Taiwanese Waves: Enno Cheng / ABAO + Nanguaq Girls / Bulareyaung Dance Company / Chinatown Records

This showcase of Taiwanese artists is presented in collaboration with Taiwanese Waves, an agency focused on widening people’s perspectives of what music from Taiwan sounds like. This year’s show features the Bulareyaung Dance Company, a troupe founded in 2015 in Taitung by Bulareyaung Pagarlava, an indigenous choreographer from Taiwan. The company trains dancers by working in the mountains, chanting by the waterside; Dancers delve into their indigenous heritage and culture to develop unique body movements and vocabulary. Also performing is ABAO, an indigenous Taiwainese pop singer of the Paiwan people; after debuting with the group Abao & Brandy, she began releasing solo albums in entirely in the Paiwan language, collaborating with her mother on the lyrics. They’re joined by Enno Cheng, a Taiwanese singer-songwriter, author, and actress who also plays in the band Chocolate Tiger. As a solo artist, she writes sparse, airy pop songs centered around the piano, and draws the name of each of her LPs from planets in our solar system.