- For more offers, please visit the ticketing website.
- Weiwuying Co-presenter Program
- Duration is 195 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
- Age guidance 12+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
VMTheatre Company - Don't Cry, Dancing Girls the Musical
►[ House Program ] VMTheatre Company - Don_t Cry, Dancing Girls the Musical
The most trending musical in 2023! Tickets were sold out within seconds! More than a year of preparation, Don't Cry, Dancing Girls will be in the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) in August 2024!
When three sisters returned after many years to their old family home in Huwei, Yunlin, they found that their uncle, aunt, third great-uncle, and second great-aunt had hardly aged a day; only the passage of time had left its mark on the derelict house. The sisters, initially falling over each other to waive their right to inheritance, in an unexpected series of events were drawn into their second great-uncle's dying wish—the Song family member that performs in the soul-guiding song troupe may receive the family's five million inheritance. The three sisters took on the challenge; with the aim of splitting the inheritance, they started from scratch and restrained themselves in the art of the soul-guiding song. As they searched through the small town, they unexpectedly evoked memories of their long-lost father—a gambler and Taoist priest, and their mother, a professional mourner, and the estranged family ties, at long last, emerged one after another.
Prominent director TSENG Hui-cheng, emerging composer Robert KANG, and Golden Bell-winning screenwriter ZHAN Jie collaborate on the unorthodox new musical Don't Cry, Dancing Girls, a love letter to their homeland and its people.
About the show
An original Chinese-language musical, Don't Cry, Dancing Girls relates a story of a typical family returning from the city to their rural Yunlin county roots, occasioned by the family patriarch's death. It involves typical traditional elements of ritual, derived from Daoist, Buddhist, ancient Chinese magicism, and ancestor worship. The play treats audiences to high-quality acting, vocal, and dance performances steeped in Taiwanese identity.
Audiences enjoy an authentic identification with an ordinary family in a traditional small neighborhood. The performance evokes the losses associated with social transformation toward urbanism and modernity.
To die is not to vanish, but to transform into another mode of existence. Reminiscent of the celebrated film Coco, which opens with immersion in the Mexican Day of the Dead, this work launches a universal exploration of life's experience and its inseparability from family relationships.
Love is always present. We just love each other in our own way. For example, "The Judge" unfolds a reconciliation between daughter and father, rendering palpable the blurry lines between love and hate residing in family relationships.
Creative and Production Team
Producer｜LIN Yu-ling
Co-producer｜LI Yan-fu
Artistic Director｜TSENG Hui-cheng
Librettist｜ZHAN Jie
Music Director & Composer｜Robert KANG
Choreographer｜CHANG Ya-ting
Stage Designer｜HSIEH Chun-an
Lighting Designer｜HO Ting-tsung
Multimedia Designer｜HSU Yi-chun
Prop Designer｜Yan-xing
Costume Designer｜CHANG Yu-chieh
Hair Designer｜YANG Yu-jen
Makeup Designer｜LU Ching-wen
Sound Design｜AJ CHEN
Standard Typeface Design｜Haochun Design・CHEN Pei-chi
Main Visual Design｜LIU Ying-zheng
Graphic Design｜HSIEH Wan-ting
Inscription｜HUANG Chung-keng
Cast｜CHANG Ching-chia, CHANG Fang-yu, KUNG Neng-an, Phoenix LU, LU Cheng-you, Wade WANG, TSENG Ssu-yu, HU Ya-chieh, LI Min- chieh, HUANG Yi-hao, HUANG Hui-sen, ZHOU Wan-yi, CHOU Cheng-hsien, CHOU Chen-yu
Orchestra｜Robert KANG, WU Kang-chiu, LIN Hong-yu, LIN Yi-Xian
Assistant Director｜CHU Lo-cheng
Script Consultant｜CHIEN Li-ying
Vocal Coach｜HSIEH Chun-ya
Taiwanese Soul Guiding Song Teacher｜LIN Tsung-fan
Sanxian Teacher｜LEE Tau-ying
Taiwanese Opera Figure Designer｜LIU Kuan-liang
Taiwanese Consultant｜PENG Chia-chia
Taiwanese Adviser｜HSIEH Chun-ya
Translator｜Jim REYNOLDS, LU Cheng-you, YEN Chih-hsiang
Assistant Choreographer｜HUANG Yi-hao, HU Ya-chieh, HUANG Hui-sen
Program｜LI Bo-lin (Cow Horn), LI Zi-ying (Sanxian)
Stage Manager｜CHANG Ting-ting
Stage Manager Assistant｜CHEN Ying-cih
Technical Director｜LIN Hsin-hsuan, HSIEH Ming-ting
Video Engineer｜HISPOT WORKSHOP CO., LTD.
