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Kids

Showing on January 24–26, 2019

Playing at Scotiabank Dance Centre

PHOTO: ETANG CHEN

Liu Kuan-Hsiang (Taiwan)

PRESENTED WITH THE DANCE CENTRE

Liu Kuan-Hsiang goes for broke in this ecstatic tribute to his late mother; the dancer and choreographer clearly has a lot to get off his chest, and his catharsis is our reward. Having recorded conversations he had with his mom during her final days, Liu plays them, subtitled in English, for the audience; along with the dialogue come the movements of three incredibly agile dancers (Yu Wan-Lun, Huang Yu-Yuan and Liu himself). One moment they’re locked together in positions of the greatest difficulty; the next, they’re jumping and thrashing, acting with the exuberance that comes from the deepest emotional release.

Kids is a work of utter fearlessness. Liu dives headfirst into territory that many artists wouldn’t dare touch; the audience is privileged to his most intimate, primal feelings and experiences. From the sentimental to the scatological, the artist makes the private public in a demonstration of strength, courage and the deepest love.

PHOTO: ETANG CHEN

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Artist Bio

Liu Kuan-Hsiang (Taiwan)

Descended from a blind fortune teller, a jazz musician, a photographer and—clearly—one wonderful mother, among other folk, Liu Kuan-Hsiang has taken his inherited blessings and applied them to the utmost. This native Taiwanese artist has created and performed autobiographical, radically innovative dance works in Beijing, Singapore and Denmark, as well as his home country.

Venue

Scotiabank Dance Centre

677 Davie Street, Vancouver

Showtimes

January 24–26
POST-SHOW TALKBACK: JAN 25
50 minutes, no intermission

8PM

Tickets

Single tickets $37
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IN TAIWANESE EITH ENGLISH SURTITLES

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INTRODUCTION BY ARTIST AVAILABLE

In Taiwanese with English surtitles. Important: not all spoken word will be titled, see introduction for more information.

Credits

CHOREOGRAPHER Liu Kuan-Hsiang PERFORMERS Liu Kuan-Hsiang, Yu Wan-Lun, Huang Yu-Yuan MUSIC AND SOUND Liu Kuan-Hsiang TECH AND LIGHTING OPERATOR Lai Ke-Chu SOUND AND SURTITLES Su Ting-Ruei INTERNATIONAL TOUR Wen Huang SUPPORTED BY Ministry of Culture, Taiwan

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