Hung Dance

Saturday, April 3, 2027 · 8:00 PM PDT · Meany Center for the Performing Arts

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

Performing Artscontemporary dancetai chichinese operamythseattle debut$25

Hung Dance, led by Taiwanese choreographer Lai Hung-chung, brings Birdy to the University District on Saturday, April 3—a piece that uses traditional Chinese opera headdresses adorned with pheasant feathers to explore themes of freedom and power through movement. If you're after contemporary dance that draws from cultural tradition without being precious about it, Meany Center's intimate theaters are a solid venue for this kind of work.

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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.
Official site

Venue

Meany Center for the Performing Arts

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

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