Rehearsal Director: Samsara
Po-Nien Wang is a Berlin based freelance dancer, performance artist and choreographer. He attended Dance Academy, SUNY Purchase (State University of New York) on a scholarship in 2009 and went on to graduate from Taipei National University of the Arts, Dance College in 2011. Po-Nien has received both classical ballet and contemporary dance training, as well as Chinese opera movements, Chinese martial arts and Tai-Chi.
Most recently Po-Nien performed “Black Mountains” and ”Astral Propeller” with Fabrizio Favale at the Milanoltre Festival, Italy and “Mitridate” at the Staats Oper Unter den Linden in Berlin, Germany. He has also worked with Aakash Odedra Company as dancer/rehearsal director for “Samsara” China Tour and La Comete, France. In the meantime, Po-Nien launched his research/performance project “The Many Sides Of The Mountain Spirits” at Trauma Bar Und Kino Berlin, Germany. He has also been a member of the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan and was a solo dancer in Hwai-Min Lin’s “White Water”. Repertoire performances included: “Rice”, “Dust”, “Moon Water”, “Songs of Wanderers”, “Pine Smoke”, “Smoke”, “Nine Songs”, “Portrait of the Families” and “How Can I Live On Without You”. Following these, he performed in international tours which included performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (Washington D.C, 2016), Sadler’s Wells (London, 2016), Théâtre de la Ville (Paris, 2016), Next Wave Festival (NY, 2015), Chekov International Dance Festival (Moscow, 2015), Movimentos International Dance Festival (Wolfsburg, 2015) and many more.
His freelance career began in 2016, working at Dance Ensemble Singapore, Ji Eun Jin Art Project (South Korea) and the 12th Tsai Jui-Yueh International Dance Festival (Taipei) as a guest artist. In 2022, he debuted as a choreographer with “The Miraculous Mandarin” which was performed at Mojo Club in Hamburg and Säälchen/Holzmarkt in Berlin. The piece showcased a contemporary and abstract approach. As a choreographer, he is interested in merging traditional narratives and global influences with contemporary techniques.
Photo credit: Martin Roberts
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