NTCH Ideas Lab explores ‘emo’ through a variety of art forms
NTCH Ideas Lab explores ‘emo’ through a variety of art forms
2023-04-28
The National Theater and Concert Hall’s Ideas Lab is an annual experimental project that combines theater, music, and dance. This year’s theme is "emo." FTV reporter Stephany Yang takes us in for a sneak peek.
Blind dancers and other dancers dance together in the dark, combining movements with sounds produced by different objects. The dancers challenge the idea of how dances can be perceived and understood without sight. This is one of the groups performing for the National Theater Concert Hall’s Ideas Lab. Idea Lab is an annual experimental project that combines theater, music, and dance.
Chang Ke-yang
Producer
The question that our work is tackling is, in the absence of vision, how do we feel the kinetic energy of a dance or a movement and know what the dance is about? Half of the dancers are blind, while the other half is not.
Another show invites the audience to witness police drills and their training. Through interviews and literature research, the creators hope to unveil the training process that police go through, bringing to light the systemic violence and the high-pressure environment in which they live.
Li Ao-sen
Producer
Over the past few years, situations overseas have created a relatively negative image of the police. But in theory, the police are the executors of public power. After precise training, they enforce the law and detect crimes and so forth. During the interview, we found that the police face huge internal and external pressures. They face many moral problems that run opposite to public opinion.
This year’s Ideas Lab project centers on the term “emo.” Emo, which is short for “emotional,” is a term used by youth in Taiwan. The term originated from the U.S.’ hardcore punk music culture of the 1980s. This year, NTCH Ideas Lab invited five artists to express the word “emo” through their works.
Liu Yi-ruu
NTCH artistic director
The popular term on social media right now is “emo,” which seems to describe being a little helpless and angry about things. But nothing is being done on social platforms. What we see from these artists is that their complaints or anger about injustices and the world are turned into attempts to provide an answer or interpretation through their works. Or they provide a direction to move toward. That’s what’s special about the NTCH Ideas Lab. The spirit of the NTCH IDEAS Lab is “I may have lost, but I am never afraid. When I see a goal, I persevere.”
Five groups will stage 20 performances at the NTCH Experimental Theater from June 9 to July 16.
國家兩廳院新點子實驗場 5檔精彩節目共20場演出
2023-04-28
一年一度的”新點子實驗場” ，結合了戲劇、音樂和舞蹈節目。今年的主題是”emo”， 一起來看看!
盲人舞者和其他舞者在黑暗中一起跳舞，動作與不同物體發出的聲音完美結合，表達若是無法”看見”，舞蹈可以如何被感知與理解，這個舞團是國家兩廳院”新點子實驗場”表演的團體之一。一年一度的”新點子實驗場” ，結合了戲劇、音樂和舞蹈節目。
[[創作者 張可揚]]
“我們這次的作品主要是挑戰說，在去除視覺的情況下，怎麼去感受一個舞蹈或是一個動作的動能，或是舞蹈在做什麼，然後，我們有一半是視障舞者，一半是明眼舞者"
另一個作品呈現警察演習和訓練的過程。經由訪談與文獻研究，希望揭開警察訓練的過程，描繪他們所處的系統性暴力和高壓環境。
[[創作者 李奧森]]
“過去幾年來，國際情勢上是塑造警察比較負面的形象，但是在理論上來講，警察是公權力的執行者，他們透過精確地訓練去迫使公民服從法律，然後偵查犯罪等等。透過採訪，我們發現警察都面臨很龐大的內在及外在壓力，然後他有許多與社會輿論相對立的道德問題”
今年新點子實驗場的所有作品以”emo”為共同關鍵字。英文emotional的縮寫”emo”，是台灣年輕世代的用語，源於美國80年代硬蕊龐克的音樂風格。今年共有五位藝術家透過創作表達對”emo”的觀點。
[[國家兩廳院藝術總監 劉怡汝]]
"現在社交媒體裡面的流行用語叫做”emo”，好像對於事情有點無奈，有點憤怒的心情。在社群平台上的字眼是”躺平的”，可是在這些藝術家的身上，我們看到的是他們對於這些不平或是憤怒，都化為他們作品裡在試圖給出一種解答或是詮釋，或是他們想要奮鬥的方向，這是新點子藝術節的特質，他的精神是"有輸過、沒有怕過” ，看到一個目標就往前衝"
5檔精彩節目共20場演出，將在6月9日至7月16日於國家兩廳院實驗劇場登場。
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