- Presented: National Culture and Arts Foundation
- Duration is 75 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 12+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- For more offers, please visit the website's purchase page.
KU & Dancers - Doppler Effect
© Youtube（古舞團）
KU Ming-shen & LEE Hsiao-pin
It is a three-year journey of breakthroughs by two of the National Award for Arts recipients.
It was well received in 2021 Taipei premiere with full house of every show.
Join us now for its return in 2022 at Kaohsiung, a journey of life.
He didn't expect that it would be this difficult to step into his teacher's hospital ward. Someone that was more a father to him than his actual father, yet also the one that hurt him the most.
She takes care of patients in the hospital day in and day out. But her dearest husband left her without any hesitation, her daughter absent afar, and what's left is only an empty house of memories.
He and she, separately wandering in between dreams and the place where your soul resides, listening to the inexplicable inside the hazy area of consciousness. Their paths cross before death, encountering each other in the corridor of the hospital ward.
Your regret, my mistake, Let's not repeat it ever again. Can we choose to be braver in the face of loss?
This is a farewell ceremony, where we say goodbye to our former selves. When I turn around to take a new step ahead, the only thing seen is a sky full of stars, shining brightly.
Creative and Production Team
Directors & Performers｜KU Ming-shen & LEE Hsiao-pin
Creation & Rehearsal Adviser｜Chen Qiu-yin
Producer｜WANG Cynthia
Playwright｜XING Ben-ning
Music by｜KO Blaire
Image Designer｜WANG Cheng-yuan
Set Designer｜CHEN Cheng-ting
Costume Designer｜CHEN Wan-lee
Lighting Designer｜HUANG Juen-hsiung
Kun-qu adviser｜YANG Li-juan
Costume Supervisor｜LING,Shih-fen
Costume Dyer｜Shiou-lian Indigo Workshop
Videography by Digital Art Foundation
Rehearsal assistant｜CHEN Hsiao-chu
Stage Manager｜GUO Fang-yu
Executive Producers｜CHEN Szu-chia, LI, Ya-han
Digital-media Marketing by｜WANG Kiefer
Graphic Designer｜LIN, Yu-quan
Photographers｜LIN, Yu-quan, CHIANG Alonso, TANG Yung-ru
Artists Introduction
Director / Performer｜KU Ming-shen
As an active choreographer and dancer, Ming-Shen Ku has settled her base in Taiwan since 1987. Ms. Ku’s works are influenced by many Western and Eastern dance styles, a merging development from her diverse backgrounds.
Since 1992, Ms. Ku became deeply involved in Contact Improvisation and introduced it to Taiwan. She founded her dance company "Ku & Dancers" in 1993 to present new works and promotes the concept of improvisation. "Ku & Dancers" has set their foot print in New York, Australia, Paris, London, China, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan.
She has collaborated with many dance companies and events in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Austria as well as U.S. Her solo performance has also been invited to tour in the US, London, Paris, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. The review from New York Times has commented her work "simple and handsome".
Ms. Ku has also been invited as a guest artist to perform and to teach in many universities and dance companies around the world. She has received Wu San Lien award, a life time achievement award in 2009, and National Award for Arts in 2020.
Director / Performer｜LEE Hsiao-pin
LEE Hsiao-pin is a Xiqu and modern theater director. He was born in 1964. He graduated from the Graduate Institutes of Theater and Arts Directing program of National University of Arts. He served as in-house director for GuoGuang Opera Company. His accolades include the 15th Award of Arts and Chinese Writers' and Artists' Association Best Directing of Xiqu Award. He is also named Outstanding Alumni of National University of Arts.
His directing works are cross-genre and cross-culture, ranging from traditional Xiqu, modern theater, children theater, musical, environmental theater, live events to even TV commercials. He is internationally renowned, with recognition in Mainland China, Europe, America, and Russia. His most acclaimed works include "Mr Goodman Dumps His Wife", "The Golden Cangue", "Sunlight After Snowfall", "Meng Xiao-Dong", "One Hundred Years on Stage", and his collaborations with Ju Percussion Group such as "A Tale of Clay" and "Mulan". He served as the director for live events such as 2009 World Games opening ceremony and 2019 Golden Bell Awards for Traditional Arts and Music.
Ku & Dancers
Founded by choreographer Ming-Shen Ku in 1993, Ku & Dancers is the only professional dance company in Taiwan. It devotes itself to the development and exploration of improvisation performance. Nonetheless, choreographic and improvisation dance works, performed in theatre or outdoors, are in the company's repertoire and have toured in Taiwan, Hong Kong, America, Australia, France, UK and China.
In 2000, the company started the first choreography forum, Taiwan Dance Umbrella, for two years, providing opportunities and mentorship for young choreographers to create their new dance works. It also encourages the company members to produce choreographic works, intensifying their creativity hence strengthening their improvisation ability.
In 2010, a 70-minute-long improvisation with no score dance piece Decode2010 received enthusiastic responses from the audience. Nominated for the Taishin Arts Award, it was considered a landmark of the company.
Since 2011, Ku & Dancers has organized i-dance Taipei, a biennial international festival of improvisation dance and allying with other i-dance-festival organizers, i-dance HK, i-dance Japan and i-dance Korea. Convening international and local dance artists, i-dance Taipei in years has become a prominent dance event, not only in Taiwan but also in Asia.
Presented: Ku & Dancers
Co- Presented: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)
Adviser: Ministry of Culture、Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Kaohsiung City Government
Sponsor:
 |
Partner:
 |
KU & Dancers - Doppler Effect
© Youtube（古舞團）
KU Ming-shen & LEE Hsiao-pin
It is a three-year journey of breakthroughs by two of the National Award for Arts recipients.
