Taiwan so Beautiful 花曲舞影 

Time:   7:00 PM ~ 9:00 PMDate:    Tuesday, May 17, 2016Place:  Cary Arts Center, 101 Dry Avenue, Cary, NC 27512
Admissions:RCLS (北卡洛麗中文學校)NCHA (北卡客家同鄉會)TAA-NC (北卡台灣同鄉會)TACAS (北卡三角地區華美協會)CHCLCS (北卡教堂山中文學校)Grand Asia Market(大亞洲超商)

2016年亞太裔傳統月臺灣傳統週:

臺中極至體能舞蹈團

The performance of 花曲舞影 Taiwan so Beautiful  by 臺中極至體能舞蹈團 Modern Arts Dance Theater for  the  2016 亞太裔傳統月臺灣傳統週 Asian Pacific Heritage Month Taiwanese American Heritage Week Celebrations has been completed successfully.   The North Carolina Taiwanese Cultural Arts appreciate very sincerely your attendance. 

Over 400 people from North Carolina and neighboring states enjoyed this amazing event.     They enjoyed an outstanding performance by the elegant dancers of the Dance Theater that ended with the "Taiwan so Beautiful" suites where young fairies wearing whirling red Hakka skirts danced to the celebration of unrestrained vitality of a blooming new generation.   Enthusiastic audience responded with a long lasting standing ovation.

We'd like to thank our event sponsors: AcBel Polytech USA, BioResource International, Delta Product, Everlight USA, Fathom Realty, Grand Asia Super Market, and Sweet Home Property Management; our special guests from local ethnic groups and elected officials; our event organizers: RCLS, CHCLCS, HCHA, TAA-NC, NCTACAS, and NCTACCGTA.

Finally, we'd like to thank the Sister City’s Association of Cary and the Sister City’s Association of Kernesville for the long standing friendships between Cary and Shin-Chu Taiwan and between Kernesville and Tao-Yuan Da-Shi Taiwan.  Last but not least, we'd like to thank the town of Cary for their exceptional support.

Here are the related reports on the performance from the local News Media:

Credit of the pictures above is to Ken Huang.  More pictures of the event can be found in our Facebook page.

Introduction on 臺中極至體能舞蹈團 Modern Arts Dance Theater - Taiwan So Beautiful:

極至體能舞蹈團:創立於1997年8月,為臺中第一支專業現代舞蹈團,創團至今每年皆推出新舞作巡迴全國各縣市,自2008年起陸續獲邀於法國馬恩河谷舞蹈節、俄羅斯契可夫藝術節、美國楊百翰大學、西澳表演藝術學院、印度Interface舞蹈節、澳洲「Mirranu Arts Festival」、巴黎世界文化週等大型節慶演出。預訂組團人數16人,本次規劃包含古著服裝秀、芭蕾及現代舞、手語詩、布袋戲之創作舞蹈,並輔以臺灣民謠組曲為背景音樂,希望讓美國民眾及僑胞看見臺灣美麗而豐饒的生命力(該團官網http://www.mad-theater.com)。

The 10 year old Modern Arts Dance Theater is the first professional modern arts dance company of central Taiwan.  They have new productions every year and tours around the cities of Taiwan.  Since 2008 they have  been invited to numerous international dance and arts festivals in France, Russia, America,  Australia, and India and performed for large festivity crowds to their delight.  For celebrating the 2016 Asia Pacific American Heritage Month and Taiwanese American Heritage week, the Dance Company is sending a cast of 20 including 16 dancers and the technical support crew.  They will showcase the beauty and vitality of Taiwan with a special production of vintage fashion show, ballet, modern dance, sign language poems, glove puppetry and Taiwanese opera  innovated multi-culture performance featuring Taiwanese folk songs with a theme of floral at the background.

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