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Interviews with the 2011 ArtsCross choreographers

2011 ArtsCross Choreographers’ Interviews

by LIN Yatin

Aug. 4–5, 2011

TNUA College of Dance

Series of Transcripts of Choreographers Interviewed in Chinese*

Part. 1 of 7

Ms. Yao Shu-Fen (Taipei) Aug. 4, 2011

Q: What do you expect [...]

Interview with Bula

Aug. 4, 2011 @ TNUA

Interviewer: Lin Yatin

II. Bulareyaung Pagarlava (Taipei)

Q: What do you expect from ArtsCross? What ideas do you wish to portray in your work?

A: Usually, if I learn of a future project when I’m already working with another project on hand, my mind will already begin to anticipate what [...]

Interview with Lai Tsui-shuang

Aug. 5, 2011 (Fri.) @ TNUA

Interviewed by Lin Yatin English Transcript by Kevin Wang

III. Ms. Lai Tsui-shuang (Taipei)

Q: What do you expect from ArtsCross?

A: Simply to create and present a complete work in such a short time. Of course it would be impossible to make everything perfect given the time available, [...]

Yatin’s Interview with Yen-Fang

Aug. 5, 2011

IV. Yu Yen-fang (Taipei)

Q: What do you expect from ArtsCross?

A: Well, I don’t think I have expectations per se, but I do feel very uncertain and frightened, since this is such a big project. I guess I do expect uncertainty, the uncertainty of meeting new people, the uncertainty arising from [...]

Zhang Jianmin’s interview

Aug. 5, 2011 @ TNUA

Interviewed by Yatin

V. Zhang Jianmin (Beijing)

Q: What do you expect from ArtsCross?

A: There are a lot of new or unfamiliar faces here at ArtsCross, so I think this is a great opportunity for interchange and interaction with other choreographers and dancers. For my part, I hope to [...]

Interview with Zhang Xiaomei

Interviewed by Lin Yatin, transcribed by Kevin Wang

Aug. 5, 2011 @ TNUA

VI. Zhang Xiaomei (Beijing)

Q: What do you expect from ArtsCross?

A: I’ve known about the mechanics of the ArtsCross project for quite some time. Last time [in 2009] I was just an observant, but I felt that the final performance was [...]

Li Shanshan interviewed

Aug. 5, 2011 @ TNUA

Interviewed by Lin Yatin, Transcribed by Kevin Wang

VII. Li Shanshan (Beijing)

Q: What do you expect from ArtsCross?

A: When the Beijing Dance Academy told me I would be participating in this project, I felt very glad. As a choreographer who’s visiting Taiwan for the very first time, I’ve [...]

Avatara’s interview

Interviews with ArtsCross 2011 Choreographers by LIN Yatin

Aug. 4–5, 2011 at TNUA

Transcripts Part II: Three UK choreographers by Kevin Wang

Avatâra Ayuso (UK)

Q: What are your expectations of this ArtsCross/DansCross project?

A: I think to learn as much as I can from the dancers, from the people here at the university, even [...]

Khamlane’s interview

Aug. 4, 2011

Interviewed by Lin Yatin

Khamlane Halsackda (UK)

Q: What do you expect to come out of these three weeks of rehearsals?

A: I am very interested to experience the general dance scene in Asia. I’ve been to Bangalore, India this year, and now I’m in Taiwan. My family originally came from Laos, [...]

Interview with Alexander Whitley

Aug. 5, 2011 (Friday, Week One)

Interviewed by Lin Yatin

Alexander Whitley (UK)

Q: When you first knew you would be taking part in this, did you have any ideas or expectations of what you would be doing?

A: Well, a little. The first email I received told me a little about TNUA and the [...]