Taishin Bank Foundation for Arts and Culture

Comments on the Finalist 

YANG Nai-Hsuan’s Worn Yet Unfolding, compared to the deconstructive, cool-toned approach that emphasizes the physical development of dancers, is rooted in personal life experiences and transformed into a warm, relatable work of empathy. The work focuses on the choreographer’s midlife anxieties and delves deeply into the physical and mental traumas from her youth as she developed her skills. Worn Yet Unfolding avoids self-pity and blame, instead converting the affective power of the dancing body into a critique of the field’s ecology, becoming a passionate embrace that is “worn yet unfolding” over time. The dancer moves repeatedly on and off stage, appearing to regress yet progress, with sound design shifting between near and distant, emphasizing the temporal aspect of being “worn yet unfolding”: without repeatedly bending, folding, falling, and wearing down, the light of warmth and strength may never shine through. (Commentator / FAN Xiang-Jun)

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Production Team

Choreography and Concept｜Yang Nai-Hsuan (Sunny)

Movement and Creative Development｜Yang Nai-Hsuan and all participants

Performer｜Chen Yi-Ju, Chang Yu-Chia (Diao), Kuo Chueh-Kai, Hsu Li-En, Chen Yu-Chi

Rehearsal Director & Special Appearance｜Lin Su-Lien

Producer｜Chen Hsin-Ning

Executive Producer｜Liu Yi-Chun

Stage Manager｜Sun Wei-Chen

Set Designer｜Cheng Hsuan-Hsun

Lighting Designer｜Wu Hsia-Ning (Nick)

Music Designer｜Sonic Deadhorse

Live Sound Engineer｜Wen Cheng-Han

Costume & Graphic Designer｜Jamo Chen

Costume Maker｜Jerry Hsieh

Assistant Costume Maker｜Laura Yang

Technical Director｜Chou Kuan-Chih

Master Electrician｜Tsai Cheng-Lin

Stage Technician｜Li Yi-Ying, Huang Ching-Chuan, Hsieh Wei-Chen, Shih Wei-Hsiang

Lighting Technician｜Liu Tsung-Po, Wang Tsai-Fei, Shen Chen-Jhih, Liang Hung-Yue

Sound Technician｜Li Pin-Man, Wu Ang-Lin

Photographer｜Huang Yu-Min

Key Visual Makeup Artist｜Hung Chi-Ni

Cinematographer｜Good Things Happening Film Studio