Because the government only CARED for the developments of the economics, instead of caring about the environment, how it's also, equally, important to the growth in economy locally, off of the Front Page Sections, translated…
Watching Over Fangyuan, Bringing the Performances into the Intertidal Zones
"All of us at Fangyuan have a dream…the hopes are planted here, hoping that they won't become, naught." On the afternoon weekends in June, there came the chorus singing in the intertidal zones in Fangyuan. The local drama group and the local members of the performance troupe, "Fangyuan, Our Hometown", in two-parts, the chorus sang the expectations they have for Fangyuan. This is the second time the performance was held in the intertidal zones, using Mother Nature as the stage, the locals are using the artistic to watch over the wetlands.
the very first performance of the group, photo from online
"Fangyuan, Our Hometown", circled around the stories of the locale, last year, the very first performance in the intertidal zones gained the performances accolades, other than "Impressions, the Three Sisters, the Lius", the director of the troupe who was from Taipei, stayed in the local villages long-term, training the local members of the community in performing in the plays, it'd caught the curious gaze of outsiders.
"The key character is Master Craftsman, Ke". Ke, a director of the dramas of Public Television Station, is a local of Shengang, Changwha, he'd documented the environment long-term, the director of the troupe, Tsai was originally not familiar enough with Fangyuan, when she and Ke worked on the field filming, she was brought to the wetland of Fangyuan, that was when she'd discovered that there's such a beautiful place here in Taiwan
Knowing that after the petro development had exited this area, and there will be the solar power panels, the wind-generated electricity means that are about to, invade into this, wetland, she'd wanted to do something to save nature. Beginning in 2022, she'd used her expertise in theatre performance, led the troupes to move in locally, and, worked with the local middle and elementary schools, and the Jen-Ai Community, explained to the local residents, how the theatrical performances can have a positive effect on the local communities, the Fangyuan Elementary School immediately set aside Wednesday's elective period aside, for the instructors from the troupe to teach students about expressions using their bodies, and currently, there are, a total of twenty members of this performance group to date, compared to how when this program had begun, there were only, less than ten members.
The performances cost money, the head of the local community performances groups, Chen and other members used their connections to raise the needed funds, the premiere performance was held last year on September 16th. And this successful experienced ignited the inspiration in Tsai, "Why not develop a festival of the performances in the intertidal zones, to put on the performances annually, using art as our way of, protesting?"
And so, this is, how this group's drive to stop the government from developing the wetland, that's, made a difference to the lives of the people who live in the area, and, maybe, from before, the locals thought, that bringing in the windmills to generate more electricity will create more jobs, and the local troupes performance, gave the locals a more environmentally responsible perspective, and now, hopefully, because of this newfound awareness of the people, who were touched by the performances, they can keep this wetland as is, without the contamination of modern technologies of windmills, and other technologies.
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