Celebrate Three Years of NTT+ Success
The Popular “Creative Aging Workshop” and “Play Theater―Youth Creative Workshop
Entering its third year, the NTT+, an arts education and outreach project of the National Taichung Theater, has reached a collective audience of more than 120,000.
Among the many programmes of NTT+, the “Creative Aging Workshop” and “Play Theater—Youth Creative Workshop” are the most popular. Some of the events even sold out as soon as ticket sales began.
In the “Creative Aging Workshop”, NTT+ offers audiences over 45 years of age hands-on experience in musical theatre, rhythmic movement, and Taiwanese opera. Noted musical actor Yeh Wen-hao teaches participants about breathing, body, and voice; former Cloud Gate Dance Theatre instructor Hsu Chia-ching shows dynamic movement through shifting rhythms; and the Taiwanese Opera’s Sheng specialist Chen Yu-an demonstrates the basics of hand fan technique, one of the staple techniques of traditional opera.
For teenage participants, the popular comedy troupe Hao x Hsiao Troupe brings their creative and comedic antics into the
workshop, taking trainees through scenes from TV shows, movies, and plays, in order for them to experience different styles of performance. Shimmering Production’s Wang Yeu-kwn and Lee Yin-ying take the helm at the dance workshop, where participants learn to narrate stories using their own bodies and feelings.
In addition, “NTT Power Night—Performing Arts Workshop” brings rhythmic movements and Taiwanese opera to young professionals, providing a creative and relaxing outlet for their after-work hours.
The NTT+ project is constantly evolving to suit the needs of different audiences. NTT’s artistic director Joyce Chiou said: “The pandemic has been as much an opportunity as a crisis. By digitalising our lectures for online presentation, we’ve enabled even more people to take part in art, regardless of distance. I hope to continue this in the future, giving everyone an all-encompassing and on-demand platform to learn about and engage in art.”