Dance with Dementia

Bandone production (Taiwan)

About

Crowned with the 2024 Atlanta Fringe Critics’ Choice Award and Best Design at the 2025 Nelson Fringe, plus nominations for Most Innovative Work, Best Solo Performance, and Best Actor at the 2025 NZ and Nelson Fringe Festivals, this spellbinding solo dance-theatre piece by Taiwan’s Bandone Productions enchants with raw emotion. Creator Suzanne Huen’s exquisite performance , inspired by her late mother’s dementia, paints a vivid portrait of a woman’s fading memories and enduring hope in a solitary room. Yu Fang Chuang’s radiant lighting weaves seamlessly with Huen’s graceful movements, earning acclaim as “masterful” and “heartfelt” at the 2025 NZ Fringe. This 45-minute journey, pulsing with original music and poignant storytelling, invites audiences to witness the transcendent power of movement to illuminate love and resilience.