TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium
Fri Sep 5–Sat Sep 6, 2025 | 1–8 PM
[from left to right, top to bottom] Heidi Strauss, Photo: Jeremy Mimnagh; Wu-Kang Chen; Michael Caldwell, Photo: Ömer Yükseker; Fangas Nayaw; Andrea Nann, Photo: Alex Christus; 蘇品文 Su PinWen, Photo: 黃煚哲 Huang Jyongjhe; Wen Huang, Photo: Ars Association; Sammy Chien-MacCaull 簡上翔, Photo:Lucille Liu, Keedan Magazine; Caroline Chien-MacCaull, Photo: Carla Alcántara
TvT Interlink is an ongoing cultural exchange initiative between Canada and Taiwan that began in 2020. Building on five years of artist residencies, performances and collaborative creation, the 2025 edition culminates in a two-day symposium in Vancouver, presented in partnership between the Vancouver Art Gallery and The Dance Centre.
The TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium brings together artists, curators and producers to reflect on the evolving intersections of choreography, cultural exchange and transnational collaboration. The program features a vibrant mix of panels, workshops and work-in-progress showings.
Presenting artists include Michael Caldwell, Wu-Kang Chen, Caroline Chien-MacCaull, Sammy Chien-MacCaull 簡上翔, Wen Huang, Andrea Nann, Fangas Nayaw, Heidi Strauss and 蘇品文 Su PinWen.
Ticket Information
Tickets include access to all symposium programming across both days.
Early bird pricing is available until August 14, 2025:
- $75 for Gallery Members
- $85 for the general public
After August 14, regular pricing applies:
- $95 for Gallery Members
- $105 for the general public
Symposium Schedule
Day 1 — Friday, September 5, 1 PM–10 PM
1 PM — Check-in
Location: Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street
1:45–3 PM — Opening Presentation
Location: Rooftop Pavilion, Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street
3–3:30 PM — Break
3:30–5 PM — Panel 1: Beyond the Work
Dancing through Transcultural Curation, Production and Exchange
Location: Rooftop Pavilion, Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street
This panel explores the challenges and possibilities of responsive transcultural exchange within structured (and sometimes rigid) curatorial and presenting models. Topics include experiential (un)learning, cultural (re)framing and the ethics of creative production.
7–10 PM — Opening Celebration
Location: The Dance Centre, 677 Davie Street
Day 2 — Saturday, September 6, 10:30 AM–8 PM
Location: Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street
10:30 AM — Check-in
11 AM–12:30 PM — Movement Workshops
30-minute sessions with different visiting artists.
12:30–1:30 PM — Embodied Lunch Break
with Dreamwalker Dance
1:30–2:30 PM — Panel 2: The Choreographic Sensorium
States of Perception, Resistance and Relation
This panel explores how choreographers cultivate altered states of attention, sensory engagement, politics and presence through movement–based practice.
2:45–3:45 PM — Panel 3: Exploring Indigeneity
pace back toward the future
More information to come.
4–5 PM — Panel 4: Performance Ecologies
Site, Technology and the Expanded Stage
This session examines how choreographers expand the concept of the “stage” through augmented reality (AR), site-specific work, live online performance and immersive environments. It reflects on how space—physical, virtual or spiritual—shapes choreographic practice and audience experience.
5–8 PM — Closing Performance & Reception
Lecture Performance by Sammy Chien-MacCaull / Chimerik似不像
