INDUSTRY COOPERATION
The DPA faculty continuously lead students to participate in industry-university cooperation, thus increasing said students’ future employability.
Industry-University Cooperation in the Performing Arts Department for the 107-108 Academic Year
● 2019 《Dream Utopia》
2016-2019 “White Memory – Dream Utopia” is a collaboration with the Kaohsiung City Museum of History, having a total of 36 performances in a three-year period given at Qi-Hua Ke’s former residence.
In December 2016, Prof. Yu-Ling Li from the Department of Performing Arts of Shu-Te University led teachers and students to adapt Qi-Hua Ke’s autobiography “Taiwan Prison Island” into a play entitled “Dream Utopia”. The performance style is an example of immersive theater, where the actors would perform in a loop for nearly four hours (quite a test of endurance) and the audience may enter and leave at their own leisure. The audience is meant to deeply feel the fear and helplessness of the victims of the White Terror.
In 2017, the production added virtual reality (VR) contemporary technology into the performances; a pioneering effort to integrate drama with VR, and a new modern attraction for audiences of the next generation. In the end, there was a sense of pilgrimage for young audiences to come to the former residence of Qi-Hua Ke in order to express their gratitude for his contribution to the modern democratic process.
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“Dream Utopia” uses immersive theater and VR combined with drama to present historical fragments of Taiwan that were once hidden; allowing the audience themselves to become characters in the play, and to deeply experience Qi-Hua Ke’s experiences of false accusation, torture, imprisonment, and his return from calamity.
● 2018 《Jianji Sonata – Fragmented and Fragrant》
The Opening Season of the Kaohsiung Weiwuying National Cultural Center Drama Theater
《Jianji Sonata – The Fragrant Fragrance》was organized by the Weiwuying National Arts and Culture Center and the Cultural Bureau of Kaohsiung City Government. Theater director Xiao-Ping Li and screenwriter Hui-Ling Zhou were invited to present a drama set during the Japanese occupation of Taiwan, a time when colonized Taiwanese people were under social and economic pressure. The story is told through the struggles of a Kaohsiung peasant activist. The costume designer for the production was Yu-Ling Li of the Shu-Te University Department of Performing Arts. More than a dozen STU DPA students participated in the performances on stage.
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A period drama that you can’t miss!
A story that started in Kaohsiung Fengshan!
An important turning point in Taiwan history!
A youth rebellion that is never mentioned in history books!
A sonata of life composed by revolutionaries playing the violin!
Join the Taiwan Times Music Theater, and witness an award winning production!
● 2017 《Funny Paradise》 cooperates with Teddy Star Entertainment Co., Ltd.
The May Day concert team produced a family friendly theme park in the square next to the Dream Mall in Kaohsiung for 45 days. Two stage shows were performed each consecutive day for a total of 90 shows. High-grade stage sound and lighting effects were involved. In total, nearly 30 young dancers from Kaohsiung performed in each show (of which included a number of DPA students). DPA faculty served the role of auditioning committee and as trainers.
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Legend has it that when a rainbow appears, the heart’s wish will come true . . . The annual Rainbow Celebration is about to begin, and the Digital Monster Village is filled with joy. Do you want to see the rainbow that brings happiness and dreams? Let’s go to the celebration square to wait for the arrival of the rainbow, and welcome the arrival of digital monsters together!
