Nearly 50 years ago, choreographer Lin Hwai-min founded the company, the first contemporary dance ensemble in the greater Chinese-speaking community. Lin has recently retired as artistic director of the company, and his work Dust is a lament on the fragility of humans in the face of cruelty and a requiem for those affected by the political suppressions, massacres, and genocides of the 21st century, set to Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8. New artistic director Cheng Tsung-lung, who previously led Cloud Gate 2, presents 13 Tongues. Named after a legendary street artist and storyteller from the 1960s, 13 Tongues transforms Cheng’s childhood memories of Taoist rites and the bustling street life of Bangka, the oldest district in Taipei, into a dreamlike fantasy world.