“A great and complex beauty to the drumming, sounds, and silence…” - The NewYork Times, NYC

 

 

The creation of The Colours comes from the calligraphy work Lao Chuang by calligrapher Dong Yang-Zi.

 

In the calligraphy work, music director Huang Chih-Chun had felt the rhythm and tempo of calligraphy and further explored the philosophy of ink: “From the ink the five colors are equipped, and the colors will end in ink.”

 

Therefore, the music of drums, gongs, and se creates the music style of The Colours.

 

 

In terms of the physical performance of The Colours, artistic director Liu Ruo-Yu used the Tai-chi training of the artists, the twirling and sinking movements of Tai-Chi creates different style from the past works.

 

 

The “U” of U-Theatre is a phonetic transcript of a Chinese character meaning “excellence”. In ancient China, this word also referred to “professional performers”.

 

Founded in 1988 with a focus on Zen in the art of drumming, U-Theatre and its practice may be best described as attaining the state of total calmness while in motion. For this troupe, a performance is not an end in itself, but rather an approach to a holistic way of life oriented in the Tao.