2025 Australian Dance Week Dance Film Workshop for Schools with Peng Hsiao-yin (Grace) Dancecology Taiwan

Ausdance ACT is excited to host a Dance Film Workshop for students with Peng Hsiao-yin (Grace) Dancecology Taiwan!

We are delighted to present this special workshop specifically for schools with the incredible Peng Hsiao-yin (Grace) from Dancecology Taiwan during 2025 Australian Dance Week.

Self-Portrait of Dance Film

In this workshop, participants will learn how to film an original and creative self-portrait video in the form of dance film: the power of using body language and cinematic skills to express yourself. Through the creative process, Peng Hsiao-yin, will guide the participants to design or choreograph movements and gesture to express themselves, and film the choreography with professional filming techniques.

This workshop will provide a great way to get your students engaged in dance film making ahead of Youth Dance Festival.  Dance film can also be incorporated as multimedia into your live performance. Dance films can be submitted as a separate or additional YDF entry.

Students will need to use their own mobile phone in the workshop.

The workshop is suitable for students aged 12-18 years and their teachers.

The workshop fee is subsidised by Ausdance ACT at $25 per student with accompanying teacher for free.

Monday 5th May - 10.30am to 12.30pm
at Gorman Arts Centre Main Hall

Ausdance ACT’s Workshop Series is presented with support from Gorman Arts Centre

ABOUT THE ARTIST:

Peng Hsiao-yin (Grace)

Peng Hsiao-yin (Grace) is the Artistic Director of Dancecology, founder of Dancescreen Collective Taiwan. She is a choreographer, dance-film director, and dance teacher. Her works had two main series: “Dancing with Nature” and “The Plastic Project”, including dance films, theatre and site-specific works.

Her practices focus on the connection between nature’s ecosystem and dancers’ movements. She enjoys developing interdisciplinary and intergenerational works, teaching and dancing with different people. She won the 2017 1-min dance-film competition of Jumping Frames International Dance Video Festival. Her works have been toured and screened in Taiwan, Australia, Italy, Portugal, Malaysia, Nepal, Norway, USA, China, Netherlands and Mexico.

Photo courtesy Dancecology