Dancing Ballet
Many children have entered the world of dance, especially girls, but why girls? Many people still want to ask: “Why do you dance as a boy? And then ask how ballet can survive? “The dancers can only smile lightly, put on their bags and continue to walk to class ….”
Dancing Ballet is a commissioned creation of 2022 Taiwan Dance Platform, inviting Kaohsiung-born choreographer YEH Ming-hwa to collaborate with “Kaohsiung City Ballet”, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year. The company is the inspiration for her dance training in Kaohsiung, and her ballet training has deeply influenced her body vocabulary and the development of her unique gestures. This time, through her own experiences and contemporary creative vision, Yeh will create a landscape of ballet in Taiwan.
The work was created and performed by the company’s students of different ages, along with the company’s dancers and teachers, and is the first chapter of YEH Ming-hwa’s “Dancing Ballet” creation.
「《跳芭蕾》的動人之處，一方面是將芭蕾作為西方標準古典舞的遷移史（migration histroy），帶入台灣的在地脈絡，另一方面，則在於把人們對舞蹈的誠摯感情，誠實地透過舞劇的方式表達出來⋯片段故事劇情所串聯起來的場面調度，讓所有不同年齡層、不同技巧、不同身體條件的舞者，都能在這樣的架構中完美演繹。」
——表演藝術評論台，張懿文，《表演策展的新可能？——以衛武營2022臺灣舞蹈平台「島嶼連結・身體上線」為例》
Choreographer YEH Ming-hwa
Artistic Director CHANG Hsiu-Ru
Artistic Advisor LIN Jing-ru
Music Coordinator WANG Yu-jun
Lighting Designer GUO Jian-hao
Production Coordinator LEE Chu-hui
Rehearsal Director WU Ho Ju
Stage Manager LIN Xiao-kai
Performing Team Kaohsiung City Ballet
Guest Performers LIU Shu-ling, ChEN Ren-wei, YEH Shu-ping
Company Members XIA Jia-hui , HSU Chia-rong, HUO Rong-an, LIU Fu-xuan, LIAO Yan-yong, SU Shao-ming
Reserve Members WU Qin-yu, HE Yu-jie, ChEN Yan-zhen, WANG Yun-qing, WANG Yi-yi, YANG Jie-xi
Adult Ballet LI Cui-yu, LI Ning-xu, GUO Yu-fen, KE Lan-xin, XIE Wan-qun, LIN Xin-yi, LIN Shuang-liang, XU Ya-hui, WU Suhua
Young dancers YEH Xin-yu, HONG Zi-ling, LIU Ya-qi, LI Cheng-yin, LIN Yu-ting, WANG Rui-qi, CHEN Yu-yu, ZENG Pei-yu, LIN Yu-xin, WANG Ru-yue, HUANG Zi-han, ZHENG Shi-yu, LU Mi-hua, CHEN Yi-zhen
Produced by National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)
Curator CHOU Shu-yi
Program Specialist LO Shih-ju
Project Execution HSUEH Mei-chu
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