Lin Hwai-min

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Lin Hwai-min at the 2008 Taipei International Book Fair

Lin Hwai-min ( Chinese  林懷民 , Pinyin Lín Huáimín , born February 19, 1947 in Chiayi , Taiwan ) is a Taiwanese dancer, choreographer and writer. He is the founder of the Cloud Gate Dance Theater .

Life

He was born in 1947 in Xingang 新港 鄉 Township, Chiayi 嘉義 區 Area (now Chiayi County ), Tainan County , Taiwan. His great-grandfather Lin Weichao came from Longxi near Zhangzhou漳州 and had passed his licentiate ( Xiucai ) in 1887 ( Guangxu 13) . His grandfather Lin Kaitai was a doctor trained in Japan, and his father Lin Jinsheng was the first district administrator in Chiayi County.

In 1961, when she was 14, Lin Hwai-min attended Taichung First Middle School . That year José Limón's American dance company came to Taiwan and sparked Lin Hwai-min's interest in modern dance . It was at this time that his first literary attempts were made, one of the major newspapers, the United Daily News , printed his story “Kinderlied” ( Erge ). With the fee he attended a first two-month dance course. The next year he moved to Weidao High School and passed the university entrance examination in 1965. Lin Hwai-min enrolled in the Law School of Chengchi National University in Taipei . In the following year he switched from law to journalism and began at the same time with irregular dance training. a. with the American trained dancer Huang Zhongliang 黃忠良. In 1967, the Taiwanese dancer Wang Renlu 王仁璐 first introduced modern dance after Martha Graham at a performance in Taipei's Zhongshan Hall . Lin was fascinated by Graham's modern choreography and wanted to study her dance technique. In 1969, at the age of 22, he published the short story Chan蟬 (title of the English translation: Cicada ) and went to the University of Missouri after graduating to take up a master's degree in journalism. At the same time he trained at the university dance school Modern Dance and learned from Martha Graham and Merce Cunningham . In 1972 he graduated from the Institute of English Literature in the Writers' Workshop of the University of Iowa with a Master of Fine Arts. He returned to Taipei the following year and founded Taiwan's first modern dance company, the Cloud Gate Dance Theater .

In 1980 he received the sixth National Award for Arts in Taiwan and the third Wu Sanlian Art Prize. In 1983, at the age of 36, he founded the Department of Dance at Taipei National University of the Arts. In 1986 he was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Prize in the Asian Artist category by the New York City Department of Culture. The books Shuo wu說 舞 ("About Dance") and Ca jian er guo擦肩而過 "Touched in passing" were published in 1993 by Yuanliu Taipei Publishing House. In 1996 a stay at the Graz Opera followed , where the Rashomon opera was written. Lin Hwai-min became an honorary member of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 1997 . In 1999, at 53, he received the Ramon Magsaysay Award , also known as the “Asian Nobel Prize” . In Cambodia, he helped dancers design a traditional dance curriculum, saving Khmer dances from oblivion. In 2000, Lin was named "Great Choreographers of the 20th Century" by Dance Europe magazine . Ballet International magazine voted him "Personality of the Year" that same year. Lin Hwai-min received an honorary doctorate from Chiao Tung National University in 2002 and an honorary doctorate from Taiwan National University in 2006 . The Discovery Channel showed the documentary Portraits Taiwan: Lin Hwai-min in 2005 . On May 12, 2009 he was honored for his life's work at the Movimentos dance festival.

Works

Choreographies

  • 1974 - Han Shih ( Han shi寒食)
  • 1975 - The Tale of the White Serpent ( Bai she zhuan白蛇傳)
  • 1978 - Legacy ( Xin chuan薪 傳)
  • 1979 - Liao Tien Ting ( Liao Tianding廖添丁)
  • 1983 - The Dream of the Red Chamber / The Dream of the Red Chamber ( Honglou meng紅樓夢)
  • 1985 - Dreamscape ( Meng tu夢 土)
  • 1984 - The Rite of Spring ( Chun zhi jili春 之 祭禮) and Taipei, 1984 ( Taibei 1984台北 一九 八四)
  • 1991 - My Nostalgia, My Songs ( Wo de xiangchou, wo de ge我 的 鄉愁 ， 我 的 歌)
  • 1993 - Nine Songs ( Jiu ge九歌)
  • 1994 - Songs of the Wanderers ( Langman zhe zhi ge流浪者之歌)
  • 1997 - Portrait of the Families ( Jiazu hechang家族 合唱)
  • 1998 - Moon Water ( Shui yue水月)
  • 1999 - Fen song焚 松 ("Burning Pine")
  • 2001 - Bamboo dream ( Zhu meng竹 夢)
  • 2001 - Cursive ( Xingcao行草)
  • 2002 - Smoke ( Yan烟)
  • 2003 - Cursive II ( Xingcao er行草 貳)
  • 2004 - Wind Shadow ( Fengjing風景)
  • 2005 - Wild Cursive ( Kuangcao狂草)
  • 2006 - White ( Bai白) and Meilidao美麗 島 ("Formosa")
  • 2008 - Whisper of Flowers ( Hua yu花語)

Books

  • Cicada . Translated by Timothy Ross and Lorraine SY Lieu. In: Joseph SM Lau, (Ed.): Chinese Stories From Taiwan: 1960-1970. Columbia UP, New York 1976, pp. 243-319.

Operas

  • Rashomon , 1996 (Graz Opera House)
  • Tosca

Movies

  • Lin Hwai-min - Wanderer Between Worlds. (Alternative title: Lin Hwai-min - Interface between worlds. ) Documentary film, Germany, 2008, 45 min., Director: Jean Christophe Blavier, production: moving-angel, first broadcast: May 2, 2009 on the ZDFtheaterkanal , film information from ZDFkultur.
  • Bamboo Dream , production: ClassicalTV, online video
  • Moon Water , production: ClassicalTV, online video

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Lin Hwai-min ( memento of the original from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Biography (English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.cloudgate.org.tw
  2. ^ Cloud Gate's Lin cited with Movimentos lifetime award. In: The China Post . November 25, 2008.


Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Chinese. Lin is the family name here, Hwai-min is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Lin, Hwai-min
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lin, Huaimin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Taiwanese dancer, choreographer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH February 19, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Chiayi , Taiwan