1st Edition

Identity and Diversity Celebrating Dance in Taiwan

Edited By Wang Yunyu, Stephanie Burridge Copyright 2013
292 Pages
by Routledge India

292 Pages
by Routledge India

292 Pages
by Routledge India

Reflecting the breadth and diversity of dance in the Asia–Pacific region, this volume provides an in-depth and comprehensive study of Taiwan’s dance history. Taiwan is home to several indigenous tribes with unique rituals and folk dance traditions, with an array of eclectic influences including martial arts and Peking Opera from China, and dance forms such as contemporary, neo-classical,... Read more

Introduction: Identity, Hybridity, Diversity: A Brief View of Dance in Taiwan Chen Ya-ping 1. ‘Holding Hands to Dance’: Movement as Cultural Metaphor in the Dances of Indigenous People in Taiwan Chao Chi-fang 2. A Study of Banquet Music and Dance at the Táng Court (618–907 CE) Liu Feng-shueh 3. Colonial Modernity and Female Dancing Bodies in Early Taiwanese Modern Dance Chen Ya-ping 4. Looking into Labanotation in Taiwan Wang Yunyu 5. Dance Education in Taiwan Chang Chung-shiuan 6. Taiwan’s Female Choreographers: A Generation in Transition Wang Yunyu, Danna Frangione, Chou Su-ling and Nicole Bradley Browning 7. Bridging the Gap through Dance: Taiwan and Indonesia Sal Murgiyanto 8. The Spectacular Dance: 2009 World Games in Taiwan Ping Heng 9. Roots and Routes of Cloud Gate Dance Theatre’s Nine Songs (1993) Lin Yatin 10. An Introduction to Dance Technology Lin Chyi-cheng, Wang Yunyu, Shen Jeng-fu and Huang Yi-ching 11. ReOrienting Taiwan’s Modern Dance: The New Generation of Taiwanese Choreographers David Mead Artist Voices and Biographies Mo Lan-lan

Biography

Wang Yunyu is Professor of Dance at Taipei National University of the Arts, and President of the World Dance Alliance Asia–Pacific.



Stephanie Burridge lectures at Singapore Management University, LaSalle College of the Arts, and is a dance critic, author and editor.