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6/20-21 19:00 Norza: The Adventure To The Dragon Palace | Eiffel Art Studios 
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To celebrate the 150 anniversary of the merge of Buda, Pest and Obuda city, Budapest Municipality launches a series of cultural events in 2023. In this context the City of Budapest is pleased to invite the General Association of Chinese Culture to lead the Paperwindmill Theater to join the celebration of the 150 anniversary of the City of Budapest.
“Norza” is a tutelary god for children. He is also the most rewritten Taiwanese legend among creatives. This story talks about how a little boy, Norza, becomes a hero protecting people from evil using empathy, courage, imagination, and wisdom. Artistic Director, Yung- Feng Lee, created “Norza – The Adventure To The Dragon Palace,” which combines his warm childhood memory of watching glove puppet shows in front of temples and his academic study of modern theater. He wishes children could learn empathy, courage, imagination, and wisdom from traditional arts.
We expected the Cultural change could comfort the heart of Ukraine refugees, and give the courage and brace to all Ukraine friends. Wish the love of Norza could spread to the land of Europe, and children in the world with health growth, peace, and happiness.
One day, Norza is at the beach with a friend. They accidentally meet the turtle brothers, who are out kidnapping children for dinner on the Dragon King’s order. To save his friend, Norza travels down to the dragon palace with his born incredible strength and courage to seek justice. He defeated Dragon King’s most loved third son. The prince is crying in pain and yelling, “cramps,” which sounds like “pull the tendon” in Chinese. Norza, to help relieve the prince’s pain, mistakenly pulled the “dragon tendon.” Now, Norza is in big trouble. How can he resolve this conflict peacefully?
In addition to traditional glove puppetry and live performances, the show incorporates various aspects of Taiwanese culture, including martial arts from traditional opera, the Taiwanese Ba Jia Jiang (The Eight Generals) folk celebration, and Beiguan Music. The stage transforms into a captivating canvas through digitalized image technology and theatrical creativity, integrating 3D animation and lighting effects. These theatrical illusions break the limitations of the stage, transporting the audience thousands of miles away in seconds.
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“…switching between puppets and real humans on stage creates excitement and surprises for the audience. Fascinating martial arts tells a poetic and creative story.”
Mannheimer Morgen wrote in Mannheim, Germany (1990)
Glove puppetry (also called Puppet show、palm play) is the most flourishing puppet show in Taiwan, the head of the puppet is hollow and sculpture by wood. Except the head, hands and foot, the body including arms and legs of the puppet would use cotton cloths instead; we would put hand in to the cloths and start to control puppet while performance starts.
In Taiwan, it is very common to find there is a stage set for Glove Puppetry in front of the temples and having the show of rewarding gods. The role of glove puppetry in Taiwan has the close connection with the religious belief, relationship between gods and humans, economics, and cultural value to pass on to future generations.
Paperwindmill Theatre has established in 1992. It has earned its widespread acclaim on the diversity of children theatres pieces. Paperwindmill’s children’s theatre works seek to be artistic as well as educational. The troupe’s innovative productions combine elements of music, find arts, dance, and children’s literature with lighting, sound effects, and other theatrical techniques. With their unique vision and amalgamation of various styles, Paperwindmill presentations aim to catalyze the imagination, especially in children. Alternation between the traditional and modern arts, the company inspires children into the vast realms of imagination and artistic expression. It is hoped that, through Paperwindmill’s performances, audiences can become acquainted with the native character of children’s theatre in contemporary Taiwan.
In 2006,” First Mile, Kid’s Smile” Arts for Children in 319 Townships Project started. Paperwindmill Theatre provided high-quality performances for children in all communities in Taiwan. The group has also been abroad to New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Macau, Beijing, Shanghai etc., introducing the world to the creativity and uniqueness of Taiwanese Children's theater. Paperwindmill is one of the teams in Taiwan that the Taiwan Ministry of Culture awards for eleven consecutive years since 2013. In the future, Paperwindmill, with the world in our mind, roots in Taiwan seeking greater improvements. "To the peaks of mountains, to the edges of oceans; till every kid has seen children drama do us stop."
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