Associate Professor
Huang, Chien-Yeh
Chairman of the Department of Theatre
MFA in Arts, Chinese Culture University
His works include “The Chronicle of Taiwan Cinema”, “Spectrums of the Century: Chinese Cinemas 1896-1999” and “The Cherry Orchard” etc.
Individual Profile
Specialty
Directing, Playwriting
Curricular Responsibilities
Seminar in World Cinema,Independent Study,Analysis of Screenplay Classics,Production and Theatre Practicum Ⅲ
Professor
Chung, Ming-Der
PhD in Performance Studies, NYU
Prof. Chung wrote many books entitled “The Art of Sacredness: Tell It Forward with Jerzy Grotowski”, “The Art of Dance: Liou Shaw-Lu’s Dance
Approach and Method”, “The Little Theatre Movement of Taiwan – In Search of Alternative Aesthetics and Politics”, “Keep on Being Avant-garde: In Search of Integral Art and Contemporary Culture in Taipei”, and “Lectures on Modern Theatre: From Realism To Postmodernism.” He also published several research papers including “Pasibutbut, the Art as Vehicle-Following Grotowski ”.
Individual Profile
Specialty
Dramatic Theory, Modern Drama, Creation Methodology
Curricular Responsibilities
Modern/Contemporary Western Theatre, Modern/Contemporary Chinese Theatre, History of Taiwan Theatre, Creation Methodology of Non-traditional Theatre, History of Western Theatre
Associate Professor
Chen, Ling-Ling
(Hong Zu-Ling)
MFA in Graduate Institute of Arts, Chinese Culture University
She is the playwright of “Granny Flower” and “Lady Mouse Got Married” and published books entitled “The World Theatre Collection – Classics” as well as “Six Characters in Search of an Author”. Her academic papers were often seen in journals and she also participated in many performances.
Individual Profile
Specialty
Directing, Play Analysis and Playwriting
Curricular Responsibilities
Directing I, Directing II, Introduction to Drama, Drama Analysis, Modern Drama, Playwriting, Semester Production, and Graduation roduction
Professor
Lin, Kuo-Yuan
PhD in Esthetics, Universite de Paris 1-Sorbonne, Paris, France
In addition to his professional book entitled “The Aesthetics of the Ancient Greek Theatre”, he also published several research papers including the one called “Drama Game, Performing Arts Teaching Demonstration and Education Method Experiment: The Result and Efficiency Analysis of 2004 North Taiwan Arts and Humanities Education Activities.” He was in charge of project of “The Argumentation on the Aesthetics in French Classicism” sponsored by National Science Council.
Specialties
Dramatic Theory, History of Western Theatre, History of Western Aesthetics, Aesthetics and Art Criticism, Semiotics of Theatre
Curricular Responsibilities
Dramatic Theory, History of Western Theatre Research Methodology and Thesis Writing, Greek mythology, Aesthetics, Western Dramatic Theory, Special Topics of Dramatists
Associate Professor
Chen, Fang-Ying
PhD in Chinese Literature, National Taiwan University
Research in the Department of East Asia Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Dr. Chen has written many books including the representative work A Collection of Essays on Xi Qu: Dialogues Between Lyric and Narrative. She has also published journal papers, conference papers, and book articles such as follows: “Beyond Stylization: The Possibility of New Paradigm Reflected in Taiwan’s New Xi Qu Productions”, “A Journey on the Peony Pavilion in Three Lifetimes :From the fiction ‘You Yuan Jing Meng’ to ‘Mu Dan Ting, Young Lovers’ Edition’”, “On the Diffusion and Digression in the Narrative Structure of Chuan Qi”, “Evaluating ‘Ti Qu’ from ‘Liao Du Geng’: On the Relationship between Zhu Zi Xi and Lyrical Aesthetics”, “Le Regard Éloigné: An Essay Starting at the Reflections on the Writing Strategies of Kong Shang-Ren’s ‘Tao Hua Shan’”, as well as others.
