Hung Dance

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

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Taiwanese choreographer Lai Hung-chung brings Hung Dance to the U-District on April 30, performing Birdy, a piece built around traditional Chinese opera headdresses made with pheasant feathers. The work explores freedom and constraint through movement, presented in partnership with the Asian-Canadian Special Events Association at one of the region's best-equipped performance spaces.

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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.
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Hung Dance 5 Year Anniversary
2023Hung Dance_ BIRDY_1min_Trailer
BIRDY | Highlight Trailer (3 min)
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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Meany Center for the Performing Arts

4040 George Washington Lane Northeast, Seattle, WA 98195, USA · University District, Seattle

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