- Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 90 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 5+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
- More Offers
※Discounts are not applicable for tickets tier at NT$300 and lower.
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
- Weiwuying Unlimited member: 30% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
- For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
Legacy by LIN Hwai-min
Legacy was created by internationally renowned choreographer LIN Hwai-min when Cloud Gate was five years old in 1978.
An homage to the pioneers of Taiwan, who braved the ocean to settle on the island in the 17th century, Legacy opens with a ritual in which the dancers offer incenses to their ancestors. After the worship, they undress their contemporary clothes, reveal traditional peasant garments worn underneath, and start to enact their ancestors’journey: Homeland, Crossing the Black Water, Taming the New Land, Joy in the Wilderness, Death and Rebirth, Planting Rice Sprouts and, finally, Celebration.
With a minimum of stage props and maximum energy of the dancers, Legacy achieves magnificent beauty of epic theater. The work has been presented worldwide with 174 performances and is widely acclaimed as a masterpiece of choreography.
Even to a westerner who has never been to Taiwan, Legacy is a moving document. An organic synthesis of modern and traditional styles...The raw energy that rolls off the stage is as stunning as a cracking whip. The audience gave the company a rousing, standing ovation. This is the result of Lin's evocative choreography as well as the energy and competence of the attractive dancers. San Francisco Chronicle
A rousing, standing ovation for 20 minutes! South Morning China Post
A masterpiece of choreography. Ballet International
It is a narrative piece of epic proportions...Tragic solos takes on the proportions of grand opera in their intensity. Dance Australia
A masterpiece...Legacy takes Hong Kong by storm with the Taiwanese dancers taking more than 10 curtain calls after each performance. Hong Kong Standard
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Cloud Gate, Legacy is revived in 2023.
Pre-talk
2023/5/12(Fri)19:00 Opera House 2F Lobby
2023/5/13(Sat)14:00 Opera House 2F Lobby
2023/5/14(Sun)14:00 Opera House 2F Lobby
Creative and Production Team
Choreography｜LIN Hwai-min
Music｜
CHEN Da
CHEN Yang
LEE Tai-hsiang
Ju Percussion Group
Lighting Design｜LIN Keh-hua
Props Design｜SHI Sung
Costume Design｜
Traditional Haka clothes
LIN Ching-ju
Team Introduction
Founder / LIN Hwai-Min
LIN Hwai-min was first known to the Taiwan public as a fiction writer. He started his modern dance training at the age of 23, while working on his MFA degree at the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. He founded Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in Taipei in 1973.
A self-taught choreographer, LIN often draws from Asian cultures and aesthetics to create works with contemporary resonance. Under his direction, Cloud Gate tours extensively to international acclaims and prominence.
In 2013, he received the prestigious Samuel H. Scripps / American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement. Previous awardees include Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Pina Bausch, and William Forsythe. LIN is the first recipient based in Asia.
Among other honors LIN Hwai-min has received are the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award, the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the Ministry of Culture of France, the Honorary Fellow Trinity Laban, London, and honorary doctorates from six universities in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He was also celebrated by the Time Magazine as one of "Asia's Heroes."
At the end of 2019, LIN retired from the position of the artistic director of Cloud Gate. CHENG Tsung-lung succeeded him to take the reins of the company.
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Founded in 1973 by internationally renowned choreographer, LIN Hwai-min, Cloud Gate is acclaimed as "Asia's leading contemporary dance theater" (The Times), and "One of the finest dance companies in the world" (The Globe and Mail). While touring extensively worldwide, Cloud Gate holds regular seasons in theaters at home, and stages annual free outdoor performances in cities and villages of Taiwan, drawing an average of 30,000 people per performance. From 2020, CHENG Tsung-lung succeeded LIN as the Artistic Director of Cloud Gate.
Ju Percussion Group
The Ju Percussion Group (JPG), founded by percussionist JU Tzong-ching in January 1986, comprises 14 talented percussionists and 1 composer in residence. The group devotes itself to performance, education and percussion promotion. JPG has become known worldwide for its innovative blends of the East and West, traditional and contemporary. The members possess transcendental virtuosity in playing Western Percussion instruments as well as different forms of traditional Asian music.
Through more than 3,000 domestic and international performances, it has greatly expanded Taiwan’s presence on the international percussion map. To date, the group has played in 34 different countries around the world, cultivating more than 150,000 percussion learners by means of its instruction system. Besides, the group has been commissioned to create as many as 251pieces so far. The growth of Ju Percussion Group is, so to speak, a reflection of how contemporary percussion develops on the island.
Sponsor of Cloud Gate
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Legacy by LIN Hwai-min
Legacy was created by internationally renowned choreographer LIN Hwai-min when Cloud Gate was five years old in 1978.
