Born in Taichung in 1983, Daniel WANG graduated from the Department of Drama and Theatre and the Graduate Institute of Drama and Theatre of National Taiwan University. WANG is an Artist-in-Residence at the NTT from 2017 to 2018, currently working at the theater full-time as a playwright, director and actor. His works would start from the narrative and focus on the original play against the backdrop of Taiwan, which reflect Taiwan’s modernity, humanity, and social changes, as well as innovative views and ideas, thereby creating diverse and profound pieces of works.
During WANG’s residency, he embarked on a wild journey spanning from 1981 to 2050 based on his own experience of growing up. He zoomed in to observe the individual’s destiny in the changing history, and by using the perspectives of the generation born in the 1980s, also known as the “strawberry generation”, “bomb generation” or “Generation N”, WANG explores the unique issues faced by this generation.
｜Creative Experiences｜
Recently WANG directed and wrote Uncle Poet, and was invited to attend the Liang An Theatre Festival in 2014 and Urban Drama Festival in Shenzhen in 2015. This performance toured around in Guangzhou and Shanghai and was very well received. Another piece of work directed and written by WANG, Kuang Qi, won four major awards in the Bangkok Theatre Festival 2017, including Best Script, Best Direction, Best Art Direction, and Best Movement-based Performance.
He also wrote and directed The Unnamed, a collaboration with the M.O.V.E. Theatre (coordination of the script and writing), Postcard, The Lost Sperm, Under the Roof, Illusion (with the NSO), The Dying Fish (with Flying-group Theatre), Wake Up? (with Red Theatre Group), Macbeth (with The Party Theatre Group), and Sweet Revenge (with Freedombeat).
Acting: The Unnamed, Nowhere Near, Force Quit, and The Talking Cure by the M.O.V.E. Theatre; Dream Hotel, Dear God, and Holy Crab! by the Creative Society;
R3-The Life and Death of Richard III, Once, upon hearing the skin tone (Hong Kong version), and SMAP x SMAP by Shakespeare's Wild Sisters Group; Who Killed Silence and Wake Up? by Red Theatre Group; Successor by HORSE Dance Theatre; Play Me, De/part and How To Say choreographed by TUNG I-fen.
Commission by NTT
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