音樂劇團「耀演」創立於2007年，以「紐約音樂劇表演概念與創作架構」為枝幹，在「本地文化」中尋找創作的能源與養分，由「人」的觀點出發，尋找貼近當代觀眾生活的寫實題材，並積極結合新生代音樂、舞蹈、文字與戲劇創作者，藉由交互切磋與碰撞，激發出跨界的創作火花，建立屬於「台灣的音樂劇文化」。
在「耀演」近三年的中文音樂劇創作裡，已漸漸發展出一套運作脈絡。音樂、舞蹈與文字在這些作品中，皆成為服事戲劇的元素，為劇情做鋪陳，歌曲與舞蹈創作為戲劇中台詞與走位的延伸，沒有任何的歌或舞是單為歌舞而作；音樂劇的演出形式中，歌與舞即成為戲劇中自然存在的溝通語言與動作走位，而通過這種高度風格化的表演形式，真實呈現劇情，不流於與情節無關的、突兀的歌舞表演。 在表演上，歌、舞如同戲劇中自然的講話與走位，舞台上所要展現的不僅僅是一場表演，而是展現生命。藉著創作者筆下結構性的文本、舞蹈與音樂，演員在舞台上真實呈現人類共同的生活經驗，當下戲劇即成為台上與台下共有的情感分享，以此觸動人心。 | The VMTheatre
Company, founded in 2007, is based on the performance concepts and
creative structure of New York’s musicals and feeds on local culture. The Company looks for realistic themes which are close to contemporary life from a humanistic point of view. It
is especially interested in working and developing with young artists
in music, dance, literature and theater in the hope of helping to
contribute to the evolution of Taiwan’s own musical culture through exchanging views and crossover collaborations.
A working mechanism has been gradually developed during the company’s three years of experience writing and producing musicals in Mandarin. Music, dance and language are subordinate elements to theater which assist in the development of the plot. Singing and dancing do not exist for their own sake. Instead, they are the natural extensions of characters’ speech and movements; song and dance are designed to communicate the characters’ thoughts, feelings and behaviors as they advance their genuine goals and purposes through the stories.. This highly styled performance form insists on using song and dance as integrated elements in support of authentically telling stories rather than simply being implanted arbitrarily as separate moments in a performance. The company expects the audience to witness a piece of genuine human life, not merely a performance. As the actors experience aspects of life through structured speech, dance and music, the productions aim to become an experience that is not only emotionally shared between the performers and the audience, but actually co-created by performer and audience member. |
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