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Night of The Soul

A middle age guy who was struggling the balance between career and family is passing his meaningless life like a robot and nothing seems to be able to stop him until the death of his father.A young girl with cold heart wondering in the desert of men. No one feels like to chat with her because her odd personality and finally meets a random guy who changes her life entirely from the bar of the hotel that she staying.One simply night becomes a long and dark one which lasts for 400 years.In this period of time, they finally found the keys to each others heart and showing in the bless of God, at least it was what they thought it was.They opened a door hoping to see the future of their relationship eventually encountered the demons within.Fiction and Reality, love or karma, giving and receiving. This is what you will see in this show, in a special way of telling.

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Drama: North Shanghai

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black letters on white paper

Chinese characters are full of spirituality. Among them, 人contains most nimbus. It is a forms of expressing our souls. This play will show the charm of Chinese characters by 人. In this play, we will show features of papers and characters, whats more, we will give them new characteristic and humanistic significance of this new epoch.This is a play describes the process of how paper and character meet, get to know and fall in love with each other, but lose each other eventually. We want to show our cognitive and emotional exploration of traditional Chinese culture by this play. To make this play more interesting, we use an anthropomorphic metaphor to give paper and character humanity.This play, is a bridge of culture between China and foreign countries, and let Chinese audiences see how profound Chinese culture is.

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Aupa Quartet

Aupa Quartet⑴ SynopsisAupa Quartet, a string Quartet group, is very popular in Spain in the recent years. Four young musicians, educated in classical music, produced a style mixed with Jazz, Funk, Flamenco with traditional instruments. All the pieces are original. The pleasant tune with free style, gives more varieties to their works. ⑵ Artist ProfileAupa QuartetAupa Quartet is the winner of the first Made in Shasta music competition in 2014. They have performed on the occasion of an essential festival in Barcelona,and Italy and France as well. They have corporatedwith some renowned musicians: such as Antonio Rey (a Spanish Flamenco guitar pro), Cece Giannotti (a Canadian guitar pro and singer), and Raynald Colom(a French trumpeter and composer).

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A Historic Concert

A Historic Concert⑴．SynopsisHarmonizing European music and Chinese opera, this joint concert will be a testimony to the stage where two remarkable cultures communicate through music as a borderless language.Different historical backgrounds form the diversity of music. In Europe, classical music and philosophy developed along parallel lines, both striving for intellectual innovation and metaphysical depths. In China, traditional opera evolves congruous with dynasties in pursuit of quintessential exquisiteness and eternal gracefulness. This concert presents you the magical chemicals when Western and Eastern classical music converge on the same stage. ⑵．Artist ProfileSHEN Yili (Kunqu Opera Actress)Shen Yili graduated from the Shanghai Theatre Academy as a drama performance major and has played leading roles in a great number of famous Kunqu operas including Peony Pavilion, Palace of Eternal Youth and so on. Shen also actively participated in performances and lectures in Britain, France, America, Taiwan and Hong Kong to promote the development of Kunqu Opera.QIAN Yin (Flute)Qian Yin graduated from Shanghai Theatre Academy specializing in Kunqu Opera. Qian is National First Grade Instrumentalist, council member in Shanghai Dramatists Association, member in Shanghai Musicians Association and chief flute in Shanghai Kunqu Opera Group.NING Feng (Violinist)Prize-winning violinist Ning Feng is one of the most exciting of the younger generation of top-level players. Ning was born in China and studied playing the violin at the age of four. He then learned from violin masters Hu Weimin and later, Antje Weithaas. He was the winner of Queen Elisabeth Competition in 2001 and Paganini International Violin Competition in 2006. He now lives in Berlin, a base for his career performing concertos and recitals all around the world (Such as the Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra).CHANG Yu-Fen (Composer)CHANG Yu-Fen studied and obtained her diplôme supérieur from Brussels Royal Conservatory. She performs all over Europe, Russia included. In Belgium, her country of residence, she has performed in all the major concert-halls and festivals: Klara Festival, Midis-Minimes, Ars Musica, BOZAR (recitals and with NOB-ONB), Flagey, Handelsbeurs, Brussels Royal Conservatory and so on. She combined Ustvolskaya with Mozart for a concert with The Ural Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Dmitri Liss. From 2011, she was invited to perform in Brazil and Mexico. Patrick DE CLERCK (Curator)Patrick de Clerck directed the biggest music festivals and concert series in Belgium (Klara Festival, European Gala Concerts, Ars Musica). He was also director of Worldwide Music Festival in Europe and Escapades, a government-funded music program in Belgium. De Clerck also did classical music and was creative director of Flanders Festival Brussels and general director of Ars Musica. He moved to MariinskyTheatrefor the New Horizons Festival, and founded Music Projects For Brussels.

