ArtsCross Beijing 2012: light and water

A large scale international exchange project. The two distinct mediums in the theme of Light and Water offered an opportunity to create a ‘cultural feeling’ with new meanings and images. Choreographers from Beijing, Taipei, and Europe each produced a dance work responding to the theme from their different perspectives and individual styles, resulting in a series of brand new stage performances. Our focus in the research project is on the working environment and practices of the artists. We examine the particular to see the panoramic, and the resulting performances, conference debates and writings contribute to the ways we understand each other across national and other borders, and to the creation of a unique comparative study.