Director of Art Institute: ‘It’s the world trend of artistic performances’

TAICHUNG, Taiwan—Divine Performing Arts (DPA) performed the first show in Hui-Sun Auditorium in Taichung, Taiwan on March 4. Although it was not a holiday, the seats were almost all taken. The director of the Department of Art and Graduate Institute of Art Education of National Changhua University of Education, Lin Yushan, said after watching the show that DPA really widened the audience’s horizon in passing on and developing the Chinese culture.

Professor Lin even hoped that the show Would continue to develop so that Chinese culture and art could be further enhanced and promoted.

After watching DPA for the first time, Mr. Lin praised the entire show in that it was coherent and smooth. It gave people a sense of the distant past and tranquil feelings. He thought that it deserved being promoted so that more people could enjoy it.

He was most impressed by the combination of the realistic dances of the performers and the images of 3-D backdrop. “It extended the space from the scene on the stage to infinite time and space. This kind of stage design gave the dancing a more remote and ancient feeling,” he added.

Mr. Lin praised DPA’s costume design as exemplifying the tranquility and spirituality of traditional China. “The costumes were quite different from those we usually see in other dancing performances. …  They [the costumes] heightened the entertainment value of the traditional dances,” he said.

Teaching art and art education at the university, Mr. Lin felt that DPA’s ability to combine the elements of music, lights, images, and stage puts them in the forefront in the current world trend of artistic performances, and it is a structure worth learning for Taiwan’s future development in education.

 
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