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Across the Silk Road

Across the Silk Road(1)SynopsisBased on stories of the Silk Road and the paintings of the MoGau caves, Rituals is a performance that explores the connections between traditions: the traditions of contemporary music and electronics with traditional classical Chinese and classical western music. The mixing of modern technology and Taoist and Buddhist rituals and explores improvisation and carefully composed works of musical skill and musical storytelling. The effect is a layering of different styles which trade ideas and musical energy across a Silk Road that is both modern and ancient. East and West and creates a performance like a soundtrack without a film. (2)Artist ProfileDavid Shea (Composer)New York and now Melbourne based composer David Shea is closely associated with the New York Downtown experimental music scene. Shea is apt to move from probing electro-acoustics to Chinese traditional music, American pop, Latin jazz, and exotica in the space of a single piece. A practicing Buddhist, Sheas odd fusion of East and West (particularly on albums such as Hsi-Yu Chi and Tower of Mirrors) is partly a function of the expressive role in Eastern cultures. Sheas facility for fusing not only the spiritual but also the pop cultural elements of Eastern cultures (Hong Kong cinema, allegorical Chinese theater, etc.) is accomplished and critically renowned.Shea has also found a growing audience in the more experimental strains of the post-industrial/post-rave ambient and electronic music set. Shea also continues to bridge gaps separating his various audiences by performing at events and contributing to projects which to engage both in equal measure. Wang MengWang Meng is a versatile musician, teacher and composer. She graduated from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne with a BA (Hons) in Music (2006). In 2008, she was awarded the Hull Sinfoniettas Young International artist of the year. Meng performed widely around the world. In 2008 and 2009 she toured Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and France. She also performed in many significant festivals, shows and venues in London, Edinburgh, Newcastle, Bristol, Manchester and many other cities in the UK. Meng had been very active in Australia since 2011, She collaborated with Multicultural Arts Victoria on Various Projects including performing at: The Melbourne Town Hall and etc. She is now collaborating with an established American composer/musician David Shea on a commissioned piece by Adelaide Festival 2016. And she is also working on the recording with accomplished Melbourne based musician Cy Gorman and pianist Brenna Wee on various projects.

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Multimedia video musical 《Code:Cytus》

Multi-media Musical: Code: Cytus⑴．SynopsisCode: Cytusis a brilliant multi-media crossover produced by experts from different fields. Casting musicians, dancers and DJs as protagonists of the story, this unprecedentedly large production integrates multi-media technology, music, dance and drama. Multiple game tasks, interactions with audience, dazzling stage effects and avant-garde costume design as highlights, Code: Cytus creates a virtual-actual theatre space that leads audience into the science-dominated future world. ⑵ Artist ProfileMultimedia Line Producer: Zhan JiaHuaAs a new generation of digital-artist and the chief creative officer of Lehuhu Workshop, Zhan focuses on the creation of digital media. He graduated from the Multimedia Animation Art Department of Taipei University of Arts. Zhan won the first prize in the French Digital-Art Festival. He can lead the spectators to help the creation directly and become part of it, where a discussion between the show and the spectators begins. Produced by: Lehuhu workshopEstablished by Zhan JiaHua and Qiu YiTing, the workshops first work is called--Code: Cytus, aiming to upend the former concept of theater space.

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Miss Julie

Miss Julie⑴ SynopsisThe play is form an Artistic Development Project at the Stockholm Academy of Dramatic Arts.It is amazing and Anna Pettersson tried to find out this question: How to interpolate the moving image with the actors physical expression in a scenic presentation.Anna Pettersson makes a self-willed interpretation of ‘Miss Julie, directing and playing all the parts herself. Also on stage there is a cameraman filming the actress, projecting imagery onto the backdrop which is the only scenography. ⑵ Artist ProfileAnna Pettersson (Adaptor/ Director/ Performer)Anna Pettersson, is an actress, director and drama teacher. She has played the title role in Hedda Gabler, the angel in Angels In America at the Stockholm City Theatre, Boston Marriage at the Royal Dramatic Theatre and has been working with Sweden leading dramatists Lars Norén and Kristina Lugn. She has been writing plays for herself and others, performed in about 20 TV- and movie productions and has also been directing several plays (The Seagull by Tjechov and The Misanthrope by Moliére, amongst others.) In 1999 she received the very prestigious Thaila Award and she has also received two scholarships from The Swedish Academy.

