ABSTRACT
Academic writing in English rarely discusses disability performances that take place outside Anglo-European countries, specifically in Taiwan. This chapter offers a local context by charting cultural landscapes of how disability performances travel in Taiwan. Even within the country itself, the cultural landscapes of disability performances show huge gaps between the North and South, concerning funding streams and audience expectation. From the perspective of a performance director, the author proposes the social welfare model of disability to emphasize the challenges that artists face when developing disability performance in the South. Furthermore, the author argues, sustaining confrontations and letting differences coexist are essential strategies to practise what it means to be inclusive. When we are so different, how can we form togetherness?
