International Choreographic Interlink Symposium: Centering Trust Unknown
September 5-6, 2025
The International Choreographic Interlink (TvT Interlink) is a Canada–Taiwan cultural exchange initiative originally conceived by the late Norman Armour. This year marks its inaugural presentation in Vancouver, Co-presented by Vancouver Art Gallery and The Dance Centre, in partnership with Dreamwalker Dance Company and Chimerik 似不像.
TTLink fosters intercultural dialogue, Indigenous-to-Indigenous exchange, and a decolonial approach to creative process and touring. Centering relationship-building, mutual learning, and trust in the unknown, the initiative reimagines international collaboration through a process-based model. By shifting away from production-driven frameworks, TTLink prioritizes relational, community-rooted practices that cultivate deeper and more sustainable connections across cultures and geographies.
The symposium will feature a dynamic program of workshops, artist talks, panel discussions, and work-in-progress sharings of performance works. This gathering invites artists, cultural workers, and the wider public to engage in open dialogue, knowledge exchange, and collective reflection on new ways of working internationally.
TvT Interlink is an ongoing cultural exchange initiative between Canada and Taiwan that began in 2020. Building on five years of artist residencies, performances and collaborative creation, the 2025 edition culminates in a two-day symposium in Vancouver, presented in partnership between the Vancouver Art Gallery and The Dance Centre.
The TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium brings together artists, curators and producers to reflect on the evolving intersections of choreography, cultural exchange and transnational collaboration. The program features a vibrant mix of panels, workshops and work-in-progress showings.
Presenting artists include Michael Caldwell, Wu-Kang Chen, Caroline Chien-MacCaull, Sammy Chien-MacCaull 簡上翔, Wen Huang, Andrea Nann, Fangas Nayaw, Heidi Strauss and 蘇品文 Su PinWen.
Tickets and more information:
TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium
https://www.vanartgallery.bc.ca/events/tvt-interlink-symposium-2025/
Publicity, Press & Articles:
The Source News Paper: TvT Interlink International Choreographic Symposium – Alternative ways of producing art (with Sammy & Caroline)