Po Cheng, TSAI: a professional dance artist, is the founder and current artistic director of B.DANCE.

After graduating from Tsoying Senior High School, he went to Taipei National University of the Arts. During his university days, he got a scholarship to go to Purchase College, New York for exchange and learning. His works are often based on his own life experiences, perceptual, supplicated, but still humorous, with unique dance languages and treacherous and changeable styles. He often integrates theatres, dance, and extreme limb movements in his works.

From 2014 to 2019, he presented original works to the international dance community, making a significant mark in the field with his debut piece "Floating Flowers," which served as a milestone. He garnered high acclaim, receiving 4 gold medals and 1 silver medal from various choreography competitions worldwide. After returning to Taiwan, he founded his own dance company, B.- DANCE. In 2016, he established the "B.OOM by B.DANCE" project, facilitating international performance collaborations by inviting renowned independent choreographers and dancers from Europe to Taiwan for performances and workshops. He has consistently endeavored to guide his team with innovative thinking and diverse perspectives, aiming to foster deeper dialogue between arts, education, and society. This is how he has contributed to our community through action. In 2018, the German magazine "tanz" named Tsai as one of the most promising young choreographers globally for 2017/2018. In 2019, he led his dance troupe to two major international arts festivals, including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Festival Off Avignon. In 2020, he was recognized as the "Best Emerging Choreographer" by the France National Board of Performance Arts, and in 2021, he was honored as one of Taiwan's "Ten Outstanding Young Persons.”

In recent years, Tsai has invested significant effort in the international market. Despite the global lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2019, he remained connected with the world through online dance theaters and the production of several dance video works. He not only showcased the abundant creative power of Taiwan's original works but also received invitations from various groups and organizations worldwide, including theaters in Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, and Taiwan, to serve as a guest choreographer.

After the global pandemic, Tsai once again led B.DANCE on a European tour in 2022. The following year, they performed at the renowned historical heritage site, the ancient theater, built since the first century, at the Festival Vaison Danses, to an audience of over 2,000, receiving thunderous applause. They then graced the stages of the Festival Nuits de la Citadelle, set in a castle with over half a century of history, and the Cannes International Dance Festival, established since 1985. To date, B.DANCE has performed in 27 countries, 114 cities, and 315 shows. In 2024, B,DANCE underwent brand reform, aiming to transition towards a high-end boutique brand, marking a new trend in Taiwan's performing arts scene.

The latest creation is a brand new production of "Don Quixote" set to debut at the Bern Theatre in Switzerland on May 3, 2024

Gigi Căciuleanu: dancer, author, choreographer, and educator, was born in Romania and is of French nationality. He graduated from the Choreography High School in Bucharest and then pursued further training at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. He became a solo dancer at the Bucharest Opera. In addition to classical dance disciplines, he discovered and practiced avant-garde dance created by Miriam Răducanu from the age of 14. He won the Choreography Prize at the International Competition in Varna (1971) and twice the 1st Prize in Choreography in Cologne (1972 & 1973). In 1973, he was employed as a teacher and choreographer in Germany at the “Folkwang Ballet,” directed by Pina Bausch. In 1974, he settled permanently in France as the Director of the Ballet du Grand Théâtre de Nancy, where he began to develop his own genre: choreographic theater. He was invited to teach his technique at the Rosella Hightower International Dance Center in Cannes. From 1978, for 15 years, he was the director of one of the first French National Choreographic Centers in Rennes. In 1993, he founded La Compagnie Gigi Căciuleanu in Paris. Between 2001 and 2013, he served as the artistic director and choreographer of the National Ballet of Santiago de Chile. Additionally, in 2005, a dance company bearing his name was established in Bucharest, supported by the Art Production Foundation. His treatise on “Wind, Volume, Vectors” was published in 2002 at the University of Chile and translated into Romanian (published by “Curtea Veche” Publishing House) and, in online editions, into French and Italian. Since 2008, he has consistently published drawings and poems (in multiple languages) weekly in the cultural magazine liternet.ro. A member of the French Society of Authors, he has been an associate member of the International Dance Council (CID) at UNESCO since its inception. With a repertoire of over 300 choreographic works, he continues his work as an author, choreographer, and director while simultaneously teaching his own method worldwide.  Among several international distinctions, he holds the title of Knight of Arts and Letters (Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres) in France and has received the “Star of Romania” medal with the rank of Knight.

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