Cloud Gate Dance Theatre

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The best theatre to stream this month: Cloud Gate, Best of Enemies and more
The Taiwanese group’s compelling dance and William F Buckley Jr and Gore Vidal’s heated debates are among November’s offerings – plus an interactive theatrical quest

Chris Wiegand

01, Nov, 2023 @5:00 AM

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This week's best culture, at home – from Korean ballet to a David Nicholls-inspired radio play
The Observer’s critics recommend the best new arts shows to enjoy on TV, on the radio and online

17, May, 2020 @7:30 AM

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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre review – swirling tales from Taiwan
Cheng Tsung-lung’s 13 Tongues circles and flows, while Lin Hwai-min’s Dust is a slow slide into the dark

Lyndsey Winship

27, Feb, 2020 @12:06 PM

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Cloud Gate avengers: the band of elastic superheroes who transformed Taiwan
Lin Hwai-min has spent 46 years tackling revolt, repression and rice in his fast-changing homeland. Now he is handing over his dance-theatre juggernaut to a former slipper seller

Judith Mackrell

24, Sep, 2019 @12:53 PM

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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre review – exquisitely turbulent testament to Taiwan
Relentless waves of words wash over the beautiful island in Formosa, the farewell work by visionary choreographer Lin Hwai-minn

Judith Mackrell

10, May, 2018 @12:48 PM

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Cloud Gate Dance Theatre review – 'Lin Hwai-min's own song of the earth'

Taiwanese rice fields might seem like too narrow a subject for a full-length dance work, writes Judith Mackrell, but Lin Hwai-min gives it an elemental scope

Judith Mackrell

28, Feb, 2014 @1:44 PM

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Poetry in motion: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's Nine Songs - in pictures
The Taiwanese dance company present a dazzling staging of classical Chinese poems by Qu Yuan

Tristram Kenton

24, Feb, 2014 @2:04 PM

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Grain of truth: Lin Hwai-min on Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's Rice

When choreographer Lin Hwai-min created a tribute to one of Taiwan's staple foods it led his dancers to take part in a back-breaking harvest - and draw a sense of power from nature

Lin Hwai-min

18, Feb, 2014 @9:41 AM

Cloud Gate Dance Theatre – review

The Taiwanese company's breathtaking technique captivated, even when the individual parts of this triptych didn't convince, says Sanjoy Roy

Sanjoy Roy

10, Nov, 2011 @6:15 PM

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This week's new theatre and dance

The Ladykillers | Reasons To Be Pretty | Written On The Heart | Salt, Root And Roe | Kin | Buried Child | Cloud Gate Dance Theatre | DV8: Can We Talk About This?

Mark Cook, Lyn Gardner & Judith Mackrell

05, Nov, 2011 @12:06 AM

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Video: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's Wind Shadow at the Barbican

Explore the moves, influences and gunpowder plot of this collaboration between Lin Hwai-min's company and the visual artist Cai Guo-qiang at the Barbican

Andrew Dickson and Lindsay Poulton

07, Oct, 2009 @2:27 PM

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Step-by-step guide to dance: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

Combining the explosive force of martial arts and the rapt intensity of meditation, Lin Hwai-min's choreography is as exquisite as Chinese calligraphy, writesSanjoy Roy

Sanjoy Roy

07, Oct, 2009 @10:30 AM

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