MOCA CINEMA – Dancing Home 跳進部落的孩子

Dancing Home is a heartfelt documentary tracing the artistic journey of world-renowned Paiwan choreographer Bulareyaung Pagarlava, a member of one of Taiwan’s Indigenous tribes, whose work is deeply rooted in nature and indigenous heritage. Presented by the Museum of Chinese in America, the film follows Bulareyaung’s return to his hometown in Taitung, Taiwan, where he found renewal at a time of personal and professional uncertainty.

A graduate of Taipei National University of the Arts and former dancer with the legendary Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, Bulareyaung later received an Asian Cultural Council fellowship to study in New York in 1998. He went on to choreograph for internationally acclaimed companies, including the Martha Graham Dance Company.

In 2015, supported by the Luo Manfei Dance Grant, he founded the Bulareyaung Dance Company—offering a space for indigenous youth, many without formal training, to explore contemporary dance. Dancing Home captures their shared journey of self-discovery, as these young performers reconnect with their roots and, in doing so, help Bulareyaung reconnect with his own.

The screening will be followed by an in-person Q&A with Bulareyaung, focusing on his artistic experiences in New York and his lifelong commitment to uplifting Indigenous communities through dance.

*This 90-minute documentary is presented in Mandarin with English subtitles.