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Tictac Art Centre
34, Rue Emile Carpentier
1070 Brussels
Belgium

December 20 - 23

Yun Liu

Martial arts – Wushu tools for contemporary dancer
Contemporary dance Martial arts

This intensive workshop bridges the philosophical depth and physical tools of traditional Wushu—including stance structures, spirals, and explosive power release. Participants will explore short martial phrases, such as Shaolin, Sunbin Quan, and Bagua, tuning into their sensation of these functional principles to embody them within their own forms.

Through Wushu’s core concept of the “”imaginary opponent,”” dancers will channel internal combat into a layered creative process where every movement embodies rhythm, precision, and heightened presence. The training demands high physical engagement, focusing on deep intention and the efficient activation of Dantian and pelvic strength over external force. By aligning the central axis between earth and sky, participants will dissolve internal-external boundaries, navigating gravity, timing, and energetic flow to unlock a natural strength deeply rooted in the earth through somatic perception, connecting intimately with the environment.

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Yun Liu's biography

Yun Liu is a Taiwan-based choreographer and performer whose artistic practice deeply integrates contemporary dance with the fluid dynamics of traditional Wushu martial arts and her recent fieldwork in Javanese court dance. Focusing on environmental embodiment, she transforms martial philosophy to explore the boundaries of internal and external power. Her recent solo work, strongly grounded in this research, was nominated for the 22nd Taishin Arts Award in Taiwan, reflecting her ongoing dedication to discovering abstract bodily sensations and using them as imaginative tools throughout her work journey.

Yun began her international career at the age of 18, performing with Ultima Vez / Wim Vandekeybus. A danceWEB 2018 recipient, she participated in David Zambrano’s first 60-day improvisation intensive and performed in his collaborative work "AGE". She has toured Europe extensively, collaborating with GN|MC, Lisi Estaras, and Jose Agudo, and has assisted Germán Jáuregui for years at ImPulsTanz and in Taiwan. Yun completed her postgraduate with the BODHI PROJECT dance company at SEAD.

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Discounts*

By reserving in one time 2 or more workshops for the same participant you can get the following discounts:

  • 2 workshops
    10%
  • 3 workshops
    15%
  • 4 or more workshops
    20%
  • 2 same week workshops
    15%

*Discounts only apply for one week or two week workshops. Discounts do not apply for intensive workshops (4 or more weeks).