Hair & Makeup Team｜UBAH Aesthetic Styling, Department of Fashion Styling and Design Communication
Rehearsal Assistant｜HSU Yung-chieh
Producer｜LIN Yi-heng, CHENG Han-wen
Executive Producers｜LI Bo-chu, CHANG Shao-yu
Marketing Coordinator｜CHENG Han-wen
Marketing and Promotion｜LIU Yu-ling, FANG Yi-ting
Photography｜LIN Zheng-yi (Terry)
Project Ticketing｜LING Yun-zhu
KOKO Entertainment
Director｜Eason TAN
Deputy Director General of Marketing and Public Relations｜Faith SU
Senior Marketing Planners｜SU Zhen-ting, Rochi CHANG
Specialist Social｜Elaine Chang
PM of Z-young｜Ann WU
Sonicues VMTheatre Company
Artistic Director｜ZENG Hui-cheng
Sonicues VMTheatre Company
Artistic Director｜TSENG Hui-cheng
CEO｜HOU Tsung-jen
Manager｜LIN Yi-heng
Administration｜FANG Yi-ting, CHEN Yu-zhe
Resident Director｜CHU Luo-cheng
Team Introduction
Artistic Director｜TSENG Hui-Cheng
Artistic Director of VMTheatre Company. "Chris" holds a master's degree in musical theater performance from New York University (NYU Steinhardt), and is recognized as an influential contemporary musical theater director in Taiwan. He directs in a variety of styles, and is known for combining the essence of Taiwanese performing arts with "New York" musical performance concept and creative structure, telling original stories in and of Taiwan nurtured in the matrix of its history and culture. Taiwanese people, living as we do on a small island, have long been outward-looking people. Chris's works take Taiwanese audiences on a journey, but one that begins at home and returns home.
In addition, Chris has devoted himself to professional interchange with, and training of musical theater talent in Taiwan. He has consulted with numerous organizations, including National Taichung Theater and the Hsinchu City Cultural Affairs Bureau, on curriculum design. He has also served as coordinator of the Taipei Performing Arts Center's musical theater training project for four consecutive years. Through voice, dance, acting and other professional skills training, the project guides students who aspire to professional musical theater careers. His commitment and efforts are recognized as contributing to the development of world-class talent in Taiwanese musical theater performers.
Librettist｜ZHAN Jie
Writer of numerous screenplays and stage works; past artist-in-residence at the National Theater and Concert Hall. He won a grant from the Asian Cultural Council in 2018, which sent him to New York for artistic cultural exchange. His play, The Last Night of Beauty Karaoke has been published in print. ZHAN Jie has won multiple Golden Bell nominations for best screenplay, and he won that award in YEAR for his authorship of the PTV series Boys Can Fly.
Music Director & Composer｜Robert KANG
Music Director of Come.on Studio. His latest works include VMTheatre Company's Don't Cry, Dancing Girls, Project: R of Come.on Studio, "GueiGuei TV Series" Musical, Punctum Creative's Who Stole My Words?, Quanta Arts Foundation's Big Chimney Under the Dipper, 3 Aqua Production's The Rainy Port Keelung Musical, and Debug the Stage.
