Call for participation - Workshop to transmit the ancient songs and dances of Taiwan's Paiwan people

During 14 hours of training, participants will be invited to discover, learn and experience a living heritage rarely accessible in Europe. It won't just be a matter of attending a cultural presentation, but of entering into a genuine transmission process: listening, rehearsing, understanding, memorizing, singing, dancing together, and perceiving the way in which Paiwan songs and dances carry a unique history, cosmology, relationship to territory, ancestors, communities and collective emotions, developed in Taiwan.

The workshop will begin on October 2, 2026. Sessions will take place mainly at the end of the day, from 5pm, to enable students, teachers, researchers, artists and interested people to take part. Two daytime sessions will also be held on Saturday. The work carried out throughout the workshop will culminate in a final public performance on October 10, 2026, during which the participants will present the fruit of this collective experience alongside artists from Taiwan.

This workshop is a rare opportunity to meet directly with leading Taiwanese indigenous artists and to discover, through practice, a musical and body tradition that continues to be transmitted, transformed and lived within Paiwan communities. It is open to anyone interested in indigenous cultures, Taiwan, performing arts, anthropology, music, dance, languages, cultural memory or transmission practices.

The training is entirely free of charge. The only condition required is a commitment to follow the whole workshop, out of respect for the artists who have come specially from Taiwan and for the coherence of the collective work. This commitment is essential: song and dance cannot be understood as mere isolated fragments, but as a shared process that requires presence, listening and continuity.

As places are limited, those interested are invited to register early.