Post-Show Talk: Huang Yi

This Post-Show Talk is moderated by Scholar-in-Residence Amy LaViers in conversation with Huang Yi, with interpretation by Andrea Yu. Recorded on August 20, 2026, following the company's performance in the Doris Duke Theatre. Named by Dance Magazine as one of the “25 to Watch” in 2011, Taiwanese dancer, choreographer, and inventor Huang Yi creates partnership between humans and robots. Huang appeared for his first-ever engagement at Jacob’s Pillow in 2026 to present "Ink," in which he and audio-visual pioneer Ryoichi Kurokawa dismantle and reconstruct the lines from a hundred artworks in renowned calligrapher Tong Yang-Tze’s "Silent Music" series. Exploring textures of movement, sound, visual art, and space, Huang and his dancers perform alongside stunning holographic projection and two industrial robots. Mixing movement with mechanical and multimedia elements to create dance that corresponds with the flow of data, "Ink" makes each performer, whether human or machine, a dancing instrument. "Ink" was co-commissioned by the National Taichung Theater and National Theater Taipei in Taiwan and had its world premiere in June 2023. This presentation of Huang Yi is made possible in part with support from the Ministry of Culture of Taiwan and the Taipei Cultural Center of New York. Video by Nel Shelby Productions.