Personal Review of the Butoh dance show "Shadow View-Beyond the Water Mirror" by Sankaijuku, a Japanese national treasure of the arts.

Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to see two performances at Taipei Eye , and both reminded me of the magic of live theatre and the cultural treasures it preserves. In 2024, I attended a special free public performance of Legend of the White Snake . It felt like stepping into a living folktale—lush costumes, live music, and a dreamlike story of love, magic, and transformation. The show carried me into a world of myth where the performers’ physicality and the rhythmic so