Dear Weiwuying Unlimited member, this is a Weiwuying presented program. You can contact us for a free ticket or buy extra tickets via the link below. Thank You! (Contact +886-7-262-6666 or unlimited@npac-weiwuying.org)
- Duration is 90 minutes without intermission.
Taiwanese Opera: Aphrodite Orchid
When Japan's Top Contemporary Art Team Meets Three Major Taiwanese Opera Troupes. Contemporary Art Aesthetics & Original Taiwanese Opera & Mobile Orchid Installation.
In the deep mountains of the island,
I'm wearing white and smelling a sweet scent;
Ancient tunes are carried by the wind,
and the flowers bloom as I tread on the clouds.
Japanese contemporary artist Miwa YANAGI joins hands with three major Taiwanese opera troupes in south Taiwan—Shiu-Kim Taiwanese Opera Troupe, Chun-Mei Taiwanese Opera Troupe, and Ming Hua Yuan Tian Zi Art & Culture Group. Taiwanese opera librettist and screenwriter WANG You-hui, composer CHOU Yi-Chien, arranger CHU Yun-Song, costume designer CHIN Ping-ping, and choreographer Benson TSAI are invited to present a play based on Taiwan's unique moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite) as the overarching theme to fuse Taiwanese opera and the journey of Aphrodite Orchid.
The play tells the story about the orchid immortals who have lived in the "Orchid Realm" since ancient times. A chance encounter with humans makes them become the attention of the world. The orchid flowers once isolated from the world all of a sudden turn into the target of poachers from everywhere. The songs that were once sung on the island are gradually being lost as orchid genes are constantly being replicated. The human desire for pure white and beautiful flowers has led to the artificial reproduction of endless giant white orchids. The orchid immortals who have lost their voice can only look across the shore at their fate overturned by the changing times and the homeland to which they can never return.
Like a butterfly fluttering away from home,
sorrows and joys are unforeseeable;
Into the world across the seas,
songs of the orchids are passed for generations to come.
Creative and Production Team
Script/Director/Stage Design | Miwa YANAGI
Performers | Shiu-Kim Taiwanese Opera Troupe, Chun-Mei Taiwanese Opera Troupe, Ming Hua Yuan Tian Zi Art & Culture Group
Lyrics and Script for Taiwanese Opera | You-Hui WANG
Composer | Yi-Qian ZHOU
Music Design | Yun-Song ZHU
Costume Design Coordinator | Ping-Ping JIN
Costume Design | Zhao-Xiang WU, Yu-Yuan LIN
Choreography | Benson TSAI
Projection Design | Tadashi MITANI
Lighting Design | Takayuki FUJIMOTO
Producer | Yukio NITTA
Robot Production | Keitaro MASAOKA, Masaki NAKANO
Robot Operator | Hideaki HASIBA
Production Team | Kanako YAMASAKI, Tsubasa SIMIZU
Production Stage Manager | Wei-Wei, WU
Program Administrator | Joanne YANG, Yu-Pi CHEN
Stage Manager | Ting-Ting CHANG Zheng-Hua CHEN
Production Coordinator | We ART Together Foundation
Projection Coordinator | Ethan WANG
Projection Supervisor | Zhu and Yong Ltd.
Sound Field Design & Audio Coordinator | To-Fu CHEN
Audio Equipment | Fly Sound Enterprise Co.
Technical Coordinator | Chih-Wei CHOU
Stage Making | Chengxu Space Industrial Co., Ltd.
Stage Structurer | ET Stage Sound Engineering Co., Ltd.
Associate Lighting Design | Yung-Hung SUNG
Assistant Lighting Design | Yi-Ju WU
Lighting Equipment | WARSHIP Sound & Lighting Engineering
Ensemble Coaching | Bessy LAN
Cooperative School | Shu-Te University Department of Performing Arts
Special Thanks | Kyoto University of the Arts ULTRA FACOTRY, Chishima Foundation for Creative Osaka, Kazushi OTA(Stage Manager,Tadonori KUROTOBI(Stage Manager Assistant)
Taiwanese Opera: Aphrodite Orchid
When Japan's Top Contemporary Art Team Meets Three Major Taiwanese Opera Troupes. Contemporary Art Aesthetics & Original Taiwanese Opera & Mobile Orchid Installation.
