Peking Opera 《Rashomon》2015/10/24 19:15 Malanhua Theater
Rashamon
⑴ Synopsis
In honor of the 50th anniversary of our troupe, and great efforts of renowned artists in Taiwan at that time, we decided to bring Rashamon back to life.
The male character is played by the famous acrobatic-fighting actor Dai -LiWu; the female, our rising star Lin TingYu, and the robber is performed by Yang YuJing, the first prize winner of the painted-face role competition in our troupe.
From different backgrounds and position, the fact can be explained and illustrated in different ways. The point is not what is true, but the existence of difference. From words of the separate parts, you can feel that they are different from each other, and their mindsets’ change according to the environment.
⑵ Artist Profile
The troupe of National Taiwan College of Performing Arts
The troupe of National Taiwan College of Performing Arts, founded in 1963, is the first troupe subordinated to the traditional drama studies, and also the troupe of the longest history in Taiwan up to now. The troupe is mainly consisted of excellent graduates and all fields of talents. For years, we have put on many widely-loved dramas, which indicates our great advantage in this field. Tradition and innovation do not contradict. We advance with the times, and we will continue to build up our strength in the future, in endeavor to inherit and promote our traditional arts. We hope that Peking opera can be heard everywhere and maintain its vitality for good.
The writer: Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Ryunosuke Akutagawa was a Japanese writer active in the Taisho period in Japan. He was especially good at writing short stories. In his short career, he wrote more than 150 short stories. Despite of the short para, his works are famous for novel idea and plots. He dedicated to uncover the society defect, however, he make descriptions instead of comments. The readers can feel the ugliness behind the text. His magnum opuses are Aphorisms by a pygmy, Kappa, and Rashamon.
Art director: Tsai Hsin-Hsin
Tsai served as executive secretary of the GuoGuang Opera Company, Board Director of Taipei Modern Opera and TheaterAssociation, National Chengchi University. Tsai has focused on academic researches of traditional operas and observing the modern operas. She has been traveling between China and Taiwan for academic exchange and collecting elements from folk music, and she has hosted many traditional opera folk music research plans recently and directed arts and culture communication among China, Taiwan, and other countries. She has combined academic theory with experience on the stage and devoted in recording, saving, and promoting traditional theatre and folk arts.
Producer: Zhang XuNan,
Lecturer of Taipei College of Performing Arts. Graduated from Chinese Culture University, Zhang got his MA from Oklahoma City University. Her works include:《Lanling Wang》，《The butterfly lovers》.
Modeling: Ye JinTian
Ye is a famous artist who is good at costume, visual arts, cinema, contemporary arts creation. Ye first publicized his neo-orientalism getting the world familiar with the eastern cultural and artistic beauty. He held a costume show called 《The face of time》in Palace Museum in Taipei. Also, he express his attitude towards eastern aesthetics in France and Spain. He is in charge of the costume design during the flag delivery ceremony between Athens and China. Invited by the Kennedy Center in 2005, a show called "Chinese red" was held. In his sample reels are many famous works, such as 《uncertain time》，《ROUGEL′ART DE TIM YIP》. In the meantime, he has worked as an art director or costume designer in 《The banquet》，《Crouching tiger, hidden dragon》，《Red cliff》，《Spring in a small town》.
