TAIWAN'S art scene is taking off, just as artistic director Lin Hwai-min said when he visited the territory last year with his theatre troupe.
Founder of the Cloud Gate Dance Theatre company, Lin won critical acclaim in Hongkong for his innovative use of Chinese opera movement, tai chi and modern dance. He returns this week with the same production Legacy, an epic dance drama about the pioneers of Taiwan.
Lin's work is a valuable contribution to the Taiwanese film, theatre and poetry scene which is gaining international attention. IT IS retro time at the Arts Centre with a special ''fun event'' on March 21: the No Biz Like Show Biz Screening Party. The audience is invited to dress in 1960s costume.
The '60s seems to be a compromise for the film department organisers who describe the screening as a serialised drama in which two movie actresses of the '40s are invited by a TV station to play two elderly characters in a drama. THE BBC's Assignment programme next Sunday on STAR TV investigates Thailand's sex industry, the biggest in the world.
Peter Godwin reports from behind the neon facade on the flesh trade and the AIDS spreading through it.
Assignment: The Industry of Death shows the Thai Government finally admitting to the problem before it turns into a catastrophe. TONIGHT at 9 pm at the Hongkong Comedy Club, it is Police Swoop on Wan Chai Girlie Bars. . . Call 866-1166 for reservations.
