FEATURE/Choreographer blends defiance and Taiwanese flavors in Oriental dance
06/21/2023 07:22 PM
Taiwan and the Middle East seemingly have little in common, but choreographer Shao Chen-yu (邵震宇) is on a mission to change that by putting his own stamp on Oriental dance and staging shows about social issues ingrained in every society but never addressed in some.
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