Kiwi CHAN

An independent artist and creative producer, whom creations focus on Butoh, experimental theatre, and site-specific dance. Graduated from Inter-cultural studies (MA) of The Hong Kong Chinese University in 2013.

Creations are both my passion and struggle, crave to explore various possibilities. I enjoy the dilemma of body, Butoh and Contact Improvisation have been my biggest inspiration since 2012. Butoh is not only a dance form but a philosophy. Being an indie Butoh artist, my concern is about metamorphosis, what I want to seek is “somatic resonance”. I devote myself to contemporary theatre, as I believe that performing art is the best field for sharing the presence.

Recent director’s works included: Our Mountains & Seas 2049 - VR Theatre (2023), Life with Elephant – Community Sound Mapping (2022), A Mind Apart - Immersive Theatre Experience with Virtual Reality (2021), A Capsule of Being - Devising Theatre (2021), Let’s Be Together Arts Festival 2021 Programme: It’s Okay (2021) etc. Butoh-inspired productions included: dance theatre Seven Almost Deadly Solos (2024), performance pack/unpack (2023), dance video like a bubble, like a dream (2022), performance Love Elasticity of Demand (2022), dance video The Loss of the Indigo Child (2021), Solo-presentation Indigo Appetite: The Weird Fishes (2020), Site-specific dance The Wrong Suzie (2018) etc.

Found KIWI & ZENZERO STUDIO in 2018 and established a non-profit arts group STAR & DUST COLLECTIVE (www.staranddustcollective.com) in 2021, with a commitment to arts project curation and production.

Source: Norma-Phobia
Kiwi Chan