The National Theater Concert Hall (NTCH) yesterday morning announced that two dance troupes, Michael Keegan-Dolan’s Teac Damsa from Ireland and the London-based Candoco Dance Company, had been unable to obtain the necessary overseas performance insurance to cover their trips to Taipei. Given concerns that sharing food has a high risk of viral transmission, organizers decided to postponed the production until the fall. It lost the Hong Kong show when the entire month-long Hong International Art Festival was scrapped on Feb. 10 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in China, with the territory’s government postponing most of its large performance venues. The NTCH and Weiwuying said that tickets for the canceled shows are refundable. Information on the resumption of shows will be posted on its Web site and Facebook page, it said.

Source: Taipei Times February 15, 2020 15:56 UTC