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Sensing Taiwan
Indiana University's East Asian Studies Center presents an opportunity to experience the rich cultural heritage of Taiwan through a month-long series of musical performances, film screenings, and scholarly presentations.
When:
September 11, 2015 1:00am to October 6, 2015 1:00am
Where
Experience the rich cultural heritage of Taiwan with all of your senses through this month-long series of musical performances, film screenings, and scholarly presentations sponsored by Indiana University’s East Asian Studies Center and the Ministry of Culture, ROC (Taiwan).
Events Include:
- Contemporary Film Festival: Exit (Chien Hsiang, 2014)
- Contemporary Film Festival: When Love Comes (Chang Tso-Chi, 2010)
- Traditional hakka Music, Opera, Folksongs
- Lecture-demonstration of Traditional Hakka Music
- Traditional Music in the U.S. and Taiwan: A Cultural-Musical Dialogue with the Miao-Lin Chen Family Pei-Kuan Pa-Yin Group and Brad Leftwich and the Hogwire Band
- Contemporary Film Festival: Vive L'Amour (Tsai Ming-liang, 1994)
- From Auteur to Popular Art: The Commercial Viability of Taiwan Cinema (Cindy Chan, University of Texas at Austin)
- Contemporary Film Festival: God Man Dog (Singing Chen, 2007)
Cost:
Free
Event Website URL:
Phone Number:
(812) 855-3765 or (800) 441-3272
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