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Dance In Taiwan. 232 LOGAN. There are a lot of foreign dances in Taiwan, and there are many traditional dances in Taiwan, too. Dance In Taiwan. Cloud Gate Amis Tribe. Dance In Taiwan.
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Dance In Taiwan 232 LOGAN
There are a lot of foreign dances in Taiwan, and there are many traditional dances in Taiwan, too.
Dance In Taiwan • Cloud Gate • Amis Tribe
Dance In Taiwan • There are a lot of foreign dances in Taiwan, and there are many traditional dances (ex:Lion and drgon dance)in Taiwan, too.
Dance In Taiwan • The most famous dance group in Taiwan—combines western and eastern dances-- Cloud Gate(雲門Yun men)is what I want to introduce you.
Dance In Taiwan • According to the legend, Cloud Gate is the name of the oldest known dance in China, a ritual dance of some 5000 years ago.
Dance In Taiwan • In 1973 choreographer Lin Hwai—Min(林懷民)adopted this classical name for the first contemporary dance company in many Chinese speaking community Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan.
Dance In Taiwan • Lin Hwai—Min, born in Chiayi,Taiwan,1947,is the inaugurator of Cloud Gate. He is also a good writer in 1970s.
Dance In Taiwan • He combines western and eastern dance skills successfully. He is one of the greatest choreographers.
Dance In Taiwan • Cloud Gate’s performances include Song of the Wanderers, Moon Water, Portrait of the Families, The Dream of the Red Chamber, The Tale of the White Serpent, Legacy, Nirvana, Dreamscape, Bamboo Dream, etc. They have played more than 60 dances.
Dance In Taiwan • Cloud Gate is not just dancing ,they also convey what they feel to their characters, or what the audience feels about their characters to them.
Dance In Taiwan • Cloud Gate is very famous in Taiwan, I like it very much and I hope you will like it,too.
Dance In Taiwan • Amis Tribe’s dance is one of the special traditional dances in Taiwan, so I want to introduce it to you.
Dance In Taiwan • There once was a drought in the summer, there was a little water, they couldn’t grow grasses and they were hot.The chief of the Amis Tribe decided to pray the god to rain.
Dance In Taiwan • A few year, the weather was very good, and the Amis Tribe was very happy and decided to have an appreciating ceremony.
Dance In Taiwan • That day, they stopped all their work. The women went preparing food, the men went fishing. They celebrated this raining day
Dance In Taiwan • The next year, the weather was very good, and the Amis Tribe celebrated it again. So, every summer, they celebrate the rain, appreciate what they got this year and pray for the good weather in next year.
Dance In Taiwan • It is called The Harvest Festival(豐年祭feng nian ji)
Dance In Taiwan • The dance is well—known to circles, they lead by hands. There are songs for their dances.They around several circles. That means that they will be always together. I am interested in this dance because of this. And I hope you will like it.
Dance In Taiwan • The dances in Taiwan are graceful whether traditional dances or foreign dances .
Dance In Taiwan • THANK YOU FOR YOUR LISTENING .