Spotlight on Taiwanese Bollywood dancer, Jennifer Liu

2024-05-20

Today we take you to meet Taiwanese dancer Jennifer Liu. She studied dance in India for more than a decade, and has starred in six Bollywood films. Now she’s back in Taiwan to teach.

Taiwanese dancer Jennifer Liu takes to the stage with a Mohiniyattam dance performance. Mohiniyattam is an Indian classical dance form originating from the state of Kerala. Liu is the first dancer to teach it in Taiwan.

Jennifer Liu
Dancer
There are many teachers in Taiwan who teach Bollywood dance, local dance and even classical dance, but I am the first person to bring Mohiniyattam to Taiwan. Mohiniyattam is a classical dance. Kerala is very similar to Taiwan’s Pingtung. There are many coconut trees and rivers, so many of its movements are softer, and the eyes play an important role.

Liu is a dancer who studied the art form in India for 14 years. She’s also starred in six Bollywood movies, including “Super Nani” and “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania.” Now she’s back in Taiwan to teach Indian dance.

Jennifer Liu
Dancer
Previously, I taught art to children in Taiwan. After that, I traveled to India. At first, my yoga teacher suggested that I learn dance. Then I came to Mumbai and was discovered by the biggest teacher in Mumbai and the biggest choreographer in Bollywood. She invited me to participate in their first film.

Liu is also an artist. She was amazed by the beauty she saw in India. Her goal today is to foster greater appreciation of Indian arts in Taiwan.

Jennifer Liu
Dancer
My biggest goal is of course to help people in Taiwan know more about Indian art and culture. People still mostly just know about Bollywood music or films. But India’s art culture has a long history. I want to help people get a deeper understanding of Indian dancing, drama, and painting – I think these are very important.

Liu is working to foster more theater exchanges between Taiwan and India.

Jennifer Liu
Dancer
I am working hard because I only returned to Taiwan last year. I hope there will be more opportunities to create exposure and let more people see us. We have a team in India and Taiwan. Taiwanese artists will work with Indian artists. I hope there will be more opportunities to invite Indian artists to perform in Taiwan.

In addition, plans are in the works for workshops and other events that bring the beauty of India to Taiwan.

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印度學舞14年.演出寶萊塢電影台灣舞者回台交流印度舞蹈

2024-05-20

今天我們帶大家來認識台灣舞者劉瑄臻。她在印度學習舞蹈14年，並在六部寶萊塢電影出演，去年回到台灣教舞蹈及藝術。

台灣舞者劉瑄臻表演摩希尼亞坦舞蹈，這是一種起源於喀拉拉邦的印度古典舞蹈形式。她是第一位在台灣教授摩希尼亞坦舞蹈的舞者。

[[舞者劉瑄臻]]
"台灣有很多的老師在教導寶萊塢舞蹈，還有地方舞蹈還有甚至古典舞的部分。摩希尼亞坦舞蹈我是第一個人，摩希尼亞坦舞蹈是古典舞蹈，因為喀拉拉其實很像我們的屏東，很多椰子樹跟河流，所以它很多動作比較柔美，眼神也是一個重要的部分。"

劉瑄臻在印度學習了14年的舞蹈，還曾在六部寶萊塢電影演出，包括《超級奶媽》、《夏爾馬的新娘》等。她去年回台灣教授印度舞蹈。

[[舞者劉瑄臻]]
"我之前一開始在台灣是教兒童美術，之後去印度旅行，一開始被瑜珈老師建議我去學舞蹈，之後到了孟買，被孟買第一最大的老師，寶萊塢最大的編舞者看到，邀請參加他們的第一部電影。"

劉瑄臻也是位藝術老師，她被印度之美深深吸引，希望促進台灣和印度之間更多的交流。

[[舞者劉瑄臻]]
“我最大的目標，當然就是希望能讓台灣的人更多了解印度的藝術文化，因為大家還是會停留在一些寶萊塢的音樂或電影上面。印度的藝術文化其實是非常之深希望大家更多的了解，除了舞蹈以外，戲劇還有繪畫也是我們需要去更多的深入了解，我覺得這很重要。 "

劉瑄臻也致力於促進台灣和印度之間更多的戲劇交流。

[[舞者劉瑄臻]]
"在努力當中因為我去年才回到台灣，希望有更多的機會可以曝光，然後讓更多人看到我們。我們有一個團隊在印度跟台灣，台灣的藝術家跟印度的藝術家做結合，希望台灣有更多機會邀請藝術家來到台灣做表演。"

此外，劉瑄臻還計劃舉辦研討會和其他活動，讓更多人認識印度的美。

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