Taiwan News
Date: 2015-10-15
By: Christie Chen, Central News Agency

Taipei, Oct. 15 (CNA) The Cloud Gate Dance Theatre will restage its

13 years later, Cloud Gate to restage ‘Smoke’. Central News Agency (2015-10-16 00:02:22)

performance “Smoke” in Taiwan beginning Friday, bringing the poetic dance production back to the country for the first time in over a decade.

Inspired by late French novelist Marcel Proust’s “In Search of Lost Time” (“Remembrance of Things Past”), the production follows a mysterious woman as she remembers the love and hate among her family members. The dance piece, however, has no linear storyline.

“The entire dance is about memory,” Cloud Gate founder and artistic director Lin Hwai-min said at a press conference in Taipei Thursday.

“What is the dance about? Everyone could have their own interpretation, but one of Pablo Neruda’s poems says, ‘Love is so short, forgetting is so long,'” Lin said, giving a poetic response to his self-raised question.     [FULL  STORY]

Want China Times
Date: 2015-10-14
By: CNA

Taiwanese model and actress Lin Chi-ling and TV host Mickey Huang will

Mickey Huang and Lin Chi-ling. (Photo/Lin Hung-pin)

jointly host the 52nd Golden Horse Awards ceremony, the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee announced Monday.

It will be the second time that the 40-year-old model has hosted the ceremony. She first hosted in 2004.

Lin rose to fame in 2004 as a model. She has since acted in several films, including John Woo’s legendary epic Red Cliff.

Huang, meanwhile, has won several Golden Bell Awards for best host in a variety program.

This year, 427 films were submitted for competition at the Golden Horse Awards, one of the most prestigious awards for Chinese-language films. Of that total, 39 films received nominations.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/12
By Christie Chen

Taipei, Oct. 12 (CNA) Taiwanese model and actress Lin Chi-ling (林志玲) and TV host Mickey Huang (黃子佼) will jointly host the 52nd Golden Horse Awards ceremony, the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee announced Monday.

It will be the second time that the 40-year-old model hosts the ceremony. She first hosted it in 2004.

Lin rose to fame in 2004 as a model. She has since acted in several films, including Chinese epic war film “Red Cliff.”

Huang, meanwhile, has won several Golden Bell Awards for best host in a variety program.

This year, 427 films were submitted for competition at the Golden Horse Awards, one of the most prestigious awards for Chinese-language films. Of that total, 39 films received nominations.     [FULL  STORY]

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/10/04
By: Christie Chen

Taipei, Oct. 4 (CNA) Taiwan-based musicians are set to perform later this month at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon, one of the largest music events in New York City.

On Oct. 13, Taiwanese rapper Soft Lipa (蛋堡), Latin rap rock band Boxing (拳) and Chinese Canadian pop rock band io will be featured in a “Taiwan Night” concert that is part of the event, according to GCA Entertainment, which is jointly organizing the concert with Taiwan’s Ministry of Culture.

The annual CMJ Music Marathon, which will take place Oct. 13-17 this year, features music performances, conferences and seminars in venues across New York.

Soft Lipa said he is excited to perform in New York, where rap music originated, and is prepared to bring Taiwanese-style rap to the city.     [FULL  STORY]