Cloud Gate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

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Your English-language Guide to one of the World's Most Celebrated Dance Companies

My wife and I have long been fans of the Cloud Gate Dance Company in Taiwan and my wife did volunteer work helping the company set up foreign tours back when she was in college (over a decade ago...yikes!).  There are not, however, many fans sites in English and although Cloud Gate is well respected amoung dance enthusiasts the world over, they are not that well known outside the dance community.  I hope that this lens introduces more people to the incredible group of artists and perhaps turns on more people to modern dance in general.

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Video Introduction to Cloudgate (in Chinese) 

The narration is in Chinese...the movement is universal.

踩著泥土看雲門

雲門25週年時, 由天下雜誌所拍攝的介紹片。檔案影音效果不是很好。

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News Clip on Cloudgate's show: "Cursive" 

The narration is in Chinese. The movement is universal.

雲門舞集行草到德國

林懷民到德國推「行草三部曲」

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Cloudgate Videos for Sale 

If you've seen Cloudgate Perform and want more, or if you want to see them but don't have the chance, purchase one of their taped performances on Amazon.

Cursive II / Lin Hwai-min, Cloudgate Dance Theatre of Taiwan

You can see clips from this show, but not necessarily the same exact performance as the one filmed for this DVD, in the second YouTube video below.

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Moon Water - Cloud Gate Dance Theater of Taiwan

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Bamboo Dream

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Cloudgate Dance Theatre on the Web 

Office English Website of Cloudgate Dance Theatre
Visit the official website for upcoming shows and official information about the company and its founder Lin Hwai-min.
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Article about Cloud Gate Dance Theatre in Wikipedia, the free, open-source, community-edited encyclopedia. The information provided is pretty sparse last time I visited (October 29, 2006), but I've included the link as Wikipedia articles tend to grow in size and usefulness over time.
Cloud Gate Dance Theater: Information from Answers.com
Currently, this entry includes only the Wikipedia post. Hopefully the folks at Answers.com will include entries from other sources in the near future.
"A Mesmerizing Venture" (Voice Of Dance - Insights - Features)
A review of Cloud Gate's show "Wild Cursive" by Voice of Dance.
Cloud Gate Dance Theater at AllExperts
Cloud Gate Dance Theatre entry at About.com's Beta-version Encyclopedia.
Taipei Tea & Coffee by Taiwan Fun > CLOUD GATE CAFE AND DANCE STUDIO
If you're passing through Taibei stop by the Cloud Gate Cafe, run by the famous Taiwanese dance company at one of their studios. If you live in Taipei, you can also take dance classes at the studio.
'Junior' Cloud Gate shines with new pieces", Taipei Times - archives
Taipei Times's article on Cloud Gate 2.

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ChouDoufu wrote...

Autumn 2007: "Nine Songs" - "A full-length dance that reinterprets a style of ancient ritual song as modern theatre." Looks like they are only performing in Taiwan.

ReplyPosted September 08, 2007

ChouDoufu wrote...

New for Autumn 2007: "Nine Songs," which the company Web site describes as "A full-length dance that reinterprets a style of ancient ritual songs as modern theatre."

ReplyPosted September 08, 2007

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