2023 My Dear 親愛的 新篇

In My Dear, choreography flows through the silhouette cutouts by paper-cutting artist Jam Wu. On the origamilike stage, 8 dancers dash through the fleeting shadows, creating scenes of clashes and intimacy like flipping through pages of life. A classic of MeimageDance’s critically acclaimed repertoire, the revival amplifies this choreographic reflection on interpersonal affection and attachment with an enhanced stage structure and a new ensemble.

Winner of the 19th National Award for Arts, Hsiao-Mei Ho explores in this piece the tension between individual agency and its subjugation to manipulation through experimenting with marionette-like shapes and combination of the dancer’ bodies. Marionettes possess an ideal form of the human body, yet they also point to the quality of being shaped and manipulated, a quality that human beings are also not exempt from.

In this new version, street dance techniques are integrated to create contrasting dynamics with the flow of the choreography. The dancers switch between doll-like figures with bleached white hair and manipulators wearing trench coats. Balancing on the page-like slopes, it is a portrait of the tug-of-war between interpersonal conflicts and connection.

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Artistic Director & Choreograph｜Hsiao-Mei Ho
Production Consultant｜ Chia-Feng Lin
Producer｜ Chih-Hsin Yang
Executive Producer｜ Chieh-Ni Chen
Stage Visuals｜ Jam Wu、 KoFu Lin
Technical Design｜ Eugene Yang
Lighting Design｜ An-Huei Tsao
Costume Design｜ Zeigarniq
Sound Design: Jinya Huang
Graphic: Tsan Yu Yin
Stage Manager: Kun-Hsien Lin
Rehearsal Director｜Hana Chen
Rehearsal Assistant｜ Liang Ching Yu
Photos : LIU Chen-hsiang, CHANG Jia-hao, Jam Wu


Organizer：Taipei City Government
Implemeter：Taipei Performing Arts Center

Dancers: (In alphabetical order)

Chen-Wei Hsu, Chieh-Hann Chang, Ching-Yu Liang, Hsin-Chieh Chou, Kuan-Jung Huang, Ting-I Ho, Yi-Chen Peng, Yi-Chieh Hsu, Yun-Chi Lai, Yun-Chu Wen