In the deep mountains of the island,
I'm wearing white and smelling a sweet scent;
Ancient tunes are carried by the wind,
and the flowers bloom as I tread on the clouds.
Japanese contemporary artist Miwa YANAGI joins hands with three major Taiwanese opera troupes in south Taiwan—Shiu-Kim Taiwanese Opera Troupe, Chun-Mei Taiwanese Opera Troupe, and Ming Hua Yuan Tian Zi Art & Culture Group. Taiwanese opera librettist and screenwriter WANG You-hui, composer CHOU Yi-Chien, arranger CHU Yun-Song, costume designer CHIN Ping-ping, and choreographer Benson TSAI are invited to present a play based on Taiwan's unique moth orchid (Phalaenopsis aphrodite) as the overarching theme to fuse Taiwanese opera and the journey of Aphrodite Orchid.
The play tells the story about the orchid immortals who have lived in the "Orchid Realm" since ancient times. A chance encounter with humans makes them become the attention of the world. The orchid flowers once isolated from the world all of a sudden turn into the target of poachers from everywhere. The songs that were once sung on the island are gradually being lost as orchid genes are constantly being replicated. The human desire for pure white and beautiful flowers has led to the artificial reproduction of endless giant white orchids. The orchid immortals who have lost their voice can only look across the shore at their fate overturned by the changing times and the homeland to which they can never return.
Like a butterfly fluttering away from home,
sorrows and joys are unforeseeable;
Into the world across the seas,
songs of the orchids are passed for generations to come.
Creative and Production Team
Script/Director/Stage Design | Miwa YANAGI
Performers | Shiu-Kim Taiwanese Opera Troupe, Chun-Mei Taiwanese Opera Troupe, Ming Hua Yuan Tian Zi Art & Culture Group
Lyrics and Script for Taiwanese Opera | You-Hui WANG
Composer | Yi-Qian ZHOU
Music Design | Yun-Song ZHU
Costume Design Coordinator | Ping-Ping JIN
Costume Design | Zhao-Xiang WU, Yu-Yuan LIN
Choreography | Benson TSAI
Projection Design | Tadashi MITANI
Lighting Design | Takayuki FUJIMOTO
Producer | Yukio NITTA
Robot Production | Keitaro MASAOKA, Masaki NAKANO
Robot Operator | Hideaki HASIBA
Production Team | Kanako YAMASAKI, Tsubasa SIMIZU
Production Stage Manager | Wei-Wei, WU
Program Administrator | Joanne YANG, Yu-Pi CHEN
Stage Manager | Ting-Ting CHANG Zheng-Hua CHEN
Production Coordinator | We ART Together Foundation
Projection Coordinator | Ethan WANG
Projection Supervisor | Zhu and Yong Ltd.
Sound Field Design & Audio Coordinator | To-Fu CHEN
Audio Equipment | Fly Sound Enterprise Co.
Technical Coordinator | Chih-Wei CHOU
Stage Making | Chengxu Space Industrial Co., Ltd.
Stage Structurer | ET Stage Sound Engineering Co., Ltd.
Associate Lighting Design | Yung-Hung SUNG
Assistant Lighting Design | Yi-Ju WU
Lighting Equipment | WARSHIP Sound & Lighting Engineering
Ensemble Coaching | Bessy LAN
Cooperative School | Shu-Te University Department of Performing Arts
Special Thanks | Kyoto University of the Arts ULTRA FACOTRY, Chishima Foundation for Creative Osaka, Kazushi OTA(Stage Manager,Tadonori KUROTOBI(Stage Manager Assistant)
Dear Weiwuying Unlimited member, this is a Weiwuying presented program. You can contact us for a free ticket or buy extra tickets via the link below. Thank You! (Contact +886-7-262-6666 or unlimited@npac-weiwuying.org)
- Duration is 90 minutes without intermission.