Taipei to Hold 2024 Taipei Fringe Festival
Dates: August 24 - September 8
Taipei's vibrant summer arts festival, the 2024 Taipei Fringe Festival, starts on August 24 and runs until September 8. The festival will feature 145 teams performing at 35 venues, with a total of 617 performances expected.
The Festival's theme "Standby, go!" is a theatrical term that highlights the festival's ability to transform everyday spaces into unexpected stages for artistic encounters.
Performance Highlights
- Cuatro/Char by Lu Lee (李律) and Wanda Chiu (邱琬筑)
This piece combines flamenco and classical dances from northern India. Performers Lu Lee and Wanda Chiu find common ground between the two styles through rhythm and beat.
Goodbye & Meet Again
- “ROTATE.05,” a young group, will present their work “GOODBYE & MEET AGAIN” at this year's Taipei Fringe Festival. The performance combines visual exhibitions with movement, featuring strings embedded with the group's diabolos, everyday objects, and photographs displayed in their venue, the Guling Street Avant-garde Theater.
- If I had an elder brother
Actor Lai Hao-zhe (賴澔哲) makes his directorial debut with the play “If I had an elder brother,” a collaboration with his sister Lai An-ni (賴安妮). The play marks a return to the stage for Lai An-ni, a nurse and former dance student, fulfilling a long-held dream.
- Mashup
Seven new dance plays exploring themes of authenticity and freedom will be performed by Duck Art Studio. Renowned Austrian artist Chris Wang (王翌熠) and dancers Wang Heng (王珩) and Lin Ching-lan (林靖嵐) collaborated on the choreography.
The Taipei Fringe Festival serves as a platform for emerging artists to develop their craft and showcase their talents. The festival's openness and diversity create a welcoming environment for artistic exploration.
