Temporary Fanaticism or Lasting Success? (Submission)

The different type in Taiwan's opera 

 
  

 








   



In Taiwan, Apr. 14, 2013

--The smoke coils up, the light gradually dims, and the  performers swing the fireballs. The ordered dance steps, the spurting water, and the performers sway the sleeves.--

  The scene described above is the transformation of the Taiwan’s opera.

  In the declining period of Taiwanese opera, the troupes combine the traditional play with the new special effects, because they want to make more people notice this antique art.

  “Taiwan’s opera is different from the ordinary dramas. Its change caters to the most tastes,” Ms. Chang, the student in NCU, said. “I like the Western type of Taiwanese opera because of its new visual effects.”

  And so was Ms. Lin, also the student in NCU having the positive opinion. She thought that the combination of the tradition and the modernism is more attractive than something only new.

  Not all the people support the transformation, while some people have different comments on the modification. The 19-year-old female student, Ms. Lai, directly declared, “The special effects are so exaggerated that we only focus on them not the opera itself.”

  Taiwan’s opera is just an unfamiliar term to most young people, because they have never seen and deeply understood this traditional art. With the obstacle of language and the gap of generation, Taiwanese opera gradually disappears in the young generation.

  The Western type of Taiwan’s opera can only appeal to some audiences temporarily. Whether this tradition can be preserved or not lies in everyone’s attitude to it.

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