《The Man》是由田采薇與德國福客旺舞蹈工作室（Folkwang Tanzstudio）舞者Jan Möllmer共同創作演出的舞作。作品以舞蹈劇場的形式，於夢境與現實交錯之際，探討「主體—他者」間的互動關係。在一般狀態下，「主體」與「他者」角色分明、截然二分，但在夢境之中，便能直接打破原有的僵固狀態，使得原先的對立關係轉變為融合的契機。過去有關雙人關係的舞蹈主題中，多半將主客體直接對立，探討雙方情感、依賴、疏離與焦慮等議題。《The Man》則嘗試打破主客體的區別，將一切視為主體的投射並從中尋找融合的可能。除此之外，更試著將東方哲學陰陽辯證的思考融入其中，藉由解消物我之間的區別，尋找關係互動中新的出路與整合的可能。

The Man is a collaboration and co-creation by TIEN Tsai-Wei and Jan Möllmer, dancer at the Folkwang Tanzstudio (FTS). The concept of The Man aims to explore the interactions in the self-other relationship that take place between dreams and reality in the form of dance theatre. Under ordinary conditions, there is a distinctive dichotomy between the self and the other. However, such a deadlock state can be shattered in dreams, bringing about new opportunities to transform the original antagonistic relationship into harmony. Most dance topics that feature dyadic relationships in the past tend to directly establish the subject/object dichotomy to investigate issues such as affection, dependence, alienation and anxiety from both sides. On the contrary, this production breaks the distinction between the subject and the object, considering everything the subject's self-projection as the subject searches for the possibility of integration. Additionally, this production tries to incorporate into the dance the dialectical thinking of yin and yang from Chinese philosophy as a way to look for the possibilities of new directions and integration in the interactive relationship by diminishing the difference between the self and the other. 

田采薇 TIEN Tsai-Wei

田采薇目前為德國烏帕塔舞蹈劇場（Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch）專職舞者。2008年畢業於國立台北藝術大學舞蹈系，同年十月進入德國福克旺藝術大學舞蹈系就讀，並於2011年畢業，隨即加入德國福克旺舞蹈工作室，成為該舞團專職舞者，同時間以客席舞者身分與烏帕塔舞蹈劇場合作至2015，並於2015年八月正式成為烏帕塔舞蹈劇場專職舞者至今。曾獲2015《第三屆北京國際芭蕾舞暨編舞大賽》銅獎、2014德國《Internationales Tanztheater Festival Erfurt》舞蹈比賽第二名及觀眾獎、2014德國科隆《Internationales SoloDuo Tanzfestival》舞蹈比賽新人獎及觀眾獎。

TIEN Tsai-Wei is a dancer at Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Baush in Germany. After graduating from the Department of Dance at Taipei National University of the Arts, Taiwan in 2008, TIEN started studying dancing at the Folkwang University of the Arts in Germany and graduated in 2011. Afterwards, she joined the Folkwang Tanzstudio while collaborating with Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Baush as a guest dancer until 2015. She became a dancer of Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Baush in August, 2015, and has remained there ever since. TIEN has won the Bronze Award at the 3^rd Beijing International Ballet and Choreography Competition in 2015, the 2^nd Prize and Audience Prize at the Internationales Tanztheater Festival Erfurt, and the Newcomer Prize and Audience Prize at the International SoloDuo Festival in Cologne, Germany, in 2014.