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Peking opera star retraces Taiwan history in solo show 03/08/2021 06:26 PM To activate the text-to-speech service, please first agree to the privacy policy below. Peking opera actress Wei Hai-min plays Orlando in a 2009 production directed by Robert Wilson. Photo courtesy of the National Theater and Concert Hall Taipei, March 8 (CNA) Peking opera actress Wei Hai-min (魏海敏) will star in a solo show in April that looks back on Taiwan s recent history and has been crafted with videos and photos by prominent artists in their respective fields, the organizers said Monday. In A Thousand Stages, Yet I Have Not Quite Lived, Singaporean director Ong Keng Sen (王景生) combines Wei s performance and works by her fellow National Award for Arts winners video artist Chen Chieh-jen (陳界仁) and photographer Chang Chao-tang (張照堂). ....
National Theater and Concert Hall exploring production platform 02/20/2021 10:07 PM National Theater and Concert Hall General and Artistic Director Liu Yi-ruu. CNA photo Feb. 20, 2021 Taipei, Feb. 20 (CNA) The National Theater and Concert Hall in Taipei plans to establish a platform focusing on partnerships with overseas venues and on cultivating producers to expand its influence in Asia, General and Artistic Director Liu Yi-ruu (劉怡汝) said on Saturday. The Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre in Japan, the National Theater of Korea in Seoul and the Esplanade Theatres on the Bay in Singapore, have expressed their intentions to join the platform, which plans to select 15 producers each year to exchange their experiences on creating international productions, Liu told reporters when explaining the venue s vision amid the COVID-19 pandemic. ....
NTCH needs to move with the times: director A renovated library, technological innovations and attracting younger audiences remains the focus of the performance space By Chao Ching-yu and Kay Liu / CNA, Taipei The National Theater and Concert Hall (NTCH) in Taipei “needs to move with the times to maintain its significance in society,” its Artistic Director Liu Yi-ruu (劉怡汝) said in a recent interview. Liu added it is not enough for appreciation of the performing arts to be limited always to the same group of people. “The industry needs to venture outside its realm and find a place among the general public,” said Liu, who returned to the NTCH in April 2018 as its artistic director after a four-year break. ....
Taipei, Jan. 10 (CNA) The National Theater and Concert (NTCH) in Taipei "needs to move with the times to maintain its significance in the society," its Artistic Director Liu Yi-ruu (劉怡汝) has said. ....