Taiwan’s performers join world's biggest arts celebration for sixth year in a row

Taiwan News
Date: 2019/08/06
By:  Taiwan News

Taiwan Season 2019 held a parade on Royal Mile during the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (photo: Taiwan Season's Facebook page)

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – Taiwan Season 2019 paraded through the Royal Mile in Edinburgh on Aug. 5 to seek publicity and take part in the festive ambiance of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

Taiwan Season, which is sponsored by Taiwan's Ministry of Culture, has returned to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for the sixth consecutive year. Four Taiwanese groups are performing in the Fringe this year, including Chang Dance Theatre (長弓舞蹈劇場), Shinehouse Theatre (曉劇場), B. DANCE (丞舞製作團隊), and Dua Shin Te Production (大身體製造).

On Monday afternoon (Aug. 5), Lin Yung-lo (林永樂), Taiwan's ambassador to the UK, and Jason Lien Chien-Chen Lien (連建辰), director general of the Taipei Representative Office in the U.K.'s Edinburgh Office, led the four performance groups through Edinburgh's boisterous Royal Mile. Edinburgh Council Deputy Leader Cammy Day and Councilor Donald Wilson also joined the parade, reported CNA.

The performers' costumes and the exquisite puppets they were holding piqued festival-goers' interest, and many of them stopped to inquire about the details of their upcoming performances. At the opening party that night, Lin praised Taiwanese performance art for having broken through cultural and language barriers and linked Taiwan to the wider world.    [FULL  STORY]