One Night in Taiwan – September 4, 2025
Imagine yourself stepping through the gates of Hansen House and landing, in an instant, in distant Taipei. JISDF invites you to an authentic experience of a night in Taiwan.
Held under the open sky in the festival’s courtyard location at Hansen House, the event will feature eight contemporary dance pieces by leading Taiwanese choreographers, alongside a culinary experience of sushi, bubble tea, traditional Taiwanese desserts, whisky, and Taiwanese beer, all served to the audience with love.
The dance artists arriving especially from Taiwan bring with them a unique voice, vivid color, and an original, personal movement language. Each work reveals a different perspective on contemporary Taiwanese identity, together forming a vibrant mosaic of styles, approaches, and themes, from the intimate and poetic to the powerful and political.
This evening offers a taste of contemporary Taiwanese culture, through movement, flavor, color, and sound, right here in Jerusalem.
The event is held in collaboration with the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office in Tel Aviv, the Taiwanese Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Spotlight Taiwan project.
One Night in Taiwan
Thursday | September 4, 2025
19:00 | Hansen House – Gates Open, Treats & Courtyard Performances
Taiwanese whiskey | Bubble tea | Sushi | Mochi – on us!
Courtyard Performances
MOVING ZEN – Circus and Butoh artist Chien Hung Kuo creates a unique visual performance with the body, a giant metal cube, and a glass sphere, in a poetic search for balance and consciousness.
ECLIPSE – I-Fang Lin – A visual work moving between gesture and motion, between historical references and fleeting everyday forms. Choreographic images unfold into a new and intriguing stage language.
20:30 | Hansen House – Main Stage!
Eight stunning dance performances straight from the beating heart of Taiwan, performed by leading artists on a grand open-air stage under the night sky. A complete experience of movement, music, and fine wine.
Lin Yi Chien — Mr. Pappilon
I-Fang Lin — Ban Ping Shan
Ming-Shen Ku — Insignificant Beauty
Li Yi-Jing — The Monster
Lin Yi Chien — Mr. Joe
Miriam Engel & Ming-Shen Ku — Conversation