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Photographer｜Terry LIN
VMTheatre Company - Don't Cry, Dancing Girls the Musical
►[ House Program ] VMTheatre Company - Don_t Cry, Dancing Girls the Musical
The most trending musical in 2023! Tickets were sold out within seconds! More than a year of preparation, Don't Cry, Dancing Girls will be in the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) in August 2024!
When three sisters returned after many years to their old family home in Huwei, Yunlin, they found that their uncle, aunt, third great-uncle, and second great-aunt had hardly aged a day; only the passage of time had left its mark on the derelict house. The sisters, initially falling over each other to waive their right to inheritance, in an unexpected series of events were drawn into their second great-uncle's dying wish—the Song family member that performs in the soul-guiding song troupe may receive the family's five million inheritance. The three sisters took on the challenge; with the aim of splitting the inheritance, they started from scratch and restrained themselves in the art of the soul-guiding song. As they searched through the small town, they unexpectedly evoked memories of their long-lost father—a gambler and Taoist priest, and their mother, a professional mourner, and the estranged family ties, at long last, emerged one after another.
Prominent director TSENG Hui-cheng, emerging composer Robert KANG, and Golden Bell-winning screenwriter ZHAN Jie collaborate on the unorthodox new musical Don't Cry, Dancing Girls, a love letter to their homeland and its people.
About the show
An original Chinese-language musical, Don't Cry, Dancing Girls relates a story of a typical family returning from the city to their rural Yunlin county roots, occasioned by the family patriarch's death. It involves typical traditional elements of ritual, derived from Daoist, Buddhist, ancient Chinese magicism, and ancestor worship. The play treats audiences to high-quality acting, vocal, and dance performances steeped in Taiwanese identity.
Audiences enjoy an authentic identification with an ordinary family in a traditional small neighborhood. The performance evokes the losses associated with social transformation toward urbanism and modernity.
To die is not to vanish, but to transform into another mode of existence. Reminiscent of the celebrated film Coco, which opens with immersion in the Mexican Day of the Dead, this work launches a universal exploration of life's experience and its inseparability from family relationships.
Love is always present. We just love each other in our own way. For example, "The Judge" unfolds a reconciliation between daughter and father, rendering palpable the blurry lines between love and hate residing in family relationships.
Creative and Production Team
Producer｜LIN Yu-ling
Co-producer｜LI Yan-fu
Artistic Director｜TSENG Hui-cheng
Librettist｜ZHAN Jie
Music Director & Composer｜Robert KANG
Choreographer｜CHANG Ya-ting
Stage Designer｜HSIEH Chun-an
Lighting Designer｜HO Ting-tsung
Multimedia Designer｜HSU Yi-chun
Prop Designer｜Yan-xing
Costume Designer｜CHANG Yu-chieh
Hair Designer｜YANG Yu-jen
Makeup Designer｜LU Ching-wen
Sound Design｜AJ CHEN
Standard Typeface Design｜Haochun Design・CHEN Pei-chi
Main Visual Design｜LIU Ying-zheng
Graphic Design｜HSIEH Wan-ting
Inscription｜HUANG Chung-keng
Cast｜CHANG Ching-chia, CHANG Fang-yu, KUNG Neng-an, Phoenix LU, LU Cheng-you, Wade WANG, TSENG Ssu-yu, HU Ya-chieh, LI Min- chieh, HUANG Yi-hao, HUANG Hui-sen, ZHOU Wan-yi, CHOU Cheng-hsien, CHOU Chen-yu
Orchestra｜Robert KANG, WU Kang-chiu, LIN Hong-yu, LIN Yi-Xian
Assistant Director｜CHU Lo-cheng
Script Consultant｜CHIEN Li-ying
Vocal Coach｜HSIEH Chun-ya
Taiwanese Soul Guiding Song Teacher｜LIN Tsung-fan
Sanxian Teacher｜LEE Tau-ying
Taiwanese Opera Figure Designer｜LIU Kuan-liang
Taiwanese Consultant｜PENG Chia-chia
Taiwanese Adviser｜HSIEH Chun-ya
Translator｜Jim REYNOLDS, LU Cheng-you, YEN Chih-hsiang
Assistant Choreographer｜HUANG Yi-hao, HU Ya-chieh, HUANG Hui-sen
Program｜LI Bo-lin (Cow Horn), LI Zi-ying (Sanxian)
Stage Manager｜CHANG Ting-ting
Stage Manager Assistant｜CHEN Ying-cih
Technical Director｜LIN Hsin-hsuan, HSIEH Ming-ting
Video Engineer｜HISPOT WORKSHOP CO., LTD.
