2024臺北兒童藝術節：《凱吉一歲－永遠不回頭》親子版

《凱吉一歲》讓今晚變成一場不可思議的聽覺冒險。創作者們注入的科學、藝術、時光與愛，造就了這個黑暗中的神秘遊樂幻境。
——澳洲藝文平台《赤腳評論網》

 這是一場每個環節緊密結合、令人享受於其中的的演出。
——美國藝術劇場平台《百老匯世界》

 在這場對傳奇音樂家約翰．凱吉的致敬中，表演者和觀眾間的距離不再存在。
——澳洲藝文評論平台《舞台耳語》

 這個作品從最根本動搖了藝術的前提……從鋼琴樂器到空間裝置，演奏的身體到舞蹈的身體，裝置與聲音，聲音與音樂，它不只動搖，更創造出新的藝術迴路。
——國立臺北藝術大學戲劇系副教授 林于竝

一座充滿幻想的聲音雨林

炫麗雨棒、改噪鋼琴、聲瓶翹翹板

好多奇妙的樂器與動力機械聲音裝置等你來探索

演出中可自由站坐與走動，近距離觀看

《凱吉一歲》由「動見体」核心藝術家暨作曲家林桂如發起，協同動見体核心藝術家暨編舞家董怡芬，以及擅長動力裝置和聲音藝術的科技藝術家王仲堃共同創作。

以音樂風格與呈現形式向獨樹一格的美國前衛派作曲家約翰・凱吉（John Cage）致敬。

這三位生命底蘊深厚的藝術家，結合音樂、舞蹈與機械裝置，將演出現場打造成一座充滿遊戲興味的聲音雨林：舞者以棉線牽動琴槌、聲瓶翹翹板藉由不同水量產生音高變化、雨棒及蘑菇燈交織出聲音和光影的奇趣空間⋯⋯充滿想像力的聲音創造過程，透過觸摸、覺察、傾聽、發現，啟動前所未有的感官探險。

《凱吉一歲》2013年首演，同年獲選為第12屆台新藝術獎年度五大作品之一，並受邀於國內外多個藝術節演出，包括澳亞藝術節（OzAsia Festival）、關渡藝術節、中國新潮藝術節、新加坡華藝節⋯⋯等;《凱吉一歲-永遠不回頭》親子版，則於2022年在臺中國家歌劇院首演。此次重返臺北，邀您來劇場裡，一同在舞臺上自由穿梭：一面感受視覺與聽覺的變化之豐富、一面與表演者一起「玩」音樂。獨特的沉浸式劇場經驗，就在親子版《凱吉一歲 - 永遠不回頭》親子版，邀請大小朋友共創無可取代的一場「Play」！

註：本製作與2022年ＮTT-TIFA動見体《凱吉一歲》親子版為同一版製作。

【演出團隊介紹】

動見体 M.O.V.E. Theatre

成立於2006年，由劇場導演符宏征擔任藝術總監，核心藝術家林桂如、董怡芬、王靖惇分別來自音樂、舞蹈及戲劇等創作領域，以「動作、觀照、實驗」作為身體性劇場美學的創作基地，以實踐總體劇場為其藝術視野。透過創作的分享、交換、擴大並轉化觀演者之間共同的凝視。作品以詩意的舞台語言風格探索並揭示當代人的精神情境，創作題材涵蓋文學、神話、歷史、社會等範疇，並與各類當代藝術家進行跨領域實驗創作。

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【主創者介紹】

策劃、創作主持暨音樂設計│林桂如

為實踐大學音樂學系專任副教授、動見体核心藝術家，以及一位八歲兒童的母親。音樂創作型態多元，並長期與劇場、舞蹈等表演藝術合作。作品曾於法國外亞維儂藝術節、澳洲   OzAsia藝術節、釜山國際表演藝術節、曼谷國際藝術節、新加坡華藝節、台灣國際藝術節等演出。近年持續關注表演藝術與兒童養成之關連，未來希望投注更多心力在台語囡仔歌的創作。

