Founded in 1959 in the Wenshan Autonomous Region (文山自治州) of Yunnan Province (雲南省), China, the Wenshan Song and Dance Ensemble (文山州歌劇團) has become one of the most popular minority dance troupes in both China and world.
Since 1993, the troupe has performed to packed houses not only in their native China, but also enthralled crowds across Asia, the Americas and Europe.
Comprised of performers representing five of the Wenshan regional minorities - Miao (苗), Zhuang (壯), Yao (瑤), Dai (傣) and Yi (彝) - the ensemble's repertoire is one of the most extensive of any such dance troupe.
Not only does the troupe perform traditional minority dances, it also enjoys the rare distinction of being one of the only such troupes to perform short melodramas depicting daily life in minority villages.
For the troupe's upcoming Taiwan performances it will be performing Seven Splendid Village (七鄉風采). First performed in 1993, the show combines a selection of traditional song and dance routines native to all of the troupe's five minority groups.
The Wenshan Song and Dance Ensemble will be performing nationwide from today until Thursday, No. 1.
The ensemble's schedule is as follows: Tonight at 7:30pm, Changhwa County's Yuanlin Arts Center (彰化員林演藝廳); Sunday, Oct. 28 at 7:30pm, Chunugli Arts Center (中壢藝術館); Monday, Oct. 29 at 7:30pm, Sun Yat-sen Memorial hall (台北國父紀念館); Wednesday, Oct. 31 at 7:30pm, Taichung's Chunghsing Hall (台中中興堂); Thursday, Nov. 1 at 7:30pm, Taipei Country Government Cultural and Arts Center (台北縣政府文化局演藝廳).
Tickets for all performances cost between NT$200 and NT$800 and are available ar the door. For further information, contact Arts Formosa at (02) 2771-5676.
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