Dr.Yatin LIN
林亞婷
Full-time Associate Professor of Dance Studies,
Dean of Office of International Affairs,
Taipei National University of the Arts ( TNUA)
Address : 1 Hsueh-yuan Road, Beitou, Taipei 112, Taiwan
Email:ytlin@dance.tnua.edu.tw
Tel: ( W) +886-2 7750-3945
EDUCATION
2004
Ph.D. Dance History and Theory, University of California, Riverside, USA
9/1997-12/2004 Ph.D. in Dance History and Theory (now “Critical Dance Studies” Program), University of California, Riverside, USA.
Dissertation. "Choreographing a Flexible Taiwan: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre and Taiwan's Changing Identity, 1973-2003,"
Co-advisors: Dr. Susan L. Foster & Dr. Jacqueline Shea Murphy.
1994
M.F.A. Dance, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9/1992-4/1994 York University. Dance Dept. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Thesis: "The Legacy of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's Legacy: A Nationalistic Interpretation based on Laban Movement Analysis."
Advisor: Dr. Selma L. Odom.
8/1988-5/1992
B.A., English (Major) & Art History (Minor),
State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
9/1985-6/1988
Diploma Taipei First Girls’ Senior High School
WORK EXPERIENCE
2016~present
Associate Professor, Graduate Institute of Dance, TNUA
2004-2015
Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Dance, TNUA
2002-2004
Lecturer, Department of Dance, University of California, Riverside
1994-1997
Dance Editor & Writer, Performing Arts Review (PAR)Chinese monthly, National Theatre & Concert Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
1992-1994
Teaching Assistant, Dance Department, York University, Toronto
1992
Editorial Assistant to Lin Hwaimin & Interpreter, International Dance Festival and Conference, Taipei, Taiwan
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2004 Ph.D. Dance History and Theory, University of California, Riverside, USA
9/1997-12/2004 Ph.D. in Dance History and Theory (now “Critical Dance Studies” Program), University of California, Riverside, USA.
Dissertation. "Choreographing a Flexible Taiwan: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre and Taiwan's Changing Identity, 1973-2003,"
Co-advisors: Dr. Susan L. Foster & Dr. Jacqueline Shea Murphy.
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1994 M.F.A. Dance, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
9/1992-4/1994: York University. Dance Dept. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Thesis: "The Legacy of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's Legacy: A Nationalistic Interpretation based on Laban Movement Analysis."
Advisor: Dr. Selma L. Odom.
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8/1988-5/1992 B.A., English (Major) & Art History (Minor),
State University of New York at Buffalo, USA
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9/1985-6/1988 Diploma Taipei First Girls’ Senior High School
PUBLICATIONS
Monograph:
2015
Sino-Corporealities: Contemporary Choreographies from Taipei, Hong Kong, and New York (Taipei National University of the Arts)
Articles/Book Chapters:
2021
〈跨越時空 挑戰前衛：葉名樺於王大閎建築劇場的《牆後的院宅》三部曲〉，《身論集》142-
157。國立臺北藝術大學 舞蹈學院 出版。 主編：陳雅萍 & 林雅嵐。
2020
“Indigenous Corporeal Presence: Bulareyaung Dance Company's LUNA and Indigenous
Territorial Issues,” 《台灣舞蹈研究》期刊TDRJ 15:135-157.。 主編：張思菁。台灣舞蹈研究
學會出版。
2020
“Choreographing Digital Performance in Twenty-First Century Taiwan: Huang Yi & KUKA,” in
Corporeal Politics: Dancing East Asia. Katherine Mezur and Emily Wilcox, editors. University of
Michigan Press. .
2019
〈華身論 Sino-Corporealities〉，《台灣理論關鍵詞》Keywords of Taiwan Theory 251-260. 史書
美，梅家玲，廖朝陽，陳東升主編。臺北：聯經出版。
2019
“Lin Hwai-min’s Social Choreography of Formosa 關於島嶼: A Letter of Confession,” in Journal
of Society for Dance Documentation and History (SDDH), 96-109. Seoul, South Korea.
2018
“Introduction: Sino-Corporealities,” in the Journal of Aesthetics Education) 226 (Nov.): 2-3, National Taiwan Arts Education Center: Taipei.
2016
“Corporeal translation across borders: Indigenous choreographer Bulareyaung Pagarlava and his Warriors,” in Choreographic Practices 7.2:255-277, Intellect Press.
“Digital Performance in Twenty-First Century Taiwan: Huang Yi & KUKA, a New Form of Sino-Corporeality,”in Arts Review 31:1-39, Taipei National University Press.
2013
Editor, Interviewer and author, “Introduction to Taishin Award winning TNUA alumni choreographer/dance artists: Cheng Tsung-lung & Su Wen-chi, in Neo-Artists (in Chinese). TNUA Press.
2012
“Roots and Routes of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s Nine Songs(1993)” in Identity and Diversity: Celebrating Dance in Taiwan,Wang Yunyu & Stephanie Burridge, editors. 147-160. India & UK: Routledge Press.