聲音裝置設計│王仲堃

國立臺北藝術大學美術系及科技藝術研究所畢業。 他的聲音作品具有一種音樂性，刻意把「聲音」的抽象性解放出來，轉化為較為具象的音樂。透過聲音與音樂之間的流轉，聽者得以以理性、邏輯的方式去掌握聲音，同時以感性與體驗的方式去感受音樂，作品就是存在一種體驗式的感知，但這無非意味著聲音不能用語言翻譯，它只能成為它本來的東西。

肢體創作│董怡芬

近兩年積極策劃媒合臺灣關注身體表演的各領域年輕藝術家交互學習交流，亦多次擔任大型公共藝術節活動表演策劃統籌。作品多次應邀赴世界各國國際藝術節演出，近年亦參與許多劇場、音樂劇舞蹈設計與動作指導。現任臺北市立大學舞蹈系專任講師。

【演職人員名單】

 策劃、創作主持暨音樂設計｜林桂如
藝術總監｜符宏征
聲音裝置設計｜王仲堃
肢體創作｜董怡芬
共同創作暨演出｜洪于雯、陳詣芩、謝佩穎、簡慈儀
燈光設計｜黃申全
舞台空間設計｜廖音喬
服裝設計｜范玉霖
音響設計｜陳星奎
聲音裝置設計助理｜莊金龍
舞台監督｜鄧名佑
舞台技術指導｜陳人碩
燈光技術指導｜許哲晟
舞台技術人員｜王光中、李亮諭、包一妘、林群傑、徐嘉瑜、蔡璨鴻
燈光技術人員｜余祖瑩、鄭偉元、蔣旺勳
音響技術人員｜張正和、梁森昌

製作人｜鄭伊婷、藍浩之（首演版）
排練助理｜徐鈺婷
排練協力｜薛詠之

演出劇照攝影｜陳藝堂、陳又維
演出動態紀錄｜陳冠宇

主辦單位｜臺北市政府
承辦單位｜臺北表演藝術中心

＊原定演出者-薛詠之，因受傷故無法參與此次演出，改由謝佩穎擔任，若造成您的困擾，敬請見諒。  

【About the Performance】

Inspired by the renowned American composer John Cage, Lin Kuei-Ju, an artist and composer from M.O.V.E. Theatre, incorporates Cage's principles of mechanics, decomposition, and purity to produce the family-friendly rendition of Dear John - Never Say Never. Collaborating with artist and choreographer Tung I-Fen from M.O.V.E. Theatre, as well as tech artist Wang Zhong-Kun, skilled in kinetic installations and sound art, Lin has created a one-of-a-kind sound laboratory experience.

These three artists, each with rich artistic backgrounds, will craft an enchanting sound lab brimming with playful curiosity: dancers manipulating piano keys with cotton threads, sound bottles generating pitch variations through different water levels, rain sticks and mushroom lights weaving a whimsical space of sound and light. This imaginative process of sound creation initiates an unprecedented sensory adventure through touch, awareness, listening, and discovery.

Dear John made its debut in 2013 and was chosen as one of the top five works at the 12th Taishin Arts Awards in the same year. Since then, it has been invited to perform at various arts festivals worldwide, including the OzAsia Festival, Kuandu Arts Festival, New Trend Art Festival in China, and the Chinese Festival of Arts in Singapore, among others. The family-friendly version of Dear John premiered at the National Taichung Theater in 2022 and will return to Taipei this year. We welcome you to join us in the theater, where you can freely explore the stage, immerse yourself in the rich visual and auditory experiences, and “play” music alongside the performers. This unique immersive theater experience promises to create unforgettable memories for you and your children in Dear John - Never Say Never!

