2022 NTT-TIFA M.O.V.E. Theatre Dear John
2022/05/14(Sat)～2022/05/22(Sun)
As a tribute to American avant-garde composer John Cage, Dear John is an interdisciplinary collaborative project by three artists with different specialties. The collaborative team turns the space into a playful sound lab, revealing the process of sound-making and redefining the interpretative vocabulary as well as the physicality of sound in performing arts. After its premiere in 2013, the show has been staged at different art festivals home and abroad. The 2022 version of Dear John combines the space of NTT’s Black Box and Outdoor Theater. As the audience – both young and adults, are welcomed to freely roam between the two areas, this unique immersive theater experience also turns the audience into an indispensable yet unpredictable part of the work.
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
Performance
Dates
5/14 Sat. 11:00、14:00、17:00
5/15 Sun. 11:00、14:00、17:00
5/21 Sat. 11:00、14:00、17:00
5/22 Sun. 11:00、14:00、17:00
Location
Black Box & Outdoor Theater
Exhibition
Dates
5/17 Tue. - 5/19 Thu. 12:00-19:00
5/20 Fri. 12:00-18:00
Location
Black Box & Outdoor Theater
Price
$50 Ticket
※Free admission to the exhibition for Dear John performance ticket holders
※Suggested for ages 3 and above. Each child under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.
M.O.V.E. Theatre
Established in 2006 and led by the theater director FU Hong-zheng, M.O.V.E. Theatre explores the aesthetics of physical theater through movement, observation and experiment. With the support of principal artists including LIN Kuei-ju, TUNG I-fen and Daniel WANG from music, dance and theater fields, M.O.V.E. Theatre has delivered interdisciplinary works covering literature, myth, history and social reality. M.O.V.E. Theatre expect to exchange, expand and transform the mutual contemplation between performers and audiences through creation and sharing, and endeavors to reveal the mental state of contemporary people through poetic theatrical speech.
Curator & Music Composition / LIN Kuei-ju
Artistic Director / FU Hong-zheng
Sound Installation / WANG Chung-kun
Choreography / TUNG I-fen
Co-Creator & Performer / WANG Chung-kun, HSUEH Yung-chih, HUNG Yu-wen, JIAN Ci-yi, CHEN Yi-chin
Lighting Design / HUANG Shen-chuan
Stage & Spatial Design / LIAO Yin-chiao
Producer / LAN Hao-chih
Stage Manager / CHEN Cheng-hua
Technical Director / CHEN Ren-shou
2022 NTT-TIFA M.O.V.E. Theatre Dear John
Music｜Dance｜Family｜Exhibition
Approx. 60 minutes without intermission
$400
NTT Member pre-order from 1st January. Tickets available from 8th January.
Early Bird Discount
From 1st to 7th January, 22% - 25% off regular ticket price for NTT Members.
No limits on price categories and amount of tickets.
Other Discount
10% - 25% off for NTT membership holders.
10% off for National Theater and Concert Hall, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) and National Symphony Orchestra membership holders.
10% off for CTBC Bank, E.SUN Commercial Bank, Taishin International Bank, Bank SinoPac and Cathay United Bank credit card
holders.
50% off for disabled persons plus one companion, and senior citizens 65 or above (ID required at entrance).
※Only one discount may apply per purchase.
※Tickets purchased as a ticket package can not be individually returned or exchanged.
※Discounts mentioned above do not apply to Living Room and Dear John exhibition.
※Audience can move around during the performance. Comfortable outfits and shoes are recommended.
※Suggested for ages 3 and above. Each child under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.