporary dance in Taiwan. The Circle absorbs aspects from traditional Hakka ceremonies along with Tai Chi and other eastern martial arts to form their aesthetic.
Creeping around, past broken wires into an abandoned middle school in Xinbeitou, we went to find out what exactly the Dance Circle were up too in such a secretive location...
On arriving, the troupe were beginning a practice performance, I was speechless and heart palpitating as the tension in the line formed by line of three dancers pushed me into a corner. After, Teacher Liou enthusiastically began detailing the pursuits and personnel of his current troupe and how he sees puts emphasis on three areas when creating his dances: mind, body and the mystical Chi based around breathing methods. The bottom line, however, was that these feelings, these physical emotions could not be put into words."When your body begins listening to you, the need for language becomes obsolete", Teacher Liou concluded...
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Photos provided by Taipei Dance Circle and N. Coulson
