Carmina Burana is choreographed by LIU Feng-shueh based on the cantata of the same title by German composer Carl Orff. The work portrays the struggle between faith and demonic lust of a group of young monks who are attracted to the world outside the monastery, the seductive flesh of young girls, romantic affairs and earthly pleasure and how their once lost souls are redeemed by faith. The embodiment of Carl Orff’s “total theater” concept, Carmina Burana is one of the most iconic works by LIU in her choreographer career. After refinement of three decades, Neo-Classic Dance Company is going to reenact this classic work together with conductor CHIEN Wen-pin, NTSO and Taichung Artist Chamber Choir on the stage of NTT.

Executive Producer & Choreographer / LIU Feng-shueh
The first dance PhD recipient in Taiwan, founder of Neo-Classic Dance Company, Tang Music and Dance and Neo-Classic Performing Arts Foundation, LIU dedicated herself to the promotion of Chinese modern dance, reconstructions of court and ceremonial dances from the Tang dynasties, Confucian ritual dance, and Taiwanese indigenous dance. Her choreograph works are full of strong Chinese cultural elements. She is the recipient of the first National Award for Arts by the Ministry of Education. Her representative works include Carmina Burana, Black Hole, Vast Desert, Solitary Smoke Rises Straight and Yellow River.
 

Artistic Director / LU Yi-chuan  
LU holds a master’s degree in dance from the University of Taipei and is the Artistic Director of Neo-Classic Dance Company as well as the founder of Trans-for-dancing Dance Company. In addition to adhering to the neoclassical philosophy, LU not only contributes to Hakka culture with dance, but also contributed to the world of dance with Hakka culture.
 

Conductor / CHIEN Wen-pin
CHIEN is a winner of the National Award for Arts. He is currently the General and Artistic Director of the National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying). As a seasoned opera conductor who spent years in Europe, CHIEN has been invited to opera houses to conduct performances in countries like Austria, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland.
 

Tenor /Fernando WANG 
WANG graduated from the Chinese Culture University and the Luxembourg Conservatory of Music. He is dedicated to the study of Lied and expansion of his bel canto repertoire. He currently teaches as a full-time assistant professor at the Chinese Culture University and as an adjunct assistant professor at the National Taiwan Ocean University.
 

Soprano / HUANG Li-chin
HUANG is currently the only vocalist in Taiwan graduated from Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), where she was the first Taiwanese admitted to the school and was awarded the first prize with honors in 2006 and the Diplôme de Perfectionnement et de Spécialisation in 2008. She is currently teaching at the Department of Music, Soochow University in Taipei, Taiwan.

Baritone / CHAO Fang-hao
CHAO obtained his highest performance degree at the University of Music Franz Liszt in Weimar, Germany after he graduated from the Department of Music of the National Taiwan Normal University. He is currently teaching at the Music Department of Tunghai University, the Music Department of National Taiwan Normal University and the Music Department of Chinese Culture University. During the period between 2017 to 2020, he was involved in several music talks organized by the NSO and National Taichung Theater.
 

Neo-Classic Dance Company
Dr. LIU Feng-shueh, driven by her conviction about “transforming the body into a pen of documentation which exhausts all the circumstances of humankind,” founded Neo-Classic Dance Company with her committed students in Taipei on March 20, 1976. Her mission is to shape modernity with a respect for traditions, that is, to transform historical legacy into the dance of the world. Her choreography blends Chinese humanistic values and western art and presents a diverse body of modern dance. After six decades career as a choreographer, LIU passed her mantle to her student, LU Yi-chuan, in 2019 who took over Neo-Classic Dance Company.
 

National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
Founded in 1945, the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra (NTSO) is the oldest symphony orchestra in Taiwan. Since its establishment, it has operated successively under different government agencies and is now an affiliate of the Ministry of Culture. Since 2019, the internationally renowned conductor maestro SHUI Lan has taken on the position of the NTSO Principal Guest Conductor, cooperating with of NTSO Director LIU to pursue artistic advancement, innovate on the basis of tradition, enhance education, and promote aesthetics, thus making music ever-present like air, water and sunshine.
 

Taichung Artist Chamber Choir
Taichung Artist Chamber Choir (TACC) was founded in 2009 by Dr. CHUANG Pi-hua. After Dr. CHUANG received her DMA in choral conducting in America, she gathered together people who loved singing and choral music to compose this choir. The goal of TACC is not only advocating the integration of choral art and life, but also striving to become the top chamber choir in the Taichung area.
 

Department of Dance, National Taiwan University of Sport
The Department of Dance aims to nurture the dancers, educators and researchers for dance promotion, and administrators for dance performance through the combination of modern and traditional training. The curriculum in the Department of Dance integrates the theory and application. The Department of Dance organizes annual dance performance, performance in major festivals and holidays, as well as domestic and international tours.

 

Taichung Artist Children’s Choir
Taichung Artist Children’s Choir was established in 2017 by Dr. Pi-hua CHUANG, artistic director of Taichung Artist Chamber Choir, together with choral instructors Yu-hsin CHEN and Tzu-kyun LIN aiming to extend children's choral music education. The choir was the first children's choir in the middle of Taiwan to adopt the "Kodály Method" and "Dalcroze Eurhythmics."

 

Starlight Children’s Choir
Starlight Children’s Choir was established in 2018. The choir has grown from 20 members to the current 120 students. Starlight Children’s Choir has performed in several cities in Taiwan as well as in Houston, Texas in collaboration with the Houston Children’s Choir.

Choreographer / LIU Feng-shueh
Composer / Carl Orff
Lighting Design / Anthony Bowne
Costume Design / CHIN Ping-ping
Conductor / CHIEN Wen-pin
Artistic Director / LU Yi-chuan
Chief Executive Officer / CHEN Sheng-mei
Executive Production & Head of the Group / CHANG Hui-chuen
Dance Consultant / CHANG Li-chu, LO Ya-jou
Music Consultant / LEE Hope, HUANG Chun-wei
Lighting Revival Consultant / LEE Chung-yu
Costume Reconstruction / WENG Meng-ching
Stage Manager / CHEN Bai-yan
Light Technical Guidance / WANG Yong
Rehearsal Director / LIN Wei-lin, CHEN I-min
Rehearsal Leader / LIN Wei-chen, CHEN Nai-chi
Special Administrative Assistant / LIN Wei-chen
Art Administrator / CHEN Hsi-an
Administrative Assistant / CHAO Hsiao-han
Vocal Solo / HUANG Li-chin,Fernando WANG, CHAO Fang-hao
Performer / Neo-Classic Dance Company
Co-Performer / Department of Dance, National Taiwan University of Sport
Orchestra / National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
Chorus / Taichung Artist Chamber Choir, Taichung Artist Children’s Choir, Starlight Children’s Choir
Presented by / National Taichung Theater, National Theater & Concert Hall (NTCH), National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)