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Story-telling Theatre: SnowyNight

Story-telling Theatre: SnowyNight ⑴SynopsisA dying man and a donkey give their last show on the stage of this desolate world… On a snowy New Year eve, Li, a housekeeperofa landlord, goes to collect rent from a village but fails to receive anything from tenants. He refuses to stay with Bao, one of tenants, instead choosing to return with his donkey, braving a snowstorm. On his way home, he falls into deep thought and ultimately despair. He finally dies of cold at the door of an abandoned house. Snowy Night, created in 1931, is one of Duanmu Hongliangs best short novels. This story of amazing language and imagination will be staged by Ruth Kanner, the Israeli stage director specializing in adapting literary and documentary texts to the stage, using a variety of innovative story-telling theatre and movement techniques. ⑵Artist ProfileRuth Kanner (Director)Ruth Kanner has been the creator of experimental theatre productions since the early 80s. Currently she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Theater Arts of Tel Aviv University, Israel, and leads Ruth Kanner Theatre Group, associated with the Bat Sheva Dance Company, Tel Aviv. Ruth Kanner Theatre group is an experimental and unique theater team, specializing in adapting literary and documentary texts to the stage, using a variety of innovative story-telling theater and movement techniques. Along the productions created by kanner with her group, kanner is a guest director of Theater X-Cai, Tokyo, Japan. Kanner also presents lectures and workshops in Israel and Worldwide.Ren Ming Young (Playwright)Ren Ming Young (born 1982) is a Chinese writer, theatre director, filmmaker and singer-songwriter. His highly stylized theatre productions like Your Accent, The Tempest in the East China Sea, The Story of Ni Huanzhi, At This Time Next Year, Le You Yuan and Last Night in Shuangyong Road, made him a distinctive avant-garde theatre artist in China.

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The Nightingale and the Rose

The Nightingale and the Rose(1) SynopsisBased on British writer Oscar Wildes short story The Nightingale and the Rose, this dance theatre seeks to deliver the essence of Wildes imagination. In the story, a young man vocalizes his despair for there are no roses in his garden for the girl he loves, which is overheard by a nightingale, a creation associated with love, innocence and romance. The nightingale, so much touched by the beauty and soul of the student, decides to relieve his pain by finding him the red rose. The nightingale sings all night under the moon and pierces its own heart with the roses thorn, a sacrifice that makes the red rose grow and bloom. Unfortunately, the rose fails to win the heart of the materialistic girl who chooses jewel over flower.By integrating classical elements and modern values, Wang Yuanyuan interprets the story in her beautiful modern ballet, infusing this Western classical narrative with Eastern aesthetics. (2)Artist ProfileWANG Yuanyuan (Choreographer)Wang YuanYuan, a chinese choreographer of ballet and modern dance, enjoys a world-wide reputation. Graduated from Beijing Dance school, and later California College of Arts. Wang has done the choreography for the corps de ballet of China, Denmark, New York. And she has won prizes in the United States, France, Russia, etc. She, together with the leading team, established the Beijing Dance Theater, releasing the 《The Banquet》，《The pulm in a golden vase》HAN Jiang (Stage Designer)Graduated from the central academy of drama, Han Jiang has worked as a stage designer of national ballet since 2002. He began to design the light and space since graduation. His works include: 《Swan Lake》，《Pirates》，《Giselle》, 《Peony Pavilion》.LIN Huiyin (Script Translator)

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Mime 《40 Years of Silence》

40 Years of Silence⑴．SynopsisThe renewed version of 40 Years of Silence consists of 13 short stories of sorrow, tenderness and delight. It is a brilliant work that leads you through Mime Bizots 40 years of silence with tear and laughter. My art comes from my audience, therefore I would reward them ten times with my art. I can be a man, women, a bird, a dog …after dressing up, I would be a mirror for people to reflect their own feelings. No matter in Africa or France, dressing up as a Chinese farmer or Bolivian worker, sorrow and joy are universal for everyone.Claims the multi-faced artist, Mime is my life, to which my love surpasses everything. ⑵. Artist ProfilePhilippe Bizot (Director/Mime Actor)Philippe Bizot is widely acknowledged as the first class mime artist in the world. Encouraged by Jean-Louis Barrault, a master at mime directing and acting, he self-taught and practiced his mime art in intimate theatres in Paris and Bordeaux.He won the gold award of international mime at the age of 20, and has been traveling around the world to teach acting the art of mime to adults, children, disabled people, and people with autism. He also has founded academies of mime in Bordeaux, Marseille, America, Lebanon, Bolivia and Pakistan.

