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A Beautiful Romance or the Fickleness of Love? Eugene Onegin, Inside and Out
While searching for inspiration for an opera in the spring of 1877, TCHAIKOVSKY was told by a friend to adapt one from Eugene Onegin, a novel in verse by the great Russian author Alexander PUSHKIN.
Tips from an Expert for 24 Hours TCHAIKOVSKY
Weiwuying's annual music marathon is just around the corner. This highly creative event for classical music lovers will be entering its fourth year in 2025, leaving the Austro-German tradition of the previous three editions (SCHUBERT, MOZART, and BEETHOVEN) for Russian composer TCHAIKOVSKY.
Tracking Focus, Corporeal Signals in Dance
The existence of "the self" emerges from consciousness, yet the body predates our self-awareness, making it far older. Even as our sense of self fades with age, the body remains our companion until the end. Through education and socialization, our consciousness has come to dominate our physical awareness, creating a disconnect. Yet the body keeps sending signals of varying intensity. Dance offers a vital path to rebuild this connection and examine our relationship with our bodies. This gave rise to the theme "Dance, the History of Body," exploring how dance films reflect on body and identity.
The Harmony in the Air: Experience from the Weiwuying Theater Arts and Education Project—EDEN Engagement
It was my honor to be part of EDEN Engagement under the auspices of the Weiwuying Theater Arts and Education Project with the combined effort of the International Teaching Artist Collaborative and Weiwuying's Learning & Participation Department. As a teaching-artist for the project, I began in March this year by going to Kaohsiung's Renwu and Houzhuang primary schools to teach a course on choir, sound, and environmental sustainability.
Different Simon RATTLE, Different BRSO
In the 2023/24 season, Sir Simon RATTLE became the chief conductor for the Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra (BRSO), the position having long been vacant since the passing of Mariss JANSONS in 2019. In an interview with the Gasteig, RATTLE described his relationship with the BRSO: "On the one hand, I still sense the spirit of Rafael KUBELÍK in this orchestra… On the other hand, I feel such a warm connection with the orchestra's members."
Selecting Flavors for Your Taiwan Dance Platform Sundae
This year’s Taiwan Dance Platform at Weiwuying is based on the concept of the body being a history of dance. The body’s history can be divided into two aspects, the first being the personal, such as where I grew up, where I lived later in life to develop my career, the schools I attended, and what kind of dance training I received. All these things are like accumulated layers of skin, each representing a part of my body’s history.
What Would Your Nutcracker Be in Taiwan?
Every dancer remembers their first Nutcracker. For some, it was "Spanish Hot Chocolate," and for others, it was being the second "Snowflake" from the left.
Arts Talk | Lecture sidenotes for April to June
Art therapy, a long-established professional practice, blends art with psychological therapy, gently providing artistic companionship that guides thought and helps people navigate life's transitions.
