The Ministry of Culture announced today (28) the list of those selected for the 2012 "Ministry of Culture Taiwan Brand Team Project" subsidy, including 6 teams including the Cloud Gate Culture and Art Foundation, with a total subsidy of 108 million yuan.

The picture shows this year's Cloud Gate outdoor performance "Xia".

(Photographed by reporter Tu Yingru) [Reporter Tu Yingru/Report from Taipei] The Ministry of Culture announced today (28th) the list of subsidy recipients for the 112-year "Ministry of Culture Taiwan Brand Team Project", including the Cloud Gate Culture and Art Foundation and the Foundation Six performing arts groups, including the Percussion Culture and Education Foundation, Paper Windmill Troupe, Youren Culture and Art Foundation, Tang Meiyun Gezai Troupe, and Minghuayuan Drama Troupe, received a total subsidy of NT$108 million.

The Ministry of Culture stated that it has been 10 years since the promotion of Taiwan’s brand team plan in 2012, and the next 10 years will be entered in 112. The Ministry of Culture will continue to assist the performing arts team to create high-quality Taiwanese performing arts and give full play to the cultural influence rooted in art and culture. , Encourage the team to display multiple art styles, shape Taiwan's contemporary performing arts style, and enhance the country's cultural competitiveness.

For the 2012 Taiwan Brand Team Plan, approved subsidies of RMB 37 million for Cloud Gate Culture and Art Foundation, RMB 17 million for Percussion Culture and Education Foundation, RMB 17 million for Paper Windmill Theater Troupe, and RMB 12.5 million for Youren Culture and Art Foundation , Tang Meiyun Gezai Opera Troupe 13 million yuan, and Minghuayuan Drama Troupe 11.5 million yuan.

The Ministry of Culture pointed out that after three years of the impact of the epidemic, the six brand teams have demonstrated the tenacious vitality of Taiwan's performing arts, fighting the epidemic with art, overcoming the difficulties of the epidemic, and operating steadily so far.

As Taiwanese society gradually returns to normal, the brand team is actively planning domestic and foreign performances after the epidemic. The Ministry of Culture and the jury members highly affirmed it, and hope that in the post-epidemic era, the team will continue to open up various possibilities for the development of performing arts and become Taiwan's most Representative cultural indicators.

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The Cloud Gate Culture and Art Foundation will celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2023. In addition to continuing to expand its local energy, along with the opening of international borders, it will strive to arrange an international tour itinerary, ready to return to the international stage; the Percussion Culture and Education Foundation will plant Based on Taiwan's artistic vocabulary, it integrates tradition and modernity, and shows the world the profound strength of Taiwan as a center for the development of percussion music; The warmth and joy of this event will be passed on to the world.

Youren Culture and Art Foundation, through meditation training, drumming and artistic connection before and after the epidemic, not only achieved unique performance aesthetics, but also brought stability to Taiwanese society through art; Tang Meiyun Gezi Troupe thrived and advanced, leading traditional Gezi opera into the contemporary era The theater, through the beauty of opera, expands the audience's horizons and moves towards an international hall; in addition to continuing the classic inheritance, the Minghuayuan Theater Troupe will also launch a virtual Gezai opera experience, attracting the younger generation to enter the metaverse of traditional art.

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