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The villa

SynopsisWhat is the genre of The Villa?Thriller.... Or romance. Or comedy. Or none. Or all.What do you need to bring to see the play?A ticket, and your brain (preferably with some exercises in detective stories).How to see the play?Stare. (Even if you blink just once, the truth will slip away under your eyes.)What is the link that binds the two stories?Just stare, then youll know...Or are there two stories?Why are there two performances?Just so that you can watch the show again in the evening, if you miss things at the matinee (which you will). ⑵ Artist ProfileZHUANG Yi (Director)Playwright, songwriter, actor, and poet working in both Chinese and English. Artistic Director of Hit Please Theatre Company. After graduating from National University of Singapore with an honors degree in English Literature, he was trained to be a musical actor at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UK, following which he finished a Masterdegree in Modern European History at University of Cambridge. His main works include Deng Shichang (Shanghainese Opera), The Legend of Zhenhuan (play), The Villa (play), The Moon Opera (Dance Theatre), One Thousand Springs (Musical), Xidis Tooth Adventures (Musical), and Lin Whei-Yin (Opera).Hit PleaseInternational theatre group, Hit Please, consists of group members from prestigious theatre academy in UK, presenting quality bilingual theatres (Chinese and English) in the Great China Region, Europe and America. The artistic director of Hit Please Theatre Group, Zhuang Yi, has brought new light to the theatre group by infusing Western theatres with unique Eastern aesthetics.

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Physical Theatre 《Hymn to disappearance》

Hymn to Disappearance⑴. SynopsisIn the form of the pass the parcelgame rendered by body gesture, dance and traditional masks, Zhao Miao recounts tales about revolution, lies, confession, fratricide, generation gap, solitude, parting, life and romance. By integrating traditional Eastern culture with modern values, these nine stories, with a touch of surrealism, humor and banter, unfold silently and penetrate an intimate world that even words cannot describe. ⑵. Artist ProfileZhao MiaoMr.Zhao is the drama producer and chief inspector of SanTuoQi company. Graduated from the directing department of the Central Academy Of Drama, he learned method acting from Professor Jiang RuoYu during the process to a master of directing. The sad humor and great imagination constitute his unique style. His intention is to explore the poem hidden in our body. His creation is deeply influenced by the French method and style.SanTuoQi CompanyFounded in 1996, Theatre SanTuoQi is an independent physical theatre company dedicated to innovative, poetic and imaginative works.With the production of Aquatic (Premiere at Festival dAvignon 2012, invited to Theatre des Bouffes du Nord, Theatre Chinois, Shanghai International Arts Festival 2013, and National Performing Arts Centre China), the company became the first theatre company that explores dance with Chinese Noah, one of the most ancient forms of folk opera from South West China.

