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Taipei Fuhsing Private School (2017 CyberFair Project ID 8219)
Taiwan, Taipei
Official Status: Final Project: Ready for Judging
Teacher:
Category: 8. Local Music and Art Forms

We estimate 9 student(s) from 13 to 15 will work on this entry.

Description of Our Community: Influenced by a Polish drama master who trained his students in forest, Ruo-yu Liu came back to Taiwan to form U-Theater and selected Degaoling, Lao-Chuan Mountain, Muzha District, Taipei for performers to live, receive training, and create. The sounds of drums do not affect neighborhood in Lao-Chuan Mountain. And performers can absorb the essence of nature. In 1993, Chih-chun Huang joined U-Theater to teach drum and integrated meditation and martial arts. Lao-Chuan Mountain brings about endless inspiration of creation to U-Theater. Members can beat dream with a peaceful mind. It's the best training base.

Project Description: "U-Theatre" is a unique artistic performance group in Taiwan, founded in 1988, which " combination of Tao (self-improvement) and skill (the learning and maturity of art) " to present "serenity in dynamism, dynamism in serenity", dance and beating with nature, and oriental culture with modern aesthetic features, and enjoys reputation on international art circle. After realizing outstanding achievements in art, it started to set up educational system of young and little performers so as to pass down the spirit and art training methods of U-Theater. It also established "Art & Life School" at a prison to help adolescent prisoners form "Drum & Dance Percussion Ensemble" and initiate "Young Andersen School on the Road". They conducted education and performance hand in hand in the hope to deeply plant the spirit of U-Theater in Taiwan. In 2014, it received the special award of the first "Presidential Innovation Award" and brought new vitality to art.

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