【Media Quotes】

"You bring us a night of strangeness and auditory adventure. Very serious and mysterious. Science and art and history and love in a big, dark wonderland." — The Barefoot Review

"This was a completely engaging and thoroughly enjoyable performance." —Broadway World

"Situated at the point where music, theatre, dance, and artistic installation all meet, Dear John is an exploratory and experimental piece of avant-gardism, presented essentially without conventional distance between performers and viewers, as a tribute to legendary musical figure John Cage." —Stage Whispers

【Performing Group】

M.O.V.E. Theatre

As an artistic platform to explore the aesthetics of physical theatre through movement, observation, and experiment, M.O.V.E. Theatre was established by the artistic director/director Fu Hong Zheng in the winter of 2006. It gathered artists from various disciplines, including theatre, music and dance. The practice of “Total Theater” is its artistic vision. The sharing of creative ideas is elaborated and transformed into the mutual gaze between performers and audiences. Its works feature a poetic theatrical vocabulary to reveal and to explore the spiritual landscape of modern people, while its subjects cover literature, myth, history, society, and etc., including interdisciplinary experimental projects with contemporary artists. Since its establishment, M.O.V.E. Theatre has presented more than forty theatre works and has been invited to perform at many international venues, showing impressive creativity and artistic achievement.

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【Artist Profile】

Curating and Music Composition: Lin Kuei-Ju

LIN Kuei-ju holds a bachelor’s degree in Composition from the Taipei National University of the Arts and a Ph.D. in Composition from University of California, San Diego. She is currently the music director of the M.O.V.E. Theater and an assistant professor in music at Shih-Chien University. As a composer, LIN enjoys working with acoustic and electroacoustic instruments, sound installations and interdisciplinary collaborations in both theater and dance.

Sound Installation: Wang Chung-Kun

Born in 1982, Taiwan-based Wang Chung-Kun works across media art in the development of sound, sculpture, video, kinetic art and installation. He has created various forms of machinery that have consistently maintained an intriguing purity and peculiar sense of beauty. As viewers approach the work these machines operate on their own – making sound, switching on and off, exhaling, spinning or twinkling – each creation with its own variation of rhythm and multiple actions.

Choreography: Tung I-Fen

Born in Tainan, Taiwan, Tung I-Fen is a choreographer, performer, educator and curator. Tung works in various contexts, including dance, theater, film, contemporary music and technical art, among others, while laying her artistic practices in the agency and intersections of humanity, society and nature. Tung has been an artist-inresidence at Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris, Colorado College and George Washington University in the USA. From 2020, Tung started to curate the program and host several projects such as Dance Park platform for freelance dancers, Unboxing: Live Art Arena for freelance artists, performing art program for Nuit Blanche. Since 2006, her works have been presented in London and Paris, as well as in Spain, the USA, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines, and India. Tung also participated in several interdisciplinary productions, such as Dear John which won the performance of the 12th Taishin Arts Award. And also present several participatory performance works produced by Anarchy Dance Theatre since 2016. She is currently afull-time lecturer at the University of Taipei.

【Cast & Creative】

Curator and Composer: Lin Kuei-Ju
Artistic Director: Fu Hong-Zheng
Sound Installation: Wang Chung-Kun
Choreography: Tung I-Fen
Co-Creator and Performer: Hung Yu-Wen, Chen Yi-Chin, Hsieh Pei-Ying, Jian Ci-Yi
Lighting Design: Huang Shen-Chuan
Stage and Spatial Design: Liao Yin-Chiao
Costume Design: Fann Yu-Lin 
Sound Design: Chen Hsin-Kuei
Sound Installation Assistant: Chuang Chin-Lung
Stage Manager: Teng Ming-Yu
Technical Director: Chen Ren-Shuo
Master Electrician: Hsu Che-Sheng
Stage Technician: Wang Kuang-Chung, Li Liang-Yu, Pao I-Yun, Lin Qun-Jie, Hsu Chia-Yu, Tsai Tsan-Hung
Lighting Technician: Yu Tsu-Ying, Cheng Wei-Yuan, Chiang Wang-Hsun
Audio Technician: Zhang Zheng-He, Liang Sen-Chang

Producer: Ella Jheng, Lan Hao-Chih (Premiere）
Rehearsal Assistant: Hsu Yu-Ting
Rehearsal Collaboration: Hseuh Yung-Chih

Photography: Etang Chen, Chen You-Wei
Dynamic Photographer: Chen Kuan-Yu
 
Organizer: Taipei City Government
Implemeter: Taipei Performing Arts Center