On curation: the development of Danscross and walking with Zhuangzi, ResCen Website, ResCen Research Centre

This article provides an account of the background and development of an international, collaborative dance research project which involved Middlesex University, Beijing Dance Academy and Taipei National University of the Arts. The project's first phase, initially called Danscross and then ArtsCross, took place in Beijing, Taipei and London from 2009 to 2013. The article explores both the creative processes and the context using both the chronology of the events described and three themes: text and context, design, translation. In addition, aspects of Chinese philosophy and of the Chinese context provide insights not often referenced by western scholars of performance.