In 1988, dancer-choreographer Ku Ming-shen, then a teacher at the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan, visited the University of Illinois in the United States. There, one evening, she and a group of ...

Former US President Jimmy Carter’s decision to switch diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing sent shockwaves through Taiwan when it was announced in late 1978. With grave existential concerns ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Cloud Gate Dance Theater holds a special place in the country’s cultural life. Now its founder is passing the torch to a new generation. By Roslyn ...

The 2010 Cross-Straits Youth Dance Exchange was held in Qingdao, east China's Shandong Province, on July 24-28, 2010. Hosted by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Qingdao Government and ...

Reporting from TAIPEI, Taiwan — A dance performance inspired by the life cycle of rice doesn’t sound like the kind of sensual show that would necessitate a warning to parents about “mature content” ...

A lone figure drifts through dim light in a dark space. Her arms undulate slowly. Another appendage -- a pheasant tail feather as long as the dancer is tall -- floats upward from the bun atop her head ...

What were they waiting for? Not a rock concert. Not a soccer match. Remarkably, they were staking out a spot for a contemporary dance performance. That’s because in Taiwan, contemporary dance is ...

YILAN, Taiwan (JTA) — It was a cool spring day in Yilan, a town on Taiwan’s northeast coast known for its picturesque rice fields and delicious spring onions. On a concrete clearing beneath a bridge ...

Our May 22 report on a "Brave New Taiwan" prompted readers to muse yet again on the conundrum of Taiwan's relationship with China. An observer of the Hong Kong handover fretted over Taiwan's loss of ...

The smooth "Subject Three" dance moves, accompanied by a remixed version of the song "A Smile in the Martial World," has become one of the hottest dances on Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok. This ...