Wang Yeu-Kwn / Shimmering Production Islands
Taiwan
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A counterbalance between two islands – the legend of a fisherman seeking his true self
On a quest to unearth the legend of his own name, Wang Yeu-Kwn sets sail for the southeastern island nations, engaging Indonesian dancer Danang Pamungkas in a dialogue through physical and lived experiences.
Together, they explore the weight of bodies anchored to land and air. Here, identity, like the shifting shores, ebbs and flows with the tides. From solitary striving to kindred companionship, this drifting journey allows us to glimpse the island’s strength. The island carries its people with a delicate balance of gentleness and resilience. Perhaps, only when we venture beyond the island do we begin to truly know ourselves.
Header image description: A male dancer with short black hair wears a wooden mask. He is shirtless and bends at his waist, his back arching. He holds his hands up to his face with his fingers splayed out.
Header image © Lee Chia-Yeh
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About the contender
Wang Yeu-Kwn is the founder and artistic director of Shimmering Production, a Taiwanese dance company focusing on creating contemporary experimental works and movement workshops. Once a dancer for Cloud Gate 2, in recent years he has turned his focus to choreography, taking an interest in exploring the connections and disconnections between people, environments, and cultures.
Wang was a Bloom Prize finalist (part of The Rose International Dance Prize 2025) for Beings, and has been selected as a 2025–2026 Artist-in-Residence at the National Theater & Concert Hall of Taiwan.
deeply captivating and moving dance performance—an utterly intimate, poetic, and truthful act of creative revelation” ROAN CHING YUEH, Taishin Arts Award nominator-observer
Through sincere and unadorned performance, set within a mysterious island dreamscape, the work unfolds as a quietly captivating dance CHEN PIN HSIU, Taishin Arts Award nominator-observer
the two performers embody both solitude and coexistence within a relationship, portraying the encounter and collision of two island cultures REVIEWING PERFORMING ARTS TAIWAN
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