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Hung Dance

Thursday, November 19, 2026 · 8:00 PM PST · Meany Center for the Performing Arts

Dates tentative — check the venue’s listing for exact days and times

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Hung Dance
Hung Dance brings Taiwanese choreographer Lai Hung-chung's "Birdy" to the University District on November 19—a contemporary piece that layers Chinese opera tradition (complete with pheasant-feather headdresses) into movement exploring freedom and constraint. If you're curious what happens when martial arts vocabulary meets dance theater, this Seattle debut at Meany Center is worth the trip.

Lineup

  • Hung Dance
    Hung Dance

    Presented with community partner Asian-Canadian Special Events Association Creatures of a feather dance together in Birdy, Hung Dance’s call to the wild. Employing a head piece called “Ling Zi” that incorporates pheasant tail feathers worn in traditional Chinese opera to represent warrior’s power and skill, Birdy offers up a magpie creation, concretizing bright bursts of freedom against the weighted cage of history.

    Official site
    Hung Dance 5 Year Anniversary
    Hung Dance 5 Year Anniversary
    Hung Dance — 2023Hung Dance_ BIRDY_1min_Trailer
    2023Hung Dance_ BIRDY_1min_Trailer
    Hung Dance — BIRDY | Highlight Trailer (3 min)
    BIRDY | Highlight Trailer (3 min)
  • Lai Hung-Chung
    Lai Hung-Chung

    One of the best of the young choreographers working in Taiwan today. — Taipei Times, 2020 Lai Hung-chung, a Taiwan National University of Arts graduate, founded Hung Dance in 2017, leaving a remarkable imprint on Taiwanese choreography. In 2016, he won gold and three awards at the Taiwan Creative Dance Competition, a record-setting feat.

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Venue

Meany Center for the Performing Arts
4040 George Washington Lane Northeast, Seattle, WA 98195, USA · University District, Seattle
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