RAVEN + LIGHTS | MARY

Shows

SHI-HAO HUANG
RAVEN + LIGHTS

choreography by Huang Shi-Hao

Raven is a contemporary dance performance that explores the delicate balance between protection and freedom. Inspired by the mythological symbols of the raven, the work recounts emotional relationships through an intense physical dialogue between the two dancers, between rapid gestures and moments of suspension. Fluid and powerful movements evoke encounter, separation and connection, transforming the stage into an emotional space where every gesture speaks louder than words. A visual and sensory experience that leaves a deep impression on the viewer.

In Lights, dance becomes a shield, a quest and a ritual of becoming. On stage, the multiple facets of personality take shape, all enclosed in a single individual. The artist on stage explores the delicate balance between emotion and responsibility, between instinct and social norms. Emotion, in dialogue with the environment, generates unstable defences and fragments the self, revealing the tension between protection and transformation.

Huang Shi-Hao, born in Taipei, is currently a student in the Master's programme in Choreography at the National Taipei University of the Arts. In 2017, he participated in the ‘Sun-Shier Salon Dance Exhibition’ projects organised by the Sun-Shier Salon Dance Theatre and took part in the Taipei Fringe Festival. In 2022, he performed ‘Nuit Blanche’, while in 2023 he performed on stage in Daegu as part of the Dance Play Platform in Korea. In 2024, he will present a work at the Want to Dance Festival. Huang has collaborated with prominent Taiwanese choreographers such as Chang Chien-Ming, Lin Yi-Chin, Hsu Fang-Yi, Chang Hsiu-Ping, Li Ming-Cheng and Chuang Po-Hsiang. In 2023, he participated as a performer in the DANTIDOTE Dance Company's work ‘Non-Ordinary Service’, which won the silver prize at the 28th MASDANZA Duo Dance Competition in Spain. In the same year, he also worked as a rehearsal assistant and artist for the National Taipei University of the Arts' annual show, ‘爍動MOVE’, and participated in the reconstruction of Hofesh2's show ‘IN YOUR ROOMS’ under the direction of rehearsal supervisor Chang Chien-Ming. In 2024, she will perform with the DANTIDOTE Dance Company at the Singapore International Arts Festival and the Yokohama Dance Collection in Japan.

CHIH-CHIA HUANG
MARY

by and with Chih-Chia Huang
music by Pipa-SU Yun-Han, Drums Like Machine Guns, <1, LOPKERJO
production in residence The Place

A solo inspired by the city of London, emblem of encounters and cultural stratifications, which explores contemporary multiculturalism through the character of Mary. The creation crosses languages, identities and areas of misunderstanding between different cultures, questioning the concept of homeland as a possible core of identity, deeply engraved in bodies and memories, between dreams, disorientation and the desire to belong.

Chih-Chia Huang is a freelance dance artist. University of the Arts London, Central Saint Martins College - Master's in Performance Design and Practice. National Taipei University of the Arts, Department of Theatre - Bachelor's in Theatre Directing. Chih-Chia has explored performance by constructing her choreography with an open mind. Collaborating with artists from different disciplines, she continues her experiments in performance form and structure with multiple perspectives and all her passion.

>Projects created thanks to the international residencies of Nid Platform 2024, supported by the Cultural Division of the Taipei Representative Office in Italy, in collaboration with the Shinehouse Theatre / Want To Dance Festival in Taipei.