Focus Taiwan
Date: 2016/07/15
By: Tyson Lu and Kay Liu
Taipei, July 15 (CNA) The Cloud Gate Dance Theatre will give free performances in Taitung and
A preview of Cloud Gate’s ‘Rice’ in Taitung in 2013. (CNA file photo)
Taipei on coming Saturdays, with the show in the southeastern county dedicated to local residents recovering from a recent typhoon, the group said.
“It is easy not to come. It takes a lot of work and people to make the trip, but we must come here,” said Cloud Gate founder and artistic director, Lin Hwai-min (林懷民), about the decision to stage the free show in Taitung as scheduled.
Lin said he hopes the free event at Taitung County Stadium will allow local residents and people who came to offer their assistance in the county’s rebuilding efforts to have a relaxing night after a busy week dealing with the aftermath left by Typhoon Nepartak.
The typhoon made landfall in Taitung in the early morning of July 8, causing one death and 132 injuries in a trail of devastation in the southeastern county. A total of three deaths and 142 injuries were reported in Taiwan. [FULL STORY]