“Reflections and Insights on Officially and Privately Sponsored Art Festivals of Hong Kong,” in Journal of Aesthetics Education, 189: 32-37.National Taiwan Arts Education Center: Taipei.
2010
“Choreographing a Flexible Taiwan: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre and Taiwan’s Changing identity” In the Routledge Dance Studies Reader (2nd Ed.), Alexandra Carter and Janet O’Shea, editors. 250-260. Routledge Press.
2009
“Choreographing a Flexible Taiwan: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre and Taiwan’s Changing identity” (French version),In Danses et identités : de Bombay à Tokyo,127-140. Pantin: Centre National de la Danse.
2007
Pina Bausch: Dancing for the World (in Chinese). Editor and co-writer. Taipei: National Chiang Kai-shek Cultural Center, R.O.C.
2007
“Towards Constructing a Nation? Taiwanese Folk Ritual on International Concert Stages,” in Dialogues in Dance Discourse: Creating Dance in Asia Pacific. Mohd Anis Md Nor, editor. 15-32. World Dance Alliance—Asia Pacific; Cultural Centre University of Malaya; & Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage Malaysia.
2005
“Corporealizing Taiwan’s History: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s Portrait of the Families (1997) and Beyond,” in Lin Hwai-min International Dance Conference Proceedings: Chang Chung-Shiuan and Yatin Lin, editors. 92-103 (English) & 228-235 (Chinese). Council for Cultural Affairs & Taipei National University of the Arts.
Book Review:
2025
“Dancing Across Asia, Inter-cultural Diplomacy, Politics, and Beyond,'” Inter-Asia in Motion: Dance as Method. Emily Wilcox and Soo Ryon Yoon, Editors. London and New York: Routledge, 2024. Asia Dance Journal (2025/6), 175-179. https://www.earticle.net/Article/A469397
2014
“Kinesthetic City: Dance and Movement in Chinese Urban Spacesby SanSan Kwan,” Dance Research Journal 46 (I): 129-132. Congress on Research in Dance (CORD).
Short Essays:
2024
〈從母語復興到當代原住民樂舞創作的觀察〉，《INK Literary Monthly 印刻文學生活誌》250（2024/6）:83-87。
2023
〈原住民族的當代樂舞〉& 〈台灣現代舞〉，《台灣文化關鍵詞101 》，426-429 & 430-434。總編輯：顏綠芬。 新北市：國立台灣圖書館出版。
2018~present
“Critical Ecologies: Body and Indigeniety,” a TNUA Shared Campus project, with partners from the Zurich University of the Arts, Hong Kong City University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and Linnaeus University (Sweden).
2017~present
“Hi Five International League for Learning: Art as a Medium for Cross-Cultural Understanding and Communication,” Higher Education Sprout Project, Ministry of Education, Taiwan.
2011~present
“ArtsCross Project: Practice and Research,” with partners from Middlesex University, Exeter University, Queen Mary University of London, and Beijing Dance Academy (China).
2009-2012
Lead Investigator (with Dr. Sal Murgiyanto and Dr. Chifang Chao) on “Body Performativity Interwoven between Tradition and Modernity: A Comparative Research of Dance and Festivals in the Asia Pacific Region,” a subproject under Dr. Kun-Liang Chiu’s “Arts Festivals, Locality and Mobility: A Cross-Cultural Investigation on Taiwan ‘Arts Festivals’.” National Science Council three year project. #NSC 98-2420-H-119-011-MY3
ACADEMIC RESEARCH PROJECTS
LEADERSHIP/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE/ADMINISTRATION
2024-present
Advisory Board Member, Dance Chronicle,
2024~present
Co-Convener, Choreography and Corporeality Working Group, International Federation
of Theatre Research (IFTR).
2021~present
Dean, Office of International Affairs, TNUA
2019
Co-Convener, Choreography and Corporeality Working Group, International Federation of Theatre Research (IFTR), Shanghai, China
2019~present
Executive Board of Directors, Taiwan Dance Research Society (TDRS)
2018-2020
Director, Dance Graduate Program, TNUA
2017-2018
President, Taiwan Dance Research Society
2016-2018, 2020-2023
Chairperson, International Master’s Program in Cultural and Creative Industries (IMCCI), TNUA
2014-2015
Executive Director, IMCCI, TNUA
2013
Co-chair, Congress on Research in Dance (CORD) & Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS) Joint Dance Conference, Riverside, CA, USA
2011
Co-chair of the 10thTaishin Arts Award Final Jury, Taipei, Taiwan
2008-2014
Director, Society of Dance History Scholars (SDHS) Board, USA
2005-2006
Director, TNUA Center for Arts Resources and Educational Outreach
2005-2006
Director, TNUA Traditional Arts Research Center (Renamed: The Future Past Lab in 2015)
2004-2005
Co-Executive Director, Asia-Pacific Arts Festival and Forum, Taipei National University of the Arts and Traditional Arts Center (Yilan, Taiwan)