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Ballet in Tandem

Ballet in Tandem
NR 2 hr 23 minDocumentary
Due to his injury 30yearold ballet dancer LIANG Shihhuai is forced to put his dance career on hold While nursing his body through recovery Shihhuai retraces his tenacious pursuit of ballet from Taiwan US South Korea to New Zealand and he carefully thinks through the options available at this pivotal moment in his career Ballet in Tandem centers on Shihhuais journey in dance and compares it with different generations of Taiwanese dancers quest for perfection in Western classical dance Through these stories this films questions the decisionmaking process in Taiwanese education system and in other related social institutions challenges the stereotypical perceptions of the art form and explores more possibilities for dance art and culture in Taiwan
DirectorYang Wei-Hsin

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Original Language:Chinese