Liu I-Ling
Independent Taiwanese Contemporary Dance Artist
Independent Taiwanese Contemporary Dance Artist
LIU I-Ling [liou-ee-ling] 劉奕伶, a contemporary dance artist from Taiwan who received a BFA from Taipei National University of the Arts, was a former member of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company(USA) for 11 years.
In 2022, her duet work … and, or… won the Jury Prize of the Yokohama Dance Collection Competition I (Japan). Liu has been creating her choreographies which focus on reminiscence, trauma, social observation and re-definition of body “technique”.
Liu has also been collaborating with visual artists, photographers, composers, directors, and actors in theater and film. Since 2020, she has participated in Ming-Wei Lee’s work Our Labyrinth and performed in the Metropolitan Museum and the Tate Modern.
Since 2019, she has been collaborating with the Taiwanese filmmaker Su Hui-Yu as the Choreographer / Performer / Movement Director in several productions such as The White Waters which has been toured internationally. In 2022 she performed Still(Life) in Taipei by Xavier Le Roy & Scarlet Yu. She is currently a Part-Time Assistant Professor at the Taipei University of the Arts.
… and, or…
Liu I-Ling’s 20-minute no music duet work … and, or… won the Jury Prize of the Yokohama Dance Collection Competition I in 2022.
… and, or…
One matter of understanding “Decision-Making” is the difference between pushing the boundary and overstepping it. Perhaps the history of stepping on boundaries is always there but the legacy is constantly changing every time it is stepped on. The value of the elegacy sets you to protect all that’s important, o r to destroy.
Choreographer: Liu I-Ling
Dancer: Lin Jyun-Yi & Chang Kai-Ko
Lighting Designer: Yan Yi Steph Lo
Costume Designer: Huang Chih-Fan
">drew the audience in with a thrilling exchange of movements and a precise composition without embellishment, conveying a sincere message
─Okami Sae, Dance Critic, Associate Professor of Kyoritsu Women’s University
Among them, the works by Liu I-Ling, whose delicate, sharp movements supported by tranquil choreography and advanced technique exuded a physical drama (drama of the senses) that could not be verbalized.
─Kitamura Akiko, Choreographer, Dancer, Professor of Shinshu University
