2026 AU Arts Festival
Dance
Inverted Series-Swan Lak
Performing Company: Taipei Capital Ballet
Venue: A101 International Conference Hall
Date & Time: October 15, 2026 (Thursday), 6:30 PM
Important Event Information
Admission & Check-In
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6:00 PM: Doors open for invited guests with invitation cards and students who registered online and are waiting in line. Students must present their student ID for entry.
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6:15 PM: On-site registration opens. Asia University students, faculty, and staff waiting in line will receive priority admission. Asia University students must bring their mobile phones and present their student ID for entry.
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Guests with invitation cards and students who registered online must be seated by 6:15 PM. Late arrivals will forfeit their reserved admission, and available seats may be released to guests waiting in the on-site line.
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Invited guests: Please present your electronic invitation at the main entrance for verification and hand-stamp check-in, then sign in at the registration desk before entering.
Registration: https://webap.asia.edu.tw/cfd2020/#/X01/X01FALL
☆ This event is eligible for General Education Badge recognition.
☆ Make-up registration for General Education Badge recognition: Requests will be accepted only during business hours from October 16 through October 23. A record of completion of the online feedback survey must be provided as supporting documentation. Late requests or incomplete documentation will not be accepted.
Event Policies
☆ There will be no intermission during this event.
☆ The organizers reserve the right to modify event procedures or policies as necessary based on on-site conditions.
☆ Photography is permitted, but please turn off your flash. Video recording and live streaming are strictly prohibited. In the event of copyright infringement or other unauthorized use of the performance, the performing group reserves the right to pursue legal action.
☆ When taking photos, please be mindful of the audience seated behind you and avoid obstructing their view. Thank you for your cooperation.
Guided by: Asia University; College of Asia Aesthetics (亚美学院)
Organized by: Office of Student Affairs (学生事务处) ; Center for General Education (通识教育中心)
Co-organized by: Asia University Higher Education Sprout Project (亚洲大学深耕计画)
Important Notes
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Please dress appropriately and follow staff instructions when taking your seat.
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Unauthorized photography, audio or video recording, live streaming, or any other activity that infringes upon intellectual property rights is strictly prohibited.
Please set your mobile phone to silent or turn it off before entering.
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To ensure the quality of the performance and respect the experience of other audience members, late arrivals and audience members who leave during the performance may not be permitted to re-enter at any time.
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Please note the designated admission times for invited guests and online registrants.
If you arrive after your designated admission time, you will lose your priority admission status and must rejoin the on-site registration line.
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Saving or reserving seats for others is not permitted.
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Following the performance, five minutes will be provided to complete the feedback survey.
The venue will open for general dismissal once the survey period has ended.
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Following the event, a brief post-event audience interview will be conducted.
Audience members who are interested in sharing their experience are welcome to check in with the staff member conducting the interviews.
Thank you for your participation.
About the Dance Company
Taipei Capital Ballet
Founded in 1989 by ballet instructor Hsu Chin-Feng and a group of passionate ballet enthusiasts, Taipei Capital Ballet is regarded as one of Taiwan’s longstanding contributors to the development of the local dance community. In March 1990, the company was officially renamed Taipei Capital Ballet by Hsu Chin-Feng.
Since its founding, the company has focused on creating and presenting original works. To maintain professional performance standards, it initially adopted a professional dance company model. Despite later challenges, including limited funding and difficulties recruiting professional dancers, the company has maintained a year-round training program, with dancers training three days a week. This long-standing commitment reflects its dedication to the continuous development of its resident dancers.
Based in Taipei, the company creates ballet with a distinctly Taiwanese identity, incorporating local stories, cultural elements, and contemporary perspectives. Its work combines the elegance and refinement of classical ballet with social commentary and a deep sense of humanistic concern.
Taipei Capital Ballet provides Taiwanese dancers with opportunities to perform and create while working to make ballet more accessible to the general public. The company challenges the perception that ballet is an art form detached from everyday life, limited to foreign classical repertoire, or bound by rigid conventions. Through its work, the company demonstrates that ballet is not only a showcase of dancers’ artistry and technical skill, but also a powerful medium for choreographic expression.
With elegance, resilience, and determination, its dancers continue to push the boundaries of the art form and bring new stories to the stage.
For many years, the company has remained committed to presenting at least one nationwide tour of new works each year. To date, it has created more than 70 original works and presented nearly 1,000 performances. While ballet remains its artistic foundation, the company continues to explore and develop a wide range of styles. Its works incorporating Taiwanese Indigenous dance traditions have received particular acclaim for their distinctive artistic expression.
During its first international performance tour in March 1999, the company received praise from Anna Kisselgoff, chief dance critic of The New York Times, who described its work as conveying “romance and legend from Taiwan” and being “constantly filled with images of Taiwan.”
In 2008, Dance Europe also praised the company’s creative approach, noting its innovative works that combine ballet with local dance forms, Taiwanese cultural metaphors, and contemporary themes to create a truly distinctive form of Taiwanese ballet.
Performance Program
Format: Ballet Lecture-Demonstration
Ballet is an art form that offers a profound expression of beauty, bringing together graceful movement, nuanced emotional expression, and refined artistic technique. When beauty is experienced through a direct and intimate encounter with live performance, the value of arts education becomes more meaningful, engaging, and alive.
