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Cancelled: TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium

Fri Sep 5–Sat Sep 6, 2025

The Vancouver Art Gallery and The Dance Centre

A 3x3 grid of portraits featuring nine diverse dance artists. Top row: a woman with a short blonde bob in black and white; a man in a blue shirt smiling in a dimly lit room; a man sitting on stairs wearing a striped cardigan. Middle row: a man concentrating outdoors; a woman smiling with brightly colored feathered wings behind her; a young woman with long blonde hair posing against a blue background. Bottom row: a smiling woman with long dark hair; a man with long dark hair and a beard in front of a plain wall; a woman with dark bangs looking upward with text projected on her face.

[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

Due to illness among the artists and other unforeseen circumstances, TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium has been cancelled. We are currently exploring alternative formats and future possibilities, and we will share any relevant updates as soon as they become available.

We deeply appreciate your understanding and support, and we apologize for any inconvenience that this cancellation may cause.

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

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Symposium Schedule

Day 1 — Friday, September 5, 1–10 PM

1 PM — Check-in
Location: Vancouver Art Gallery, 750 Hornby Street

1:45–3 PM — Opening Presentation
Introducing TvT Interlink
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
Sharing of TvT Interlink Manifesto process +
Talk and Mingle
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

Sessions with visiting artists Fangas Nayaw, Michael Caldwell and Su PinWen

12:30–1:30 PM — Dance Dim Sum
Lunch 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 & Catered Reception
Lecture Performance by Sammy Chien-MacCaull / Chimerik似不像
inspired by the work of Robert Rauschenberg, on view in Postcards from the Heart: Selections from the Brigitte and Henning Freybe Collection
Food will be provided.