TAIPEI LI-YUAN PEKING OPERA THEATER

Taipei Li-yuan Chinese Opera Theater is based in the Novel Hall, a mid-sized private venue in Taipei. Members of Taipei Li-yuan are all professional players of Chinese Opera. Trained for nine years in the Taiwan National Academy of Operatic Arts and skillful in Chinese Kung-fu, Acrobatics, and traditional dances as well as instruments, they have joined Taipei Li-yuan upon graduating from college and toured the world with the Company as actors/dancers.

Taipei Li-yuan was founded in 1997, ten years after her most celebrated leading actor/director Maestro Bao-chun Li, came to Taiwan and started his career as a partner of the Koo foundation, an NPO dedicated to promoting traditional performing arts. Taipei Li-yuan has recognitions as a troupe of talents and creativity in both traditional and modern movements and have performed in sundry occasions of cultural exchanges in success.

The koo foundation has sponsored Taipei Li-yuan to tour China, europe, america, Asia, etc.; so that the international society is able to share the joy and beauty of the fabulous Chinese opera. Taipei Li-yuan also received funds from the National Women’s League for “Excellent Young Performers Training Project.”