Prof. Judy Van Zile from the University of Hawaii was invited by the School of Dance to a 10-day visit to the TNUA in December, during which she gave two lectures to share her years of experience in teaching dancing.

She also brought along many items from her dance book collection, and donated more than 90 of them to TNUA.

The professor has visited many countries and collected many books during a teaching career spanning more than 40 years.

In her December 17 lecture, Prof. Van Zile said she was happy to visit TNUA again. She noted that her friendship with TNUA started in 1991 when she was invited by Prof. Lin Hwai-min to teach at the university, whose campus was still at Luzhou at the time. 

Since then her interaction with TNUA has never been disrupted, she said. TNUA's dance teachers and students also visited the University of Hawaii in 2010 to present papers and conduct workshops.

Although there is abundant information on the Internet, it is chaotic and may be unreliable.

On the contrary, she said, carefully written and edited books are irreplaceable sources of knowledge and information.

Every time she reads through her books, they not only provide her information, but also bring up memories associated with the books, such as the people and things she met during work and travel.