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Peking Opera 《Rashomon》

Rashamon⑴ SynopsisIn honor of the 50th anniversary of our troupe, and great efforts of renowned artists in Taiwan at that time, we decided to bring Rashamon back to life.The male character is played by the famous acrobatic-fighting actor Dai -LiWu; the female, our rising star Lin TingYu, and the robber is performed by Yang YuJing, the first prize winner of the painted-face role competition in our troupe.From different backgrounds and position, the fact can be explained and illustrated in different ways. The point is not what is true, but the existence of difference. From words of the separate parts, you can feel that they are different from each other, and their mindsets change according to the environment. ⑵ Artist ProfileThe troupe of National Taiwan College of Performing ArtsThe troupe of National Taiwan College of Performing Arts, founded in 1963, is the first troupe subordinated to the traditional drama studies, and also the troupe of the longest history in Taiwan up to now. The troupe is mainly consisted of excellent graduates and all fields of talents. For years, we have put on many widely-loved dramas, which indicates our great advantage in this field. Tradition and innovation do not contradict. We advance with the times, and we will continue to build up our strength in the future, in endeavor to inherit and promote our traditional arts. We hope that Peking opera can be heard everywhere and maintain its vitality for good. The writer: Ryūnosuke AkutagawaRyunosuke Akutagawa was a Japanese writer active in the Taisho period in Japan. He was especially good at writing short stories. In his short career, he wrote more than 150 short stories. Despite of the short para, his works are famous for novel idea and plots. He dedicated to uncover the society defect, however, he make descriptions instead of comments. The readers can feel the ugliness behind the text. His magnum opuses are Aphorisms by a pygmy, Kappa, and Rashamon. Art director: Tsai Hsin-HsinTsai served as executive secretary of the GuoGuang Opera Company, Board Director of Taipei Modern Opera and TheaterAssociation, National Chengchi University. Tsai has focused on academic researches of traditional operas and observing the modern operas. She has been traveling between China and Taiwan for academic exchange and collecting elements from folk music, and she has hosted many traditional opera folk music research plans recently and directed arts and culture communication among China, Taiwan, and other countries. She has combined academic theory with experience on the stage and devoted in recording, saving, and promoting traditional theatre and folk arts. Producer: Zhang XuNan, Lecturer of Taipei College of Performing Arts. Graduated from Chinese Culture University, Zhang got his MA from Oklahoma City University. Her works include:《Lanling Wang》，《The butterfly lovers》. Modeling: Ye JinTian Ye is a famous artist who is good at costume, visual arts, cinema, contemporary arts creation. Ye first publicized his neo-orientalism getting the world familiar with the eastern cultural and artistic beauty. He held a costume show called 《The face of time》in Palace Museum in Taipei. Also, he express his attitude towards eastern aesthetics in France and Spain. He is in charge of the costume design during the flag delivery ceremony between Athens and China. Invited by the Kennedy Center in 2005, a show called "Chinese red" was held. In his sample reels are many famous works, such as 《uncertain time》，《ROUGEL′ART DE TIM YIP》. In the meantime, he has worked as an art director or costume designer in 《The banquet》，《Crouching tiger, hidden dragon》，《Red cliff》，《Spring in a small town》.

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TAO Dance Theatre 8

8⑴．SynopsisTAO Dance Theatres latest creation in 2015, 8, manifests choreographer/artistic director Tao Yes study of corporeal arts in his project numeral series, exploring the limits and extremes of the body. While the voice element bulks in the former work 7, the rhythms generated as different body parts or bodies in contact take the major role in this episode. In order to achieve the best effect, Tao Ye cooperates with a composer, a sound technician and sound designer to amplify the sound of touching, brushing and beating as the dancers move, seeking to visualize the rhythms. ⑵．Artist Profile Tao YeTao Ye, graduated from ChongQing Dance study, and then joined in the cultural troupe of Shanghai Armed Police Force. He went to Jin Xing dance theater in 2003. In 2005, he started his own creation, having a band with five other contemporary artists, named Niao. With his work 《Single》，he participated in our 2005 Shanghai International Arts Festival. There were many Taos performances both from home and abroad from 2006 to 2008, including Yao(means change), and imagination. The March of 2008, the Tao Dance Theater was established. In 2011, invited by the producer Du KeFeng and the rock legend Cui Jian, he performed in the film 《Blue Bone》. He was honored as the top 10 Asian male in the 《Mans Uno》magazine one year later. Tao was also listed one of the six choreographers of 2014 New Wave Associates by Sadlers Wells. Produced by: Tao Dance TheaterSince its foundation, the theater has won world-wide attention, including: Beijing CaoChangDi Arts Festial, ZhongMei Arts Festival, week of modern dance in Beijing and Guangzhou, and Shanghai Power Station of Art. In all, their performance reached 40 well-known events such as Amsterdam Arts Festival and Sadlers Wells. Tao Dance Theater was publicized in New York Times for four times, and the first modern dance regiment to be invited to give performance in Lincoln Center Festival and Sydney Opera House. And it is the first time for a modern regiment to have a six-week culture visit in American dance festival.

