About TaipeiEYE Cement Hall - 臺北戲棚

... versatile genres of the traditional Chinese and Taiwanese performing arts. ... and the traditional opera (including Taiwanese folk opera, Peking opera ... AboutTaipeiEYE CementHall Introduction 「TaipeiEYE」:HomeforAuthenticTraditionalChinesePerformingArtsWhereEye-OpeningCross-CulturalEncountersContinueinTaiwan! 『TaipeiEYE』issituatedneartheshadeofthesweetgumtreesattheZhungShanN.Rd.,Sec.2,ahistoricalandculturallyactiveboulevardsincetheJapaneseEra,andrecognizedasthedistinguishedlocationfortheversatilegenresofthetraditionalChineseandTaiwaneseperformingarts.TheapproximatelyninetyminutesofperformanceswillprovidetheforeignersinTaiwanwithanabundanceofvisual,sound,touch,smell,andeventasteexperiences.Theshowincludesthefolkloresandthelocalskills,thefolkmusic(Southtube,Northtube,EightSoundsetc..),theaboriginaldanceandmusic,theChu-Yi(PingTanetc.thestorytellingaccompaniedbymusic),andthetraditionalopera(includingTaiwanesefolkopera,Pekingoperaimprovedbynewscenesofdancesandmartialarts,Kunopera,Li-Yuanopera,Kau-Jiaopera,andpuppetfunetc.).EveryMonday,Wednesday,FridayandSaturdayeveningthispopularmust-gointhetouristitineraryhasfulfilledthedemandingmissionof“theculturaldiplomacy”inTaiwanbydressingupthestylishChineseperformingartscurrentlyavailableinthetypicalTaiwanesepresentations. Thestoryof「TaipeiEYE」 isamicrocosmoftherecentlytraditionalperformingartsinTaiwan;thatis,talkingabouttheartsandthewarsamongtheJapanese,theAmericans,theChineseandoneTaiwaneseroyalfamilyKoo.Let'ssharethislegacytogether... Beginning In1915Mr.Xian-RongKoofromoneoftheTaiwaneseroyalfamiliesboughttheTamsuiTheatre」fromaJapaneseowner,haditrenovatedandrenameditas「TaiwanNovelHall」.DuringthecolonizationofJapanheinvitedthePekingOperafromShanghaiCityinChinaaswellastheTaiwaneseOperaTroupefromthelocalareaandFukienProvinceinChinasoastoturn「TaiwanNovelHall」intotheearliestandthemostsignificantperformingartsvenuefortheChinesetraditionalarts,valuesandaesthetics. TheDestructionbyFlames Unfortunately,duringWorldWarII「TaiwanNovelHall」wassavagelyturnedtoashesandruinedbytheheartlessAmericanbombings.Mr.Xian-RongKoolosthisfortressandthenpassedawaybeforetheendofthiswar. TheRebirth In1989,arespectableDr.C.F.Koo,sonofMr.Xian-RongKoo,established「Koo'sCulturalandEducationalFoundation」inTaipeitopromotethePekingOpera.ThisfoundationhasbeenjoinedbyMr.Bao-ChunLi,awell-accomplishedChineseOperasinger/actor/directorfromadistinguishedPekingOperafamily.ThenMr.Bao-ChenLifoundedacompanycalled「TaipeiLiyuanChineseOpera」toperformdomesticallyandalsototouraroundtheworldatperformingartsfestivals.Suchinternationalachievementsin「TaipeiEYE」broughtcredittothecontemporaryChineseperformingartsinTaiwan. APhoenix:TheDreamComesTrue! In1997「NovelHall」wasrebuiltandlaunchedinthemoderneastofTaipei.Inthisway,theKooroyalfamilygraduallymadeitsdreamcometruefortheculturaldevelopmentinTaiwanandalsobecamethepioneerintheculturalexchangesbetweenTaiwanandthePeople'sRepublicofChina. PhoenixAgain:ThisTimefortheWorld! In2002「TaiwanCementBuilding」,agrandbuildingofthegraymarblefacingtheculturallybusyZhongshanN.Rd.,Sec.2,wascompletedbyTaiwanCementCompanyunderthemarvelousdesignbyMr.M.L.Kuo,aworld-classTaiwaneseJapanesearchitect.InSeptember,「Koo'sCulturalandEducationalFoundation」haditgrandopeningforTaipeiEYEat「CementHall」,entertainingitshonorableguestsbysuchaspecialvarietyshowwhichgaveaviewofthetraditionalperformingartscurrentlyavailableinthemodernTaiwan. ForYourEyesOnly:CreatingExcellentTourismintheSpiritualCultures Whatsetstheperformingartistshereapartfromothersisthatwhentheywalkawayfromtheprosceniumstage,beforeandaftertheshowandduringintermissions,theyinteractwiththeaudienceinperformingandnon-performingroles,evenintheopenmake-uproomsandthephotoareas.ThesimultaneoustrilingualtranslationsinChinese,inJapanese,inKoreanandinEnglishprojectedonbothsidesofthestagemaketheaudiencequitecomfortableinunderstanding.Bytheway,thefriendlypeopleinchargeoftheserviceallaroundthehallalwaystrytheirbesttomeettheaudience'sneedsbywayoftheirverbalproficiencyinChinese,inJapaneseandinEnglishandinKoreanaswell.Ifyouwouldliketoenjoyaromanticeveningwiththemysticallocalcoloursofthebrilliantinternationalstandardpleasekindlydocometo「TaipeiEYE」 Theshowisonstage-------!   CementHall READMORE