- Home
- Programs
- International CyberFair
- Participants
- Display Project Details
Daan Elementary School (2012 CyberFair Project ID 6917)
Taiwan,
Taipei City
Official Status:
Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms
We estimate 21 student(s) from 12 to 13 will work on this entry.
Description of Our Community: In 1995, with government support, GuoGuang Opera Company has established the very first national level theatrical group in Mu Cha, Taipei City, bearing the mission of sustaining traditional Chinese opera. Fifteen years past, GuoGuang Opera Company has outstanding performance in every aspect, from drama performances, international interactions, to art promotions. Especially in international interactions, the Company has left its footprints at various big international artistic activities in Europe, Americas, Asia, and Mainland China. This attributes special contributions in enhancing international friendship, uplifting national cultural image, and further assisting substantial foreign affairs. Nowadays, GuoGuang Opera Company has proven records in promoting Chinese opera, we send our deepest blessings, and further wish it to continue expand the culture of traditional drama in order to vitalize Taiwan traditional play acting more vigorous and more vivid.
Project Description: Ever since Ching Dynasty, drama performance transmitted from Mainland China was popular on Taiwan. For the past hundred years, all kinds of theatrical performance were played on the stage of this land prosperously. This led to the colorful and abundant Taiwan play world. At that time, the interactions between the Straights were frequent, Taiwan normally invited play groups to perform here, including the most popular Chinese opera ones. Due to there were abundant performance and musical elements that had influence on Taiwan opera. Each opera group absorbed the musical, playing, and staging characteristics to create more attracting performances. Along with various newly arisen entertainments of today, audience has more choices, that led Chinese opera lost its audience rapidly. Therefore, we wish to select the topic of Chinese opera to introduce its history, performance, and music and artistic features, to let more people to know and to appreciate Chinese opera. In addition, via the introduction of GuoGuang Opera Company and the interviews of its figure, to better understand how they progressively open the modernization door to the traditional opera and the create new lights to meet the needs of modern audience.