2018 Tua-Tiu-Tiann International Festival of Arts
《Our Body》

Dance X AMA museum X Site-Specific Performance 

Program introductions
A bitter past can be difficult to talk about, and victims of war have kept their secrets for so long. Ama, former comfort women, show great tenacity and courage, as they transform their pain into tender strength.

For the past 20 years, the Taipei Women’s Rescue Foundation has cared for and accompanied former Taiwanese comfort women, allowing their trauma to be faced in a different way. Inside Out Dance Theatre created this performance based on the AMA museum space, in combination with museum displays and the works of Ama created during their art therapy sessions. The site-specific performance takes place in different areas of the museum, providing a new experience for audiences and encouraging the revisiting of this history, which should not be forgotten.

Company / Artists Introduction
Inside Out Dance Theatre, established in 2016, with their close observation of life being transformed into absurd but marvelous ideas, they tell stories through their own bodies as an imaginative novelist. From their unique point of view and way of performing, they encourage the audience to bring out their own imagination, enjoying the thinking process of contemporary dance as there is no one answer.

Works include "Round Stones" from 2017 Taipei Children's Art Festival, "Forever" from 2017 Taipei Fringe Festival and "Onion" from 2016 Taipei Fringe Festival. They have also been invited to Shenzhen Fringe Festival two years in a row. In the summer of 2018, they deliver two whole new productions, "Linus" from Taipei Children's Art Festival and "Flowers are gone" from Huashan Children's Art Festival.

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