(MONTCLAIR, NJ) Dance on The Lawn: Montclair s Free Outdoor Dance Festival mourns the loss of fellow New Jersey dance artist Nai-Ni Chen, founder, choreographer, and Artistic Director of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company. Nai-Ni died in a swimming accident while on vacation with her family in Hawaii on Sunday, December 12. The news is covered here.
Taipei, Dec. 8 (CNA) Filmmaker and two-time Golden Horse Best Actress winner Sylvia Chang (張艾嘉) was named as the winner in the film category of this year's National Award for Arts on Wednesday, along with six other recipients in other artistic categories.
Taiwan Was a Covid Haven for Performers. Then Cases Flared.
One of the few places where performances continued steadily for much of the pandemic has had to shut down theaters just as they are reopening elsewhere.
Taiwan’s success taming the virus had allowed its theaters and concert halls to remain open. But a new outbreak has forced Zhongshan Hall, shown here, and other venues to close just as they are finally reopening elsewhere in the world.Credit.I-Hwa Cheng for The New York Times
May 25, 2021
TAIPEI, Taiwan For much of the past year, Taiwan has been a sanctuary for performing artists, the rare almost-Covid-free place where audiences could cram into concert halls to hear live music and sip coffee together at intermission.
2021/05/04 15:13 Cloud Gate dancers at the NTU campus. (NTU photo) Cloud Gate dancers at the NTU campus. (NTU photo) TAIPEI(Taiwan News) Cloud Gate Dance Theater recently performed at the National Taiwan University (NTU) campus to celebrate the university s art festival having had to postpone its worldwide tour due to COVID-19 in March last year. Fourteen NTU students took part in the show, appearing in one of Cloud Gate s signature works, Lunar Halo. About 1,000 people enjoyed the spectacle, which saw invited audience members such as NTU Principal Kuan Chung-ming (管中閔) dance on stage. There were also fragments of other works, such as On the Road, 13 Tongues, and Dream Catcher. Cheng Tsung-lung (鄭宗龍), Cloud Gate Taiwan Tour s artistic director said dance is a language in itself and frees the body just like being a kid again.