Taiwan First Nation M-Yu Dancers

Indoor Concerts:

June 30｜Fri｜7:30 PM |

Outdoor Performances:

Annex

June 30 | Fri | 1:30 PM, 2:50 PM & 6:10 PM

July 1 | Sat | 11:30 AM, 3:00 PM & 4:50 PM

July 2 | Sun | 12:40 PM & 3:40 PM

Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza

To inherit the wisdom and traditional culture of the Atayal, their ancestors used the natural rhythm of the body, traditional live percussion, and singing combined with dance performance to create a close-to-mother culture for the tribal children. The environment allows the blessings of the ancestors to continue, with the purpose of inheriting and preserving the music and dance of the aboriginal people. With the traditional, beautiful sound and natural roots, the unique music and beauty of the aboriginal ethnic group is released. The group was invited to perform in New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, Japan and other large-scale festivals in Taiwan. They worked together to achieve the goal of preserving and promoting the culture of aboriginal music and dance drama. The group developed traditional songs and chants to present the unique characteristics of Atayal and display the music and dance of aboriginal ethnic groups. To promote cultural transfer, we will uphold the excellent performance of the past and encourage the members to continue their earnest efforts to carry forward the localization of Taichung on an international stage, realizing the true meaning of passing the torch.

Jin Yu Yuan Puppet Theatre

June 30 | Fri | 2:00 PM, 3:20 PM & 7:00 PM

July 1 | Sat | 12:00 PM, 3:40 PM & 5:40 PM

July 2 | Sun | 12:20 PM, 2:20 PM & 5:20 PM

Vancouver Art Gallery North Plaza

The Theatre was founded by Chin Tung Chao, who has performed, since his childhood, traditional hand puppet shows at temples nationwide with his father. At that time, he was fascinated with the popular puppet shows on television. Hence, he has determined to learn, promote and spread this traditional culture and founded Jin Yu Yuan Puppet Theatre in 2008. He has applied the computer animation technique in the photo studio in addition modern laser technology, Sichuan face-changing, marionette flying stunts to the open-field shows and recreated large-scale wooden puppets shows. The Troupe is also active in the pop-music circle and had helped produced MV for Huang Fei, a Taiwanese song singer, and featured MV jointly with Zhenlan Temple of Dajia.

He has insisted in promoting Taiwanese puppet theatre culture despite hardships in various environments in reality and the Troupe had been invited to perform the shows in several countries such as Japan, Vietnam, Canada, Bulgaria and China among others. Recent plan includes the production of 36 puppet shows of filial act to promote filial piety. Puppet show is not just for entertainment but a legacy of technique of promoting the traditional Taiwanese culture of loyalty, filial piety, integrity and righteousness. Since 2018, the shows have been brought as a charitable tour to various hospitals, nursing homes, orphanages and schools in remote areas.