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Beckoning

Cloud Gate(1) Synopsis Blue HourThe inspiration came to Zheng ZongLong when he saw the magical blue before dawn. The performance intended to describe our inner world with body movements. Six female dancers with black elegant dresses, acted separately and discontinuously, just like confession alone. Those movesmay seem to be neither beautiful nor natural, but you will feel a sense of hesitation and grief through the pace and costumes.② LaiThe latest work Lai, sourced from the folk belief and cultural background, is commented as a mixture of traditions between East and West, a fresh and novel expression, and an explicit explanation of concept of arts. Mr. Zheng intended to explore all the possibilities in Lai. He oncesaid: "in my childhood, I was a fanatic of folk beliefs, such as the gesture and position of the statue, the old tradition and rite passed down and the expression of them. What I am trying to do in this dance is not only about acting out those characters, but also about using physical movements to evokethe culture in our memory.③ LightInspired by Tango, pure and intense, even people surrounded can feel the delightandwant to participate in it. When the performance began, the dancer seem to move in the light, the only light came out from the dark sky. ⑵ Artist ProfileLin HuaiMinLin, was a novelist once, andhe began to learn dancing when he was studyingin the United States of America. He established the Cloud Gate Celebrates in 1973, and the Cloud GateⅡ in 1999. He also invited Luo ManFei to work as the art director. After Luo passed away, Mr. Lin took over the position himself, and in 2014, Zheng ZhongLong was assigned by the board directors to be the CAO. The two dancing troupes go on a lot of tours each year and enjoy a world-wide reputation. Mr. Lin gets inspiration from the traditional Asian culture and aesthetics. Lin enjoys the position as the emeritus doctor in six universities including Taiwan and HongKong, and many other prizes such as Life Achievement Award, Ramon Magsaysay Award, Asia heroic figure listed in Time. In 2012, invited by Rolex Foundation, Lin served as a mentor of dance in the sixth Rolex Mentor and Protégé.Chief Arts Director: Zheng ZongLongGraduated from Taipei University of Arts, he was a dancer in the troupe as well. His production began in 2002, and won his lots of prizes. He first came to be the assistant CAO, and became the chief Art Director two years later. He was the executive director of Taiwan countdown ceremony in 2010. He was listed as the person of 2011 by Performing Arts Review Magazine. During the same year, the world famous film director invited Mr. Zheng to do the choreography for his mono-drama Only You. He was sponsored by Asia Culture Council to further his study in New York in December.Choreographer: Huang YiGraduated from Graduate Institute of Choreography and Performance, Taipei University of Art. Mr. Lin once commented him as incredibly gifted child. Huang is especially good at mixing complex images with simple body movements. He also has corporation with many famous musicians. Whats more, he is well recognized all over the world. In 2005, his Messed won the best piece in the American Dance Festival. In 2011, his Murmuring won the second prize in Denmark Cross Connection Competition. He himself was once listed as the top 25 terpsichorean by the Dance Magazine. Besides Light, his works also included Ta-ta for now, Special order and so on.Produced by Cloud Gate ⅡAlthough sounds like an affiliation to the Cloud Gate Celebrates, it does not train any staff for the brother troupe. Nor is it restricted by Mr. Lins choreography. Actually, many well-known choreographers are invited to do the work, such as Hai Ning, Gu MingShen, Wu GuoZhu, Bulareyaung, Zheng ZhongLong and Huang Yi, resulting in the varied styles. Each year, its periodical release Spring Riot, has been an unique scenery drawing the audiences attention.

