Dear Weiwuying Unlimited member, this is a non-Weiwuying-presented program. You can buy ticket directly via the link below.
●Duration is 70 mins.
●Suitable for age 6+.
●Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
●The 1st level entrance of the venue (Playhouse/Concert Hall) is equipped with stairs.
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
- Applicable for Weiwuying Hero member
- Applicable for Weiwuying Unlimited member
- For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
【2019 Weiwuying Circus Platform】 How Long Is Now?
The Absurd Daily Stop Motion, The Rhapsody of 1$ Shop
On the stage of How Long Is Now?, traditional circus props are replaced by daily necessities. Those “props” such as mops, plunger, detergents, cans and brushes, became the other leading role other than the performers on stage. Upon that, new relationship came out from circus performers and props.
The concept of adding the “object theater” into circus in How Long Is Now? endues a new way of seeing and narrative. In the show, the circus performers hide their real skills. They start from developing the possibilities between bodies and objects through daily necessities. For example, they think from the appearance, the characteristic of the material, even the function and its symbol. Or, they follow the context of the objects, extend their imagination upon them, or change the definition of the objects to find out: if human beings invent objects for practical reasons, or the presence of objects change the way we live instead? Do human beings confirm the situation and relationship through objects, or the objects define the condition and the context, even measure the distance between people instead? The temptation further question: What is circus and its essence? What is the circus scene of daily life?
Formosa Circus Art – FOCA
Formosa Circus Art – FOCA was established in 2011. Its purpose is to develop the various contemporary circus arts of Taiwan, mixing them with other styles of performance including traditional forms, acrobatics, street culture and theatre arts. FOCA’s team members come from many different fields of performing arts, which makes FOCA the only private circus company in Taiwan that has over ten full-time members.
As a leading circus company from Taiwan, FOCA has set records for many Taiwanese circus in a diversified business model. Not only FOCA was the first Taiwan circus company to enter the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and twice to the Festival d'Avignon Off, it was also the first Taiwan circus company to conduct overseas tours. Due to its unique and diverse aesthetic form, over the years FOCA has been loved by a large number of audiences both overseas and in Taiwan. At the same time, in order to make the contemporary circus more visible in Taiwan, FOCA started the circus education promotion program in 2017, and has completed more than 250 educational/promotional lectures and workshops, reaching more than 50,000 people.
FOCA launched "Interdisciplinary Trilogy" project in 2017. By collaborating with different artists including Taiwanese theatre director Baboo, Filipino visual artist Leeroy New and German dance theatre company “Peculiar Man”, FOCA recognizes this process as a way of conversation and learning the ethics and methods from peers among the arts sector, trying to generate and expand the meaning of contemporary circus in Taiwan.
Creative and Production Team
Producer | Chih-Wei Lin
Director | Baboo Liao
Movement| Tsung-Hsuan Lee
Stage| Chi-Tsung Wu
Lighting|Tien-Hung Wang
Costume |Bing-Hau Lin
Music | Chih-Hau Ke
Stage Manager | Fang-Yu Guo
Executive Stage Design|Hsuan-Hsun Cheng
Performer | Kaun-Ting Chen, Chien-Hao Chang, Chao-Ming Huang, Yuan-Yang Lo, Ching-Te Kuo, Yue-Wei Hsu, Wei-Chen Chao
Administrator|Ying-Ting Chou, Tai-Jung Yu
Admin Assistant|Chih-Lin Ho
Photo by Etang Chen
Commissioned by 2016 Taipei Arts Festival
Support by
【2019 Weiwuying Circus Platform】 How Long Is Now?
The Absurd Daily Stop Motion, The Rhapsody of 1$ Shop
On the stage of How Long Is Now?, traditional circus props are replaced by daily necessities. Those “props” such as mops, plunger, detergents, cans and brushes, became the other leading role other than the performers on stage. Upon that, new relationship came out from circus performers and props.
The concept of adding the “object theater” into circus in How Long Is Now? endues a new way of seeing and narrative. In the show, the circus performers hide their real skills. They start from developing the possibilities between bodies and objects through daily necessities. For example, they think from the appearance, the characteristic of the material, even the function and its symbol. Or, they follow the context of the objects, extend their imagination upon them, or change the definition of the objects to find out: if human beings invent objects for practical reasons, or the presence of objects change the way we live instead? Do human beings confirm the situation and relationship through objects, or the objects define the condition and the context, even measure the distance between people instead? The temptation further question: What is circus and its essence? What is the circus scene of daily life?
Formosa Circus Art – FOCA
Formosa Circus Art – FOCA was established in 2011. Its purpose is to develop the various contemporary circus arts of Taiwan, mixing them with other styles of performance including traditional forms, acrobatics, street culture and theatre arts. FOCA’s team members come from many different fields of performing arts, which makes FOCA the only private circus company in Taiwan that has over ten full-time members.
As a leading circus company from Taiwan, FOCA has set records for many Taiwanese circus in a diversified business model. Not only FOCA was the first Taiwan circus company to enter the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and twice to the Festival d'Avignon Off, it was also the first Taiwan circus company to conduct overseas tours. Due to its unique and diverse aesthetic form, over the years FOCA has been loved by a large number of audiences both overseas and in Taiwan. At the same time, in order to make the contemporary circus more visible in Taiwan, FOCA started the circus education promotion program in 2017, and has completed more than 250 educational/promotional lectures and workshops, reaching more than 50,000 people.
FOCA launched "Interdisciplinary Trilogy" project in 2017. By collaborating with different artists including Taiwanese theatre director Baboo, Filipino visual artist Leeroy New and German dance theatre company “Peculiar Man”, FOCA recognizes this process as a way of conversation and learning the ethics and methods from peers among the arts sector, trying to generate and expand the meaning of contemporary circus in Taiwan.
Creative and Production Team
Producer | Chih-Wei Lin
Director | Baboo Liao
Movement| Tsung-Hsuan Lee
Stage| Chi-Tsung Wu
Lighting|Tien-Hung Wang
Costume |Bing-Hau Lin
Music | Chih-Hau Ke
Stage Manager | Fang-Yu Guo
Executive Stage Design|Hsuan-Hsun Cheng
Performer | Kaun-Ting Chen, Chien-Hao Chang, Chao-Ming Huang, Yuan-Yang Lo, Ching-Te Kuo, Yue-Wei Hsu, Wei-Chen Chao
Administrator|Ying-Ting Chou, Tai-Jung Yu
Admin Assistant|Chih-Lin Ho
Photo by Etang Chen
Commissioned by 2016 Taipei Arts Festival
Support by
Dear Weiwuying Unlimited member, this is a non-Weiwuying-presented program. You can buy ticket directly via the link below.
●Duration is 70 mins.
●Suitable for age 6+.
●Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
●The 1st level entrance of the venue (Playhouse/Concert Hall) is equipped with stairs.
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
- Applicable for Weiwuying Hero member
- Applicable for Weiwuying Unlimited member
- For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit