Twenty-six-year-old Taiwanese choreographer Shu-yi Chou, winner of Sadler’s Wells’ first online Global Dance Contest in 2009, presents a playful dance theater work set to Ravel’s famous composition. The work created a sensation when it was performed live at Sadler’s Wells earlier this year.

“The excitement is raw and infectious, but its wit lies in the meticulous structure – containing the dancer’s anarchy in exquisite control.”
– The Guardian, UK

“His absurdist choreography is contagiously funny without spiraling into slapstick and unusually, given the laughs, is genuinely moving.”
– Islington Gazette, UK

Shu-Yi & (Dancers) Company, from Taiwan, was founded by 26-year-old choreographer Shu-Yi Chou as an artistic laboratory for experiments in dance, sound, video, installation art and media art. The young company of artists and dancers brings a fresh dynamic expression to contemporary dance theater in Taiwan. In 2008, Shu-Yi joined the American Dance Festival’s International Choreographer Residency program and went on to take part in a six-month Asian Cultural Council residency program in New York.