It was well received in 2021 Taipei premiere with full house of every show.
Join us now for its return in 2022 at Kaohsiung, a journey of life.
He didn't expect that it would be this difficult to step into his teacher's hospital ward. Someone that was more a father to him than his actual father, yet also the one that hurt him the most.
She takes care of patients in the hospital day in and day out. But her dearest husband left her without any hesitation, her daughter absent afar, and what's left is only an empty house of memories.
He and she, separately wandering in between dreams and the place where your soul resides, listening to the inexplicable inside the hazy area of consciousness. Their paths cross before death, encountering each other in the corridor of the hospital ward.
Your regret, my mistake, Let's not repeat it ever again. Can we choose to be braver in the face of loss?
This is a farewell ceremony, where we say goodbye to our former selves. When I turn around to take a new step ahead, the only thing seen is a sky full of stars, shining brightly.
Creative and Production Team
Directors & Performers｜KU Ming-shen & LEE Hsiao-pin
Creation & Rehearsal Adviser｜Chen Qiu-yin
Producer｜WANG Cynthia
Playwright｜XING Ben-ning
Music by｜KO Blaire
Image Designer｜WANG Cheng-yuan
Set Designer｜CHEN Cheng-ting
Costume Designer｜CHEN Wan-lee
Lighting Designer｜HUANG Juen-hsiung
Kun-qu adviser｜YANG Li-juan
Costume Supervisor｜LING,Shih-fen
Costume Dyer｜Shiou-lian Indigo Workshop
Videography by Digital Art Foundation
Rehearsal assistant｜CHEN Hsiao-chu
Stage Manager｜GUO Fang-yu
Executive Producers｜CHEN Szu-chia, LI, Ya-han
Digital-media Marketing by｜WANG Kiefer
Graphic Designer｜LIN, Yu-quan
Photographers｜LIN, Yu-quan, CHIANG Alonso, TANG Yung-ru
Artists Introduction
Director / Performer｜KU Ming-shen
As an active choreographer and dancer, Ming-Shen Ku has settled her base in Taiwan since 1987. Ms. Ku’s works are influenced by many Western and Eastern dance styles, a merging development from her diverse backgrounds.
Since 1992, Ms. Ku became deeply involved in Contact Improvisation and introduced it to Taiwan. She founded her dance company "Ku & Dancers" in 1993 to present new works and promotes the concept of improvisation. "Ku & Dancers" has set their foot print in New York, Australia, Paris, London, China, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia and Japan.
She has collaborated with many dance companies and events in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, Austria as well as U.S. Her solo performance has also been invited to tour in the US, London, Paris, Australia, Japan, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong. The review from New York Times has commented her work "simple and handsome".
Ms. Ku has also been invited as a guest artist to perform and to teach in many universities and dance companies around the world. She has received Wu San Lien award, a life time achievement award in 2009, and National Award for Arts in 2020.
Director / Performer｜LEE Hsiao-pin
LEE Hsiao-pin is a Xiqu and modern theater director. He was born in 1964. He graduated from the Graduate Institutes of Theater and Arts Directing program of National University of Arts. He served as in-house director for GuoGuang Opera Company. His accolades include the 15th Award of Arts and Chinese Writers' and Artists' Association Best Directing of Xiqu Award. He is also named Outstanding Alumni of National University of Arts.
His directing works are cross-genre and cross-culture, ranging from traditional Xiqu, modern theater, children theater, musical, environmental theater, live events to even TV commercials. He is internationally renowned, with recognition in Mainland China, Europe, America, and Russia. His most acclaimed works include "Mr Goodman Dumps His Wife", "The Golden Cangue", "Sunlight After Snowfall", "Meng Xiao-Dong", "One Hundred Years on Stage", and his collaborations with Ju Percussion Group such as "A Tale of Clay" and "Mulan". He served as the director for live events such as 2009 World Games opening ceremony and 2019 Golden Bell Awards for Traditional Arts and Music.
Ku & Dancers
Founded by choreographer Ming-Shen Ku in 1993, Ku & Dancers is the only professional dance company in Taiwan. It devotes itself to the development and exploration of improvisation performance. Nonetheless, choreographic and improvisation dance works, performed in theatre or outdoors, are in the company's repertoire and have toured in Taiwan, Hong Kong, America, Australia, France, UK and China.
In 2000, the company started the first choreography forum, Taiwan Dance Umbrella, for two years, providing opportunities and mentorship for young choreographers to create their new dance works. It also encourages the company members to produce choreographic works, intensifying their creativity hence strengthening their improvisation ability.
In 2010, a 70-minute-long improvisation with no score dance piece Decode2010 received enthusiastic responses from the audience. Nominated for the Taishin Arts Award, it was considered a landmark of the company.
Since 2011, Ku & Dancers has organized i-dance Taipei, a biennial international festival of improvisation dance and allying with other i-dance-festival organizers, i-dance HK, i-dance Japan and i-dance Korea. Convening international and local dance artists, i-dance Taipei in years has become a prominent dance event, not only in Taiwan but also in Asia.
Presented: Ku & Dancers
Co- Presented: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)
Adviser: Ministry of Culture、Bureau of Cultural Affairs, Kaohsiung City Government
Sponsor:
|
Partner:
|
- Presented: National Culture and Arts Foundation
- Duration is 75 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 12+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- For more offers, please visit the website's purchase page.
