Cloud Gate Dance Theatre, a renowned Taiwanese dance company, announced on Tuesday the winners of next year’s Wanderer program, which provides subsidies for budding or experienced artists to travel abroad or to take time off to gain some artistic inspiration.
Twelve people from a total of 220 applicants have been selected to participate in the program next year, a press release from the theater group said.
“Although these Wanderers have different backgrounds, they share the same fervent passion to travel to foreign countries and get inspired, ”the press release said.
The 12 include Taiwanese opera actress Lee Pei-ying (李佩穎), stage actor Kao Ming-chien (高銘謙), art designer Wu Sheng-lin (吳盛琳), theater stage and costume designer Li Huei-lin (李惠琳), and social worker Chen Yu-ching (陳育青).
Lee will go to Shaanxi, China, to learn “Qinqiang,” one of the oldest Chinese operas. Wu, who owns a free publication called the Lantern, will visit Hong Kong, Shanghai and Tibet to exchange ideas with local youths on independent publishing.
Li will go to Okinawa, Japan, to learn bingata, which is a kind of traditional resist-dyed cloth, made using stencils and other methods, while Chen will study human rights developments in Myanmar.
The Wanderer program is geared toward budding and professional artists under the age of 35, as well as people under the age of 45 who are involved in social service and have an enthusiasm for literature, music, performance arts, image art or public service.
The winners are awarded a grant of NT$80,000 to NT$150,000, plus return tickets, visa fees and insurance fees for a 60-day trip.
The Wanderer program was initiated in 2004 by Cloud Gate Theatre founder Lin Hwai-min (林懷民) and has been sponsored since 2006 by Stan Shih (施振榮), founder of laptop-manufacturer Acer Inc.
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