Specialties
History of Xi Qu, Theory of Xi Qu, Contemporary Literature, Cultural Studies
Curricular Responsibilities
Chinese Theatre, Chinese Theatre History, Theory of Chinese Drama, Study in Fiction, Seminar, Independent Study, Thesis
Associate Professor
Yao, Hai-Hsing
PhD, University of Minnesota
Dr. Yao has directed several dramas including The Inspector General by Gogol, The Birds by Aristophanes, The Crown Prince Shen-sheng and Suitcase by Yao Yi-Wei, The Love and Old Times by Harold Pinter. She also published a professional book entitled Six Plays by Yao Yi-Wei and many papers including Stanislavsky in the Soviet Union, Mastial -Acrobatic Arts in Peking Opera (in English). Her researching papers were often seen in journals; the representative article is The Puzzle of the Method of Physical Action-A Study of the Stanislavsky System.
Dr. Yao has directed several productions including Old Times, Birds and Romance in the Office and published the book entitled Six Plays by Yao Yi-Wei. Her research papers can often be seen in journals; a representative article being “The Puzzle of the Method of Physical Action-A Study of the Stanislavsky System.”
Specialties
Acting Training, Voice Training, Play Analyze, Theories of Acting and Directing
Curricular Responsibilities
Acting, Special Topics in Voice, Play Analyze, Seminar in Dramatists
Associate Professor
Ma, Tin-Ni
MFA in Theatre, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Email: tinima@theatre.tnua.edu.tw
Ms. Ma has directed Long Time No See, The Merchant of Venice and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and others. She has also performed in the plays In the Blooming Time and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? among others. Her publications include a professional book entitled Rediscovering Shakespeare: the Historical Drama and its Theatricalism and several research papers.
Specialties
Acting and Directing
Curricular Responsibilities
Special Topics in Acting, Acting, Special Topics in Voice, Directing, Solo Performance, Independent Study
Associate Professor
Chan, Huei-Teng,
Dean of Student Affairs
Special Scholar Studying Theatre Administration, Yale School of Drama
He is experienced in stage management and also plays important roles in many activities. He was program director of the2004 Kuan Du Flower Arts Festival, producer of the 2003 Cross-Strait Experimental Theatre Festival and administrative director of the 2003 Asia-Pacific Arts Forum.
Specialties
Theatre Administration, Stage Management, Stage Design, Lighting Design, Acting Planning and Production
Curricular Responsibilities
Theatre Administration, Theatre Affairs, Stage Management, Theatre Techniques and Workshop
Associate Professor
King, Shih-Chieh
Fulbright Scholarship for Exchange(1984)
Major in Animal Sciences, Taiwan Provincial Pingtung Institute of Agriculture
Prof. King was an original member of “Lan-Ling Theatre” and the first pantomime in Taiwan. He has abundant experiences in acting, directing and playwriting. He also published a three-volume collection of plays. His latest performance was in Othello, produced by Godot Theatre, Taiwan.
Specialties
Playwriting, Acting, Directing
Curricular Responsibilities
Playwriting, Acting, Directing, Solo Performance, Independent Study
Associate Professor
Lu, Ai-Ling
PhD in Theatre, University Paris Ⅲ – Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France
Member of C.R.A.R.(the Centre Recherche sur les Arts de la Rue) in France. Researcher at Theatre Iconographic Research Group (L’Équipe d’iconographie théâtrale) of Theatre History and Theory Rearch Center (la théorie et l’histoire du théâtre au sein de l’Institut National d’histoire de l’art) at the National Institute of Dramatic Arts.
She has also served as a Judge Committee for several international theatre festivals in France and Belgium and has participated in several street theatre performances as a conductor and director in Taiwan since 1995.
Script writing
La Chambre de Karl (in French), Nora Sur le Chemin (in French), One Who is Treading—to Internal Heaven, Narration and Reconstruction, Space out, The Missing Piece and Cry Out Doer.
Directing Credits
Waiting for Godot, Act Without Words I, II and interlude, The Little Prince, One Who is Treading—to Internal Heaven, Phèdre, I Remember and Cry Out Doer.
Thesis
The development and Forming Research of Street Theatre in China and Taiwan, L’Université Paris III– Sorbonne Nouvelle, Etudes théâtrales, 2006。 (Thesis written in French),
Essay
“Reverse and Discovery-From Creation to Lecturing, From Script to Stage, ’Cry Out Doer’ as Example”, Great China Theatre Education Teaching Seminar and Performance Workshop, Taipei 2007.
Specialties
Playwriting, Directing, Analytical Criticism, Street theatre
Curricular Responsibilities
Directing, Playwriting, Special Topics in Writing, French Theatre, European Theatre, Special Topics in European Directing, Street Theatre, Graduation Production.
