How does Taiwanese society deal with its Chinese cultural heritage today – while China threatens it daily with war and conquest? And how do other ethnically Chinese societies see this? And how do political systems affect our lives, actions and thinking?

The dance theatre piece ‘The Seas Between Us’ by German-based Taiwanese choreographer Lo Fang-Yun and dancers Chou Shu-Yi and Lee Mun Wai is dedicated to the unresolved conflict between Taiwan and China, but also more widely to the relationships between historically Chinese-influenced societies and in relation to the West – through the common language of dance.

In a collaborative process with a team of artists from Taiwan, Singapore and China, an emotional duet was created, a portrait of two extraordinary dancers and the political systems that shaped them. On stage, Chou and Lee revisit their different dance biographies, switching between movement and language, between togetherness and coexistence, and using their bodies to explore how personal life paths and global political conflicts intertwine.