\nAs a leading circus company from Taiwan, FOCA has set records for many Taiwanese circus in a diversified business model. Not only FOCA was the first Taiwan circus company to enter the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and twice to the Festival d'Avignon Off, it was also the first Taiwan circus company to conduct overseas tours. Due to its unique and diverse aesthetic form, over the years FOCA has been loved by a large number of audiences both overseas and in Taiwan. At the same time, in order to make the contemporary circus more visible in Taiwan, FOCA started the circus education promotion program in 2017, and has completed more than 250 educational/promotional lectures and workshops, reaching more than 50,000 people.
\nFOCA launched "Interdisciplinary Trilogy" project in 2017. By collaborating with different artists including Taiwanese theatre director Baboo, Filipino visual artist Leeroy New and German dance theatre company “Peculiar Man”, FOCA recognizes this process as a way of conversation and learning the ethics and methods from peers among the arts sector, trying to generate and expand the meaning of contemporary circus in Taiwan.
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Creative and Production Team
\n\nProducer | Chih-Wei Lin
\nDirector | Baboo Liao
\nMovement| Tsung-Hsuan Lee
\nStage| Chi-Tsung Wu
\nLighting|Tien-Hung Wang
\nCostume |Bing-Hau Lin
\nMusic | Chih-Hau Ke
\nStage Manager | Fang-Yu Guo
\nExecutive Stage Design|Hsuan-Hsun Cheng
\nPerformer | Kaun-Ting Chen, Chien-Hao Chang, Chao-Ming Huang, Yuan-Yang Lo, Ching-Te Kuo, Yue-Wei Hsu, Wei-Chen Chao
\nAdministrator|Ying-Ting Chou, Tai-Jung Yu
\nAdmin Assistant|Chih-Lin Ho
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Photo by Etang Chen
\nCommissioned by 2016 Taipei Arts Festival
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