FreeSteps - Swinging Years

A decade-long dance journey by an acclaimed Taiwanese choreographer.

This is dance stripped back to its rawest, most honest form. FreeSteps – Swinging Years is a captivating work created by dancers aged 60 and over, guided by acclaimed Taiwanese choreographer Wei-Chia Su.

Over the course of two weeks, local participants will join Su in exploring the language of the body; muscles, bones, and postures. The final performance will be a mass celebration of the beauty and wear accumulated through decades of life.

Free Steps – Swinging Years invites you to witness the extraordinary power of lived experience, conveyed through the unique personal histories etched in each dancer’s movements. It’s a testament to resilience, loss, joy, and bodies moving with intention and grace through time.

This work is part of a decade-long choreographic journey by Wei-Chia Su, who has collaborated with hundreds of seasoned dancers around the world. Now coming to Melbourne as part of Fringe Focus Taiwan, Swinging Years is an intimate, cross-cultural dialogue that connects communities through movement, reflecting the rhythms and emotions of time that unite us all.

「自由步 – 搖擺歲月」將舞蹈回歸到最原始、最純粹的狀態。這個令人屏息的作品由多位年過半百的舞者共同打造，由台灣著名編舞家蘇威嘉親自帶領。

在為期兩周的過程，墨爾本當地的參與者將和蘇威嘉從每寸肌肉到骨頭，再到每個姿態，一起探索肢體的語言。最終的表演將會是他們對生命之美與歲月刻痕所下的最好註解。

「自由步 – 搖擺歲月」邀請你見證人生歷練所展現的力量，透過每位舞者的動作表達出屬於他們的故事。這個作品傳達了深切的生命經驗，每道身體軌跡都代表著他們經歷的悲喜與起落，也是他們優雅前行的見證。

蘇威嘉曾與來自世界各地、擁有豐富經驗的舞者合作。「自由步 – 搖擺歲月」是他十年編舞歷程的一部分，本次將在墨爾本初登場，為Fringe Focus Taiwan的節目之一。這個作品在超脫文化的交流中，透過身體語言連結了個體與群體，表達出歲月的情感與時間的流動。