Meditative Dance Theatre in Contemporary Taiwan

This book explores the most unique contemporary forms of Taiwanese dance theatre and the theatre of movement created by renowned choreographers whose productions are committed to the Eastern body aesthetics (dongfang shentiguan).

Izabella -ab-dzka is Professor of Sinology and Theatre Studies at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland, specialising in the history and aesthetics of Chinese theatre and drama, comparative literature and contemporary Chinese poetry and prose.

Introduction 1. Old Concepts and New Practice in Contemporary Taiwan Dance Theatre 2. U-Theatre on the Path of Jerzy Grotowski: Theatre of a Perfect Performer 3. Creating the Dance, Re-creating the Myth: Meditative Dance Theatre of Lin Lee-chen 4. Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. From Narrative to Abstraction: Calligraphic Writing with the Dancer's Body