The 2021 edition of the annual Kuandu Arts Festival organized by TNUA carries special significance: It is also marking the 30th anniversary of the university’s relocation to its present site in suburban Taipei.

At the same time, it also allows citizens in the challenging epidemic era to support and enrich their daily lives through the positivity of art.

TNUA President Prof. Chen Kai-huang has noted that he is grateful for the assistance of friends from all walks of life to make it possible for the university to hold the annual festival as scheduled during the epidemic.

TNUA still maintains the courage and ideals that supported the task of relocating to the campus to Kuandu 30 years ago, and continues to let art shine in the mountains of Kuandu.

For this year’s “Kuandu 30,” there is one specially designed activity, “Resurrected Resplendence XR Virtual Interaction,” which uses augmented reality technology to recreate the university’s history of relocation 30 years ago. The event will continue to be held throughout the campus for three years.

The 2021 edition of the arts festival, which has a strong focus on dance, will introduce new performances by combining different innovative media, according to Hsiao-mei Ho, dean of the School of Dance. Among them, the program “DanceGPS” uses the concept of GPS navigation, inviting the audience to put on headsets and travel through the TNUA campus, watching the interaction between dance bodies and venues, and at the same time taking a look at the quiet environment of the campus, experiencing a mobile performance like a small trip.

“Melange of Film and Dance x Groove360″ combines dance and videon – an event curated by the School of Dance and the School of Film and New Media that breaks the established creative frameworks.

“In the Farthest Corner of the East: Magang Story” brings art and life closer together, using the performing arts as a vehicle to lead the audience to understand the stories of the Magang region and deepen their understanding of and identification with their own culture through detailed field research and artistic transformation.

Nora Cismondi, principal oboe of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Laurent Decker, principal English horn of the Orchestre National de France, will perform a variety of chamber music for oboe with TNUA professors.

Nora Cismondi, principal oboe of the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, and Laurent Decker, principal English horn of the Orchestre National de France, will perform a variety of chamber music for oboe with TNUA professors.

“The Passion of Medea” is a performance by the School of Theatre Arts. It is based on the Greek mythology of Jason’s search for the Golden Fleece and the story of Medea.

TNUA is also organizing three other events through the end of the year – the 13th Kuan-Du Film Festival (October 7-15), the 2021 Kuandu International Animation Festival (KDIAF, November 1-7), and the 2021 Kuandu Light Art Festival (December 3-31) – organized by the three departments of the School of Film and New Media.

2021 Kuandu Arts Festival
From Oct 2 to Nov 28, 2021
More information on:
https://kdaf.tnua.edu.tw/2021/
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