Interweaving Ethics and Aesthetics

Marriage Migrants and Theatre Making in the Asian Transnational Space

Working interculturally in the transnational space has become increasingly the norm for performance practitioners of the 21st century.

Situating the concept of interweaving ethics and aesthetics in the context of ASEAN marriage migrant theatre in Taiwan, this paper examines how theatre making can initiate the inscription of agency and the transformation of hegemonic social structures.

Using TransAsia Sisters Association Taiwan (TASAT) Theatre, or Nanyang Sisters Theatre, as a case study, I argue that to ultimately achieve the aesthetics of ethics, the act of interweaving needs to be accomplished through a simultaneous management of practical and strategic gender needs in the creative process.

In addition, a subjectivation process that facilitates active forms of participation in citizenship must also take place.