Associate Professor
Chiang, Wei-Hua
MFA, University of Montana
Ms. Chiang has an abundance of performance experience in acting and in addition has also directed TAPTHATBEAT- Rhapsody in Taps and Metamorphosis. In addition to many plays, her performances have also seen on Taiwan’s Public Television channel and in movies such as: The Human Comedy and A Garden in the Sky.
Specialties
Acting, Tap Dance
Curricular Responsibilities
Introduction to Acting, Acting, Tap Dance, Graduation Thesis /Master Production
Assistant Professor
LIN, Yu-pin
PhD in Philosophy, Hiroshima University
Dr. Lin has been in charge of many research projects sponsored by the National Science Council since 2003. He also published ’Japanese Body’ In Tatsumi Hizikata’s Butoh Performance, ’Crossover and Dialogue and The Academic Conference of Experimental Theatre in Taiwan and China in 2003 as well as other theses.
Specialties
Theatre Aesthetics, Post-war Japanese Avant-garde Theatre, Japanese Traditional Theatre
Curricular Responsibilities
Japanese Avant-garde Theatre, Japanese Traditional Theatre, Acting Aesthetics Theory, Play Analysis, Japanese Traditional Theatre:Noh Drama and Kyogen, Independent Study
Assistant Professor
Chang, Chi-feng
PhD in Chinese Literature, National Cheng Kung University
Dr. Chang is an expert of traditional opera. His works include Fan Li & Xi Shi – Master Strategist and the Beauty and ‘Dream of Drama’: An Observation of Several Dramatic Phenomena, Activities and development of Taiwan Traditional Opera in the Qing Dynasty among other theses.
Specialties
History of Traditional Opera, Theory of Traditional Opera, Taiwan Traditional Opera Studies
Curricular Responsibilities
History of Chinese Theatre, Yuan and Ming Dynasty Theatre Studies, Selected Readings in Traditional Drama, Play Analysis, Research Methodology and Thesis Writing, Seminar in Taiwan Theatre History：Ching Dynasty, Independent Study, Master Thesis
Assistant Professor
Lin, Ru-Ping
MFA in Text and Performance Studies, King’s College
Among her directing credits, Ms. Lin has directed Dangerous Liaisons and Long Time No See. She also loves to act on stage. In addition, her academic theses are frequently seen in journals.
Specialties
Acting, Directing
Curricular Responsibilities
Special Topics in Acting, Acting, Special Topics in Voice, Directing, Introduction to Acting, Acting III, Acting IV, Introduction to Play Production
Lecturer
Yu, Shan-Lu
Presently Studying in the PhD Program of the Graduate Institute of Comparative Literature of Fu Jen Catholic University
MFA in Theatre History, Theory & Criticism, National Institute of the Arts.
Thesis：(Un)Changing in Modern Taiwan Theatre in 1970s
Mr. Yu is the editor-in-chief of Collection of the 3rd Chinese Drama and Theatre Conference Papers, Taipei Theatre Journal, as well as the E-Newsletter of the Chinese Theatre Association (website:http://www.chta.org.tw/chta-p001-2.htm).
In addition to his book entitled Boalian Arsenal: The Aesthetics of the Oppresed in the Rehearsal of Revolution (Taipei: Black-Eyed Culture Publ.), he has also written many book reviews and theatrical criticisms, including: “Observer of Modern Taiwan Theatre and Performance Arts” in Annual Observation Project of Aesthetics, “Observer of Modern Taiwan Theatre” in Performing Arts Annual, “Observer in Wen Hsun” in Ming Pao Monthly. He is also a book reviewer in “New Books Monthly：Recent and Forthcoming Publications in Taiwan”, (website: www.books.com.tw). Mr. Yu is also a theatre critic/essayist in Performing Arts Review, Pam Pam Performing Arts News, China Times, Liberty Times, Min Sheng Daily, Chung Hwa Daily, Central Daily, on the 3p Performing Arts Website, and many others. His published works total more than one million Chinese characters in print. He has published more than ten conference papers since 2002.
Specialties
Theory of Drama and Theatre, Theatre Criticism, History of Theatre, Chinese Drama and Theatre, Cultural Studies, Comparative Literature.
Curricular Responsibilities
History of Taiwanese Theatre, History of Western Theatre
