| 摘要： | Dance development in Taiwan was significantly influenced by Japan in the early twentieth century
when Taiwan was under Japanese rule (1895-1945). A few young Taiwanese girls went to Japan to
study dance in the 1930s, and during the post-World-War-II period, they returned to their hometowns and opened dance schools. This represented the earliest establishment of private dance education in different parts of Taiwan (Tai, 2009). These figures, including Tsai Jui-yueh (1921-2005), Lin Hsiang-yun (1926-) and Lee Tsai-o (1926- ), are highly celebrated and remembered by dance scholars in Taiwan (Tai, 2010). Conversely, Lee HuiMei (Emiko Suzuki, 1918-2021), who shares a similar background, has not received similar acclaim regarding her contribution to Taiwan’s private dance education sector. This paper seeks to highlight the contributions of this notable dancer. In the following pages, I will point out what is distinctive about this research and explain the practice in the following sections. As
a whole, such practice is a way of thinking about and explaining human experience through dance drama. In short, I will explain how projects like this one help people make sense of our dance society in the past and present time. |