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Spring in a small town

⒎ Springtime in a Small TownSynopsisThe story takes place in a small, run-down town in the post-war era during a chilly early spring. A young woman, Zhou Yuwen, shares a quiet,insipid life with her invalid husband, Dai Liyan. Also living with them are Liyans teenage sister, Dai Xiu, and an old servant, Lao Huang. One day, Zhang Zhichen, Liyans childhood friend and former lover of Yuwen, comes to see Liyan. This unannounced visit is like a stone thrown into a stagnant pond, causing ripples in the hearts of everybody. The reunion stirs up once again the feelings of Yuwen and Zhichen, while the young and innocent Xiu is having a crush on the gentlemanly Zhichen. The four fall into an entangled web of relationship-the dilemma of sense and sensibility, the choice of to stay or to go. Which way should the intellectuals go in this time of turmoil? . Artist Profile Li Liuyi Theatre StudioFounded in 2003, Li Liuyi Theatre Studio is a professional institute dedicated to the actualization of the genre of new drama. Its aims are to extol the legend of the free, unbounded spirit found in classical aesthetics, to decipher the vital signs of a beating heart in the world of contemporary living, to uphold the autonomy of pure drama underpinned by poetics, and enjoy the simple, everyday things that turn the ordinary extraordinary. Barbara Fei (Artistic Adviser)Barbara Fei has given many performances and recitals in Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, Europe and United States since 1951.She is active promoting choral music and advocate for music and arts in Hong Kong, mainland China and overseas.Fei is at present the Chairman of the music committee and Conductor of the Allegro Singers；Chairman of the Hong Kong Chinese Association of Choral Societies; Honorary Research Fellow of the Center of Asian Studies ,University of Hong Kong；Chairman of Hong Kong Ethnomusicology Society; Board Member, Music Director and Conductor of the Hong Kong Chinese Oratorio Society ;Senior Adviser of the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra, etc. In 2008,2010 and 2013,she received an Honorary Fellowship from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, Hong Kong Institute of Education and Hong Kong Baptist University respectively. She received the Bronze Bauhinia Star in 2001 and Sliver Bauhinia Star in 2012 from the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. In 2011,she was appointed Honorary Menber of the National Committee of the Cina Federation of Literary Member of the National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and Artistic Adviser to the Vienna World Peace Choral Festival 2011.In 2013 she was awarded "Hong Kong Women of Excellence in the Six Arts" by the Hong Kong Federation of Women. Li Liuyi (Adaptor/Director/Stage Designer)Li Liuyi is a stage director with an international presence on the drama scene of China today. He is director and playwright with the Beijing Peoples Art Theatre, and has been commissioned by many international arts festivals as dramaturge. He has over fifty productions to his credit, ranging from stage productions, Chinese traditional theatre, opera and full-length ballet. His highly original theory of "pure drama" and his application in practice have been dubbed the "Li Liuyi Methodology", which is widely studied and acclaimed. Several of his works have been staged in Hong Kong, such as the plays Peking Man and Not the Ordinary Mahjong Game, the ballet production of The Peony Pavilion, and the Peking Opera series, The Heroine Trilogy .Li is an active dramatist with a steady output over the years, many of which have been published as literary works. His plays and his theories on "pure drama "have been complied into a collection published by Peoples Literature Publishing House, and has been translated into many languages for worldwide distribution. Gong Xun (Stage Designer)Gong Xun trained in the Department of Scenic Art of the Central Academy of Drama, and he is currently the scenographer in the National Ballet of China. He won an Outstanding scenography Award at the Wenhua Awards. His design for the National Ballet of Chinas The Nutcracker was acclaimed as"a refreshing, resplendently dreamy realm with Chinese touch." He is one of the most active young scenographers in China in recent years. Many of his designs have been taken to top international scenic art festivals such as the Edinburgh International Festival. Chen Xiaji (Lighting Designer)Chen Xiaji is the Lighting Designer and Technical Director of DAMU ARTS and Accsdo Performance&Visual Arts Design Group in Beijing Resident Lighting Designer of Beijing Dance Theater. He has been an active member of the creative teams of the top drama companies in China for years. Known for his delicately insightful scenographic concepts, his designs were seen in Li Liuyis drama in verse, Confessions，the drama products Peking Man, Antigone and Oedipus the King, the Peking Operas The Golden Cangue, Mei Lanfang Classics, Huan-Hua-Yin,a nd the contemporary opera, The Savage Land. Men Xiaoguang (Costume Designer)Men Xiaoguang trained at the Central Academy of Art and Design in Beijing, and later the University of New South Wales in Australia. He designed the costumes for several on-site spectaculars in scenic areas, such as The Precious Son of Heaven-Genghis Khan and The Sacrificial Ritual to Heaven and Earth on Mount Tai. He designed the costumes for the modern Peking Opera productions, The Golden Cangue and Huan-hua-Yin, and the drama products The Family and Death of a salesman for the Beijing Peoples Art Theatre. He was the art adviser or stylist in the television dramas Lifes True Colors, Daddy Wants a Wife and The Guard of Love.CastLu Fang as Zhou YuwenLu Fang is a National Class One Performer currently on the cast of the Beijing Peoples Art Theatre. Lu graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, where she studies Acting. She is always acclaimed by professionals and general public alike for her exemplary delivery of lines on stage. Her solid yet charismatic performance in Antigone in 2012 has won her the accolade as the ‘ingrid Bergman of China.Han Qing as Dai LiyanHan Qing is a National Class One Performer currently on the cast of the National Theatre of China. Han graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, where he studied Acting. He appeared in such stage productions as 18 Springs,Not the Ordinary Mahjong Game, Lost Village, etc. Han is a much-sought-after actor Known for his solid acting skills and charisma on stage. Lei Jia as Zhang ZhichenLei Jia is a performer currently on the cast of the Beijing Peoples Art Theare. Lei graduated from the Beijing Broadcasting Institute, where he trained at the school of Performing Arts. He appeared in such stage productions as White Deer Plain, Wotou Compound, The Rickshaw Boy, Hamlet etc.