An homage to the pioneers of Taiwan, who braved the ocean to settle on the island in the 17th century, Legacy opens with a ritual in which the dancers offer incenses to their ancestors. After the worship, they undress their contemporary clothes, reveal traditional peasant garments worn underneath, and start to enact their ancestors’journey: Homeland, Crossing the Black Water, Taming the New Land, Joy in the Wilderness, Death and Rebirth, Planting Rice Sprouts and, finally, Celebration.
With a minimum of stage props and maximum energy of the dancers, Legacy achieves magnificent beauty of epic theater. The work has been presented worldwide with 174 performances and is widely acclaimed as a masterpiece of choreography.
Even to a westerner who has never been to Taiwan, Legacy is a moving document. An organic synthesis of modern and traditional styles...The raw energy that rolls off the stage is as stunning as a cracking whip. The audience gave the company a rousing, standing ovation. This is the result of Lin's evocative choreography as well as the energy and competence of the attractive dancers. San Francisco Chronicle
A rousing, standing ovation for 20 minutes! South Morning China Post
A masterpiece of choreography. Ballet International
It is a narrative piece of epic proportions...Tragic solos takes on the proportions of grand opera in their intensity. Dance Australia
A masterpiece...Legacy takes Hong Kong by storm with the Taiwanese dancers taking more than 10 curtain calls after each performance. Hong Kong Standard
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Cloud Gate, Legacy is revived in 2023.
Pre-talk
2023/5/12(Fri)19:00 Opera House 2F Lobby
2023/5/13(Sat)14:00 Opera House 2F Lobby
2023/5/14(Sun)14:00 Opera House 2F Lobby
Creative and Production Team
Choreography｜LIN Hwai-min
Music｜
CHEN Da
CHEN Yang
LEE Tai-hsiang
Ju Percussion Group
Lighting Design｜LIN Keh-hua
Props Design｜SHI Sung
Costume Design｜
Traditional Haka clothes
LIN Ching-ju
Team Introduction
Founder / LIN Hwai-Min
LIN Hwai-min was first known to the Taiwan public as a fiction writer. He started his modern dance training at the age of 23, while working on his MFA degree at the Writers' Workshop at the University of Iowa. He founded Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan in Taipei in 1973.
A self-taught choreographer, LIN often draws from Asian cultures and aesthetics to create works with contemporary resonance. Under his direction, Cloud Gate tours extensively to international acclaims and prominence.
In 2013, he received the prestigious Samuel H. Scripps / American Dance Festival Award for Lifetime Achievement. Previous awardees include Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, Pina Bausch, and William Forsythe. LIN is the first recipient based in Asia.
Among other honors LIN Hwai-min has received are the John D. Rockefeller 3rd Award, the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters from the Ministry of Culture of France, the Honorary Fellow Trinity Laban, London, and honorary doctorates from six universities in Taiwan and Hong Kong. He was also celebrated by the Time Magazine as one of "Asia's Heroes."
At the end of 2019, LIN retired from the position of the artistic director of Cloud Gate. CHENG Tsung-lung succeeded him to take the reins of the company.
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan
Founded in 1973 by internationally renowned choreographer, LIN Hwai-min, Cloud Gate is acclaimed as "Asia's leading contemporary dance theater" (The Times), and "One of the finest dance companies in the world" (The Globe and Mail). While touring extensively worldwide, Cloud Gate holds regular seasons in theaters at home, and stages annual free outdoor performances in cities and villages of Taiwan, drawing an average of 30,000 people per performance. From 2020, CHENG Tsung-lung succeeded LIN as the Artistic Director of Cloud Gate.
Ju Percussion Group
The Ju Percussion Group (JPG), founded by percussionist JU Tzong-ching in January 1986, comprises 14 talented percussionists and 1 composer in residence. The group devotes itself to performance, education and percussion promotion. JPG has become known worldwide for its innovative blends of the East and West, traditional and contemporary. The members possess transcendental virtuosity in playing Western Percussion instruments as well as different forms of traditional Asian music.
Through more than 3,000 domestic and international performances, it has greatly expanded Taiwan’s presence on the international percussion map. To date, the group has played in 34 different countries around the world, cultivating more than 150,000 percussion learners by means of its instruction system. Besides, the group has been commissioned to create as many as 251pieces so far. The growth of Ju Percussion Group is, so to speak, a reflection of how contemporary percussion develops on the island.
Sponsor of Cloud Gate
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- Presenter: Weiwuying
- Duration is 90 minutes without intermission.
- Age guidance 5+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
- For Group Purchase Discounts, please contact 07-262-6666.
- More Offers
※Discounts are not applicable for tickets tier at NT$300 and lower.
- 10% off for Weiwuying Lifestyle member
- 25% off for Weiwuying Youth member
- Weiwuying Unlimited member: 30% ticket discount for your first purchase. The additional ticket discount same as Lifestyle members.
- For details, please see Weiwuying Members Benefit
