2010 New Taipei International Art Festival
Program Design
Elegance, Transformation, and New Vision
By Ya-Lin Peng
As citizens of the new Taipei metropolis,
we wish for the government of County of Taipei to build a new vision and the
prospect for the future of our new city.
We are going to present the beginning, the
undertaking, the transformation and the conclusion of our city with four
programs. First, the Strange Fruit Theater Group will
Perform ‘The Spheres’. This performance has
been shown throughout the world, including over forty countries, more than
three hundreds art festivals and well over 100 million audiences. This is the
first time ‘The Spheres’ comes to Taiwan. The spheres are hung nine meters
above ground, like stars. They represent the magical changes of the universe
and also the immergence of the new Taipei city.
Teatro De Mondi from Italy will perform
‘Oriente’. This is a tribute to the Orient from director Alberto. It symbolizes
a unique cultural diversification. De Mondi means ‘two worlds’ in Italian. They
specialized in international, cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary production,
with often surprising visual designs. Through their Western eyes, we see
ourselves in the Orient with fresh insights and shall treasure our own cultures
even more.
Hereon, we would like to bring in bold new
energy to our new city. We have invited the newest performing art in the 21st
century---Bungee jumping stunts with live electronic music. These brave and
skillful artists will perform Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. Their program reminds us
that while we are ready to break new grounds, we still need the essence and
grace of the classics.
These four performances, with the
beginning, the undertaking, the transformation and the conclusion, are designed
to usher in a new era full of energy, courage and creativity. The final
performance, Tom Tom Crew, is a group of cool drummers who can also do
fantastic stunts. One cannot describe them with any given performance category.
Drums are the most primitive musical instrument. The wild drum beats and lively
summersaults will awaken the hibernated energy in each and every one of us.
During the incubation period, we have
accumulated tremendous energy for the new Taipei city. With everybody’s great
expectations, our new Taipei city will eventually immerge as a beautiful and
sophisticated international city with a transformed new vision through this
International Art Festival.
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