Theratrical Events 2015

Dirty Electronics

Dirty Electronics – Bed of Nails x Hard DrivesWORKSHOP with John RichardsTake part in building Dirty Electronics Bed of Nails x Hard Drives. The instrument exploits traditional breadboard techniques, wire-wrapping and nails banged into a board, and a single supply op-amp to provide the basis for a noise generating feedback circuit. The instrument is played by touching different combinations of nails to create a range of sounds. A low sine tone, produced by a brushless motor of a computer hard drive, is used as a low frequency oscillator and modulator for the Bed of Nails feedback circuit. The open circuitry, nails, and wire of the instrument present sculptural possibilities, as well as providing a pedagogical model for building circuits from schematics; whilst the ‘spinning hard drive highlights gesture, and affordance in the playing the instrument.In Dirty Electronics process and performance are inseparably bound. The performance begins on the workbench devising instruments and is extended onto the stage through playing and exploring these instruments. Light & Feathers IIFor vibrating objects and feathers, and automated incandescent light bulbsA sequence of light events control sound objects with large feathers that rattle, shake and move. The space is demarcated by sound and light and shadows cast by the vibrating feathers. The ‘audience is also asked to be part of the work by walking freely amongst the objects.Previous version of piece:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SViftGYwwiIHidden SineJohn Richards discusses his recent work as Dirty Electronics and new piece Hidden Sine that explores self-made instruments and large group performance, and ‘sound curious that are concerned with the way of the hand, touch and affordance (action possibilities). Hidden Sine draws loosely on object orientated philosophy and theory of affordances. The premise is that an object may have artistic/sound potential, often hidden, that can be revealed through investigation and praxis. This investigation operates on a number of levels covering sound, plastic arts and actions/theatre. The building of circuits and sound devices is also seen as a method for creating a tabula rasa, and how the idea of delegated performance, where instruments are played by ‘non-experts, serves to establish a naive approach and authenticity in performance.Fish Face (2010) John RichardsInspired by Christian Morgenstern and Byunjun KwonFish Face is a hands-off face and mouth expression only controlled instrument/composition. A small loudspeaker is placed in the mouth. By opening and closing and shaping the mouth, both pitch and the timbre of the instrument can be changed.The composition consists of a number of cues and material types. The mouth shape U is ‘sung in unison (see Morgensterns Fisches Nachtgesang). Other directions included vowel shapes/sounds, as well as directions for ‘scary face and ‘funny face, the musical sound being a result of the facial expression. The performers also make vocal sounds, which, when combined with the electronic sounds, produce multiphonics. Mouthing, but not sounded, words are also included.

Indoor Activities 2015

Do You Speak Chinese

Do You Speak Chinese? Choreographer and dancer Victoria Chiu is an Australian artist based in Melbourne. Her father was a Chinese immigrant to Australia. He migrated in the year 1965. She is proud of her Chinese heritage. Strangely though she doesnt speak a Chinese language and the closest thing she has to a Chinese cultural ritual is the odd Chinese dinner in Melbournes China Town. Nonetheless, people often see her as Chinese. Growing up in Australia with Chinese ancestry she has felt the challenge of not being able to adequately articulate the complexities of her heritage. The historical disconnections to her cultural identity has led her on a creative, artistic journey to discover her Chinese roots, a journey through contemporary dance that has and will continue to uncover a wealth of knowledge for the rest of her life. Artfully exploring the connection between physicality, language and race, Chiu boldly recreates identity through language and exquisitely through contemporary movement. This beautifully choreographed performance plays with the many ways our bodies speak for us and combines the bodys translation of foreign semiotics, sights and sounds to create a poetic, moving, dreamscape of what its like for the body and mind to be on a journey and discovery of dual identities.

Indoor Activities 2015
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