About Workshop

TAO Dance Theater is committed to exploring a subversive body movement technology and enjoys a high reputation in the international dance community. Dancers constantly develop and challenge the potential and limits of their limbs during training, breaking through the limitations of the body and the expectations of the mind.

Since 2009, TAO Dance Theater has frequently appeared in major art festivals, colleges and art institutions around the world to conduct body workshops, lectures and classes, totaling about 90 sessions. The dance company has been invited to conduct workshops at the American Dance Festival, Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, Amsterdam Dance Center, Singapore Art Festival, Dong-eui University in Busan, South Korea, National Taipei University of the Arts, Ullens Center for the Arts in Beijing, Beijing Dance Academy, Minzu University of China, etc.

In 2010, TAO Dance Theater held 40 public welfare workshops at Beijing Contemporary MOMA Art Center, Penghao Theater, and Beijing Dance Academy, with a total of 1,000 participants.

In October 2012, TAO Dance Theater promoted modern dance workshops in Shanghai, Xi'an, Guangzhou, and Beijing, which attracted widespread attention from all walks of life.

Timeline

2026

Teatro Ponchielli Workshop, Cremona, Italy, Tao Ye

FIAV 2026 Bogotá, Colombia – 4-Day Workshop - Tao Ye

FIAV 2026 Bogotá, Colombia – Tao Ye master class

2025

Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts - "16" & "17" Performance: Circular Movement Workshop

The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Campus - Dialogue Exchange & Slow Walking Workshop

Shanghai Theatre Academy - Workshop

2025 SWEAT Hong Kong International Dance Workshop Festival - SWEAT Dance Reflection Choreographic Residency Program

2024

Guangming Culture and Art Centre, Shenzhen – Chinese Contemporary Dance Exhibition × Relaxation Technique & Circular Movement Workshop

Teatro Ariosto, Reggio Emilia, Italy – Circular Movement × Relaxation Technique Workshop

Brest, France – Circular Movement System Workshop

2023

MGM Theater, Macau – "National Dance in Contemporary Rhyme" Exchange Performance & "Contrast" Workshop

Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts, Nanjing – Circular Movement System Workshop

Shanghai Culture Square – "13/14" Workshop, Performance & Lecture

Dance at Work Workshop, Florence, Italy

Venice Biennale – Circular Movement Amateur Workshop

Venice Biennale – Circular Movement Professional Workshop (@Arsenale - Sala d'Armi G)

The Beautiful Book / TAO Studio Workshop, Century Avenue Mall, Shanghai

Baizhifang Community Workshop, Beijing

Chengdu Biennale – Chengdu Art Museum Workshop

School of Art and Communication, Beijing Normal University Workshop

798 CUBE – "WHITE CAVE: The Enigma of Oracle Bone Inscriptions and Contemporary Expression" Exhibition Workshop

Esplanade – Theatres on the Bay, Singapore – TAO Studio Workshop

Arts Management Department Lecture, Beijing Dance Academy

Wuzhen Theatre Festival – "13" & "14" Performance Workshop

Chinese Folk Dance & Classical Dance Departments Workshop, Beijing Dance Academy

TAO Studio Workshop, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen Campus

Press Conference Hall Workshop, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Beijing

9th Beijing Poetry Festival / Sound Art Museum Workshop

LIXIANG Space Lecture, Beijing

2021

Vientiane Drama Festival

West Bund Museum, Shanghai

2020

Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts – Circular Movement System Showcase

Jiangsu Centre for the Performing Arts – 9&10 Performance Workshop

Beijing Shine Hills · Dove Square – First Open‑Air Public Space Teaching Showcase of the Circular Movement System

Xiamen Minnan Grand Theatre – Circular Movement System Workshop

Shanghai Culture Square –Circular Movement System Workshop

Beijing Institute of Fashion Technology – Circular Movement System Showcase

2019

Taipei Cloud Gate Theater

Taichung Opera House

Ginassiano Dance School, Porto, Portugal

2018

Taipei Cloud Gate Theatre

The Central Academy of Drama – The Weight of Repetition at Taichung Opera House

TAO Dance Theater – The Weight of Walking at Shaanxi Grand Opera House (Performance)

2017

Peking University Intercultural Communication Workshop – The Creative Spirit of Artists

Taipei Cloud Gate Theater – Circular Movement Dialogue with Cloud Gate 2

Nanchang University – Purity in Contemporary Body Aesthetics from the Perspective of TAO Dance Theater at Nanchang “Gan What” Art Space

Shanghai Culture Square – Body Movement Technique Demonstration at Central Academy of Drama (Performance/Exhibition)

Beijing Today Art Museum (Performance/Exhibition)

Beijing UCCA Center for Contemporary Art (Performance/Exhibition) and Central Academy of Fine Arts Art Museum (Performance/Exhibition)

2016

Beijing Dance Academy

Taichung Opera House

Macau Academy of Performing Arts

Grand Théâtre de Luxembourg / Luxembourg Grand Theatre

Budapest Contemporary Arts Center (Hungary)

Dance Umbrella (London, UK) / London Arts Festival – Dance Umbrella

Guangdong Dance School – China Dance Festival

Shanghai Theatre Academy

2015

SAAL Biennale in Tallinn, Estonia

Melbourne Contemporary Art Centre, Australia

Shanghai Theatre Academy

Dance School of Minzu University of China

National Centre for the Performing Arts (NCPA) – Choreography Competition Opening Ceremony: Now · Dance performance

2014

Vienna International Arts Festival / Odeon Theater, Austria

Tisch School of the Arts (Dance Department), New York University, USA

National Taipei University of the Arts

Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Dance School / Hermilo Borba Filho Theater (Recife), Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Dance School, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro Children’s Hope Dance School, Brazil

Jakarta Dance Festival, Indonesia

2013

Dance School of Minzu University of China (Central University for Nationalities)

Henny Jurriëns Stichting Workshop, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Rio de Janeiro Municipal Theater Dance School, Brazil

Auditório Ibirapuera Theater, São Paulo, Brazil

Cali Cultural and Arts Center, Colombia

Harbourfront Centre (or Toronto Waterfront Arts Centre), Toronto, Canada

2012

Gdańsk Dance Festival, Poland

Dong‑eui University, Busan, South Korea

Hellerau – European Centre for the Arts, Dresden, Germany

2011

Umeå City Ballet School, Sweden (or Umeå Municipal Ballet School)

American Dance Festival (ADF)

Henny Jurriëns Stichting Dance School, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Singapore Arts Festival

2010

Beijing – 40 times Public Welfare Workshops

Beijing Contemporary MOMA Art Center

Beijing Penghao Theater

Beijing Dance Academy

Beijing Shunyi International School

2009

Beijing Penghao Theater

Shaanxi Normal University

Beijing Contemporary MOMA Art Center

Yan'an University (Shaanxi)

2008

Shaanxi Normal University