Taiwan’s U-Theatre will make its Australian premiere at the OzAsia Festival performing “Meeting with Bodhisattva”, a work inspired by the Tibetan Buddhist God of Wisdom . First performed in 2002 at Taipei National Theatre, Meeting With Bodhisattva has been performed around the world, including in Hong Kong, Shanghai, the U.S., France and Belgium.
Meeting with Bodhisattva uses a technique of striking drums with long sticks, which represents both the main feature of the work and a unique drumming style developed by U-Theatre . Surrounded by Buddhist mantras, on a stage steeped in an atmosphere of, and draped in the reddish hues of Tibetan Buddhism, the performers convey a positive force to the audience through agile body movements and a precise and rhythmic paces, combining martial arts, drumming, theater, dance and music into a ‘total theater’.
Meeting with Bodhisattva - Scene one – Receiving
OzAsia Festival is an annual event presented by the Adelaide Festival Centre for two weeks from September to October. The festival uses multiple venues at Adelaide Festival Centre, hosting various programs including film, drama, music, dance, exhibition and gourmet events. OzAsia Festival’s programming synthesizes the content of Australian artists and artistic groups from different nations all over Asia, presenting the unique cross culture of traditional and contemporary Asia.
“Meeting with Bodhisattva” - OzAsia Festival
DATE: 7:30 pm, Friday 13 and Saturday 14 September, 2013
VENUE: Her Majesty’s Theatre, Adelaide
Website: www.ozasiafestival.com.au/Meeting-With-Bodhisattva
ABOUT U THEATRE
Founded in 1988, Artistic Director Liu Ruo-Yu and drumming master/music director Huang Chi-Chun have led the ensemble of U Performers to present rigorous works of aesthetic beauty rooted in the disciplined study and practice of meditation, drumming, martial arts, Tai-Chi, dance, and acting.
Uniting East and West, ancient and modern, spiritual and physical, U-Theatre has featured at international festivals including the Barbican Center (UK), Avignon Festival, Biennale de la Danse (France), and the Next Wave Festival at BAM (NYC).
For more information on the U-Theatre, please contact
Shu-chun Lai (Ms.)
International Promotion Manger, U-Theatre
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