介紹
KU & DANCERS
the only professional dance company devoting itself to the development and exploration of improvisation DANCE works in Taiwan.
古舞團成立於1993年，由編舞家古名伸所創立，目的在從事現代舞的創作及發表，演出足跡遍及台灣、香港、美國、澳洲、法國、英國及中國等地。除了現代舞的創作演出之外，舞團自創團以來就積極地推廣即興舞蹈表演及「接觸即興」的舞蹈方式與觀念，也成為台灣唯一以此種表演藝術形式作專業演出的團體。1992年發表的《我曾經是個編舞者》為首度嘗試的作品，1998年發表大型結構即興作品《獵景》，開始舞團新的表演方向。之後每年推出異於劇場的表演空間作品如《活動畫》、《天使・人間》等。2010年推出即興舞蹈力作《亂碼2010》大獲觀眾好評，並獲第九屆台新藝術獎表演藝術類提名。除了即興舞蹈的演出與推廣，舞團也不斷推出現代舞編創作品，包括《心事》、《安魂曲》、《出走》、《交遇》、《記憶拼圖》等，作品屢屢受邀赴國際演出。
此外，古舞團亦著力於開發國內舞蹈創作新氣象，於2000年及2001年籌辦「狂想年代」系列舞展，是為國內首次以徵件及陪伴為訴求的平台，提供新生代編舞家創作發表及觀摩的機會與空間。並於2002年舉辦為期12週的「舞蹈創作工作坊」進一步讓年輕編舞家們進行創作與自我審視的機會。同時舞團亦鼓勵團員創作，曾先後推出蘇安莉、黎美光與余彥芳的作品。
2011年起，策劃與日、港、韓結盟的雙年舞展「i-dance」國際愛跳舞即興節，邀請國際間的即興好手來台和本地舞者交流演出。
Ku & Dancers was founded in Taiwan in 1993 by dancer, choreographer, teacher Ming-Shen Ku. The Company had its debut performance the same year in the National Theater in Taipei. Ku & Dancers is best known as the only professional dance company devoted to the development and exploration of improvisation dance performance in Taiwan. The practice of improvisation and contact improvisation form the company's training core. Many internationally renowned improvisers have been invited to participate in the performances and workshops hosted by the company, including Steve Paxton, Nancy S. Smith, Chris Aiken, Kirstie Simson, etc.
The company is also known for its collaboration with artists of various disciplines, such as interactive video programmer/designer Hsin-Chien Huang, digital animation director Yau Chen, UK-based video artist Thomas Gray, Belgian composer/musician Pieter Thys, fashion designer Yen-Lin Hsu, etc. Other than regularly performing in Taiwan, Ku & Dancers tours extensively throughout Asia, Europe, USA and Australia.
In 2010, Decode 2010, a 70-minute-long improvisation performance that has no structure except for two “conditions” received fervent response from the audience and was seen as a landmark piece in the nearly 2 decades of the company’s development. Following that year, the company organized the first international improvisation dance festival in Taiwan, i·dance Taipei 2011, a nine days’ festival consisting thirteen events featuring more than thirty artists of eleven nationalities. Since then, i-dance Taipei becomes an important biannual festival of dance improvisation in Asia. The company’s production in 2012, Voltar, staged in a hundred year old house in Daxi, Taoyuan, is a combination of dance, puppetry, 3D projection and live music, marking the twentieth anniversary of Ku & Dancers.