Hair & Makeup Team｜UBAH Aesthetic Styling, Department of Fashion Styling and Design Communication
Rehearsal Assistant｜HSU Yung-chieh
Producer｜LIN Yi-heng, CHENG Han-wen
Executive Producers｜LI Bo-chu, CHANG Shao-yu
Marketing Coordinator｜CHENG Han-wen
Marketing and Promotion｜LIU Yu-ling, FANG Yi-ting
Photography｜LIN Zheng-yi (Terry)
Project Ticketing｜LING Yun-zhu
KOKO Entertainment
Director｜Eason TAN
Deputy Director General of Marketing and Public Relations｜Faith SU
Senior Marketing Planners｜SU Zhen-ting, Rochi CHANG
Specialist Social｜Elaine Chang
PM of Z-young｜Ann WU
Sonicues VMTheatre Company
Artistic Director｜ZENG Hui-cheng
Sonicues VMTheatre Company
Artistic Director｜TSENG Hui-cheng
CEO｜HOU Tsung-jen
Manager｜LIN Yi-heng
Administration｜FANG Yi-ting, CHEN Yu-zhe
Resident Director｜CHU Luo-cheng
Team Introduction
Artistic Director｜TSENG Hui-Cheng
Artistic Director of VMTheatre Company. "Chris" holds a master's degree in musical theater performance from New York University (NYU Steinhardt), and is recognized as an influential contemporary musical theater director in Taiwan. He directs in a variety of styles, and is known for combining the essence of Taiwanese performing arts with "New York" musical performance concept and creative structure, telling original stories in and of Taiwan nurtured in the matrix of its history and culture. Taiwanese people, living as we do on a small island, have long been outward-looking people. Chris's works take Taiwanese audiences on a journey, but one that begins at home and returns home.
In addition, Chris has devoted himself to professional interchange with, and training of musical theater talent in Taiwan. He has consulted with numerous organizations, including National Taichung Theater and the Hsinchu City Cultural Affairs Bureau, on curriculum design. He has also served as coordinator of the Taipei Performing Arts Center's musical theater training project for four consecutive years. Through voice, dance, acting and other professional skills training, the project guides students who aspire to professional musical theater careers. His commitment and efforts are recognized as contributing to the development of world-class talent in Taiwanese musical theater performers.
Librettist｜ZHAN Jie
Writer of numerous screenplays and stage works; past artist-in-residence at the National Theater and Concert Hall. He won a grant from the Asian Cultural Council in 2018, which sent him to New York for artistic cultural exchange. His play, The Last Night of Beauty Karaoke has been published in print. ZHAN Jie has won multiple Golden Bell nominations for best screenplay, and he won that award in YEAR for his authorship of the PTV series Boys Can Fly.
Music Director & Composer｜Robert KANG
Music Director of Come.on Studio. His latest works include VMTheatre Company's Don't Cry, Dancing Girls, Project: R of Come.on Studio, "GueiGuei TV Series" Musical, Punctum Creative's Who Stole My Words?, Quanta Arts Foundation's Big Chimney Under the Dipper, 3 Aqua Production's The Rainy Port Keelung Musical, and Debug the Stage.
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Photographer｜Terry LIN
- For more offers, please visit the ticketing website.
- Weiwuying Co-presenter Program
- Duration is 195 minutes with a 20-minute intermission.
- Age guidance 12+
- Latecomers must follow staff instructions for entry and re-entry.
