1. Cultural Taiwan Weini Yeh, Alice Chang, David Tsai “The Monk from Tang Dynasty”

2. INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF TAIWAN

3. 14 recognized tribes 520,000, 2% of the total population of Taiwan people “Seediq- Bale”(2011)Seediq- Bale

4. POP MUSIC IN TAIWAN Jay Chou Jolin Tsai S.H.E MaydayAmei Jacky Chen

5. Taiwan’s POP music plays the leading role in Chinese Market Golden melody award – an annual Taiwanese music award, founded in 1990 – It is the Taiwanese equivalent to the Grammy Awards. – Including Mandarin, Taiwanese, Hakka, Aboriginal Music Chinese like singing Taiwanese songs—Chen Bin( 陳冰 ) performs “Eternal Summer”( 盛夏光年 ) at “The Voice of China” Season 3. http://youtu.be/PCyZ- YwcXRs http://youtu.be/PCyZ- YwcXRs

6. POP Music Industries Revenues （ YEAR ） Unit: NT$100M 6

7. PERFORMING ARTS IN TAIWAN RIGHT: U-Theatre( 優人神鼓 ) LEFT: Contemporary Legend Theatre( 當代傳奇劇場 ) Ming Hua Yuan Theatre( 明華園戲劇團 ) Ten Drum Art Percussion Group( 十鼓擊樂團 )

8. Top Performing Groups Cloud Gate( 雲門舞集 ) – Cursive Cursive – Nine Songs Nine Songs Ju Percussion Group( 朱宗 慶打擊樂團 ) Paper windmill Theater Troupe( 紙風車劇團 ) Tainaner ensemble( 台南 人劇團 )

9. Religious Culture in the Modernity

10. Still others…… Culture of Cuisine – Pearl Milk Tea （珍珠奶茶） – Stinky Tofu （臭豆腐） – Oyster omelet （蚵仔煎） – Soup Dumpling, XiaoLongBao （小籠包）

11. THANK YOU

12. National Performing Arts Center National Theater & Concert Hall(Taipei) Taichung Metropolitan Opera House(Taichung, under construction) Wei-Wu-Ying Center for the Arts(Kaohsiung, under construction) 12

13. Modern Dance Program Title: Seven Sense( 第七感官 ) Performer: Anarchy Dance Theatre ( 安娜琪舞 蹈劇場 ) Artistic director: Hsieh Chieh-hua( 謝杰樺 )

14. INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL COOPERATION OPPORTUNITIES

15. Spotlight Taiwan Project 2013-2016 To promote international cultural exchanges and cultivate a greater interest in and appreciation of Taiwan’s culture worldwide Applicant: Universities/Organizatio ns around the world

16. The Emerald Initiative A program that offers grants for cultural exchanges and collaborative projects with personnel from Southeast Asia. Encourage private organizations to recommend and invite personnel from Southeast Asia to live in Taiwan for up to six months.