This chapter explores the intersection of sinographs and modern dance, focusing on Formosa (2018), a celebrated production by Taiwan’s Cloud Gate Dance Theater. Directed by Lin Hwai-min, Formosa incorporates texts from dozens of poems and other elements of Taiwan as its primary visual components. Unlike many modern dance productions that also feature Chinese texts, such as Beyond Calligraphy, Cursive, INK, and After Snowfall, which draw on calligraphy’s expressive strokes and dynamic movement, the sinographs in Formosa are not brush-written calligraphy but are presented in the printed Song typeface. Formosa emphasizes the semantic and visual affordances of digital sinographs, transforming them into landscapes and symbols on stage. Although the aesthetic of Formosa deviates from calligraphy, this chapter suggests that its text-image interplay is rooted in the traditional Chinese ink painting practice of “inscriptions”, reflecting a broader cultural lineage for integrating visual and semantic elements in art through time-based media.