Hung Dance is a Taiwanese contemporary dance company founded in 2017, led by choreographer LAI Hung-chung as Artistic Director. The company’s name, “HUNG (翃),” means to “soar,” reflecting its artistic vision.
Drawing inspiration from the poetry of daily life, HUNG DANCE translates inner emotion and physical states into dance, sensitive to the quiet relationships between bodies, communities, and the world they move through. Its creations blend elements of Tai Chi and Peking Opera with contemporary thought and physicality, cultivating a distinctive and evolving choreographic vocabulary.
The British newspaper, The Scotsman, has praised the company as “elegant yet powerful, distinctly personal yet deeply moving… one of the purest and most captivating examples of contemporary dance.” Their work SEE YOU received five five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
Since its founding, HUNG DANCE has brought its work to audiences in over 230 performances across 19 countries and 46 cities. This includes sold-out performances of SEE YOU (2022) and BIRDY (2023) at the Festival Off Avignon, both warmly received by audiences and critics alike.
To nurture the next generation of dance artists, the company also established the “Stray Birds Dance Platform”—an initiative that supports young international choreographers and actively builds global connections, bringing fresh vitality into Taiwan’s contemporary dance landscape.
BIRDY
A universal outcry for liberation—stretching from the personal to the political. Dark, yet dazzling; silent, yet thunderously resonant.
The Peter Pan
Commissioned by the National Taichung Theater, this reimagining of Peter Pan casts every character as Peter Pan—blurring gendered archetypes and tenderly exploring the emotional currents of growing up. A dance for all who continue to grow within their inner worlds.
US (TBC)
Europe Tour
US and Canada
April 6th - 11th: Brazil
April 16th - 21st: London
June: American Dance Festival, Durham, North Carolina, USA (TBC)
Adelaide Fringe Festival, Adelaide, Australia
Masdanza, Canary Islands, Spain
Théâtre de l’île, Nouvelle-Calédonie, France
Spazio Teatro No’hma Teresa Pomodoro, Milano, Italy
See You
Formless Erosion