“We are very honored to be in the spotlight on this 58the Festival Off Avignon. Taiwan’s position on the international scene is very unique. Participating in this Festival allows us to show a country where artists are free to express their creations with vitality, talent and diversity. It is a source of pride to be able to show all the spectrums of Taiwanese arts,” confides Justin Chiu, representative of the Taiwan Cultural Center in Paris. “Among all this extraordinary and magnificent tumult that the Festival represents, being able to escape a few thousand kilometers away, to the land of grace and deep feelings, expressed by the beauty of bodies, traversed by intoxicating music, what is more reassuring and refreshing?” says Anthea Sogno, director of the Condition des soies, which has been hosting Taiwanese companies since 2008.
Performing arts, cinema, exhibitions, literature, meetings…
At The Condition of Silks until July 21
▶ At 1:30 p.m., In factory
The Island Dance Theatre Company, which integrates social issues into its creations, offers a contemporary dance show on the difficulty ordinary people have in surviving in our world.
▶ At 3:25 p.m., The Rodin-Lady Macbeth project
The Shinehouse company, which specializes in literary adaptations and training local dancers, offers a dialogue between three heterogeneous bodies and invites the public to venture into the land of desire, power and the price to pay for actions.
▶ At 6:25 p.m., When the body expresses itself
The Chun Dance Company, whose mission is to reveal the beauty of dance to audiences from all walks of life, offers a contemporary dance show on the vision of the body and soul of the Taiwanese.
At Rouge Gorge from July 3 to 21
▶ At 11:25 a.m., Since 1994
The Eye Catching Circus Company, which explores the creative potential of contemporary Taiwanese circus by integrating acrobatics into the circus world, invites the public to discover the body language of women setting out to discover themselves, oscillating between balance and instability in their effort to overcome the conflict between what society expects of them and their own expectations.
At the Cordeliers church
▶ From Tuesday July 16 to Friday July 24, a visual art exhibition.
Two contemporary artists will be honored at the Cordeliers Church Tsai-Charwei and Uyu-Jen-Chih. The exhibition is organized in partnership with the Avignon School of Art.
At the Off village and at the Comédie Humaine
▶ Until July 21, Taiwan, instructions for use, a book exhibition.
Around thirty Taiwanese works translated into French as well as meetings with the authors Hung Hung and Virginia Chuang on July 16
Organized by Plan B, this new Inside Out action, a participatory project initially created by JR, aims to promote intercultural dialogue and connection.
Hundreds of portraits of Taiwanese people present in Taiwan’s markets will adorn the walls of the Off Village
At the Utopia cinema
▶ A panorama of Taiwanese cinema
Nine films by new wave and emerging directors will be screened from July 8 to 16 at Cinéma Utopia.
A round table on Taiwanese theatre on July 11 and a Taiwan evening with a concert on July 12 are also part of this new programme of events that the public is invited to discover from July 2.
More info on www.festivaloffavignon.com
