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September 5, 2007

The Diabolo Dance Theatre from Taiwan is presenting its tour performance in North America in September and October. The show in Atlanta is scheduled at 7:30 pm on October 10, 2007 in Northview High School. This event is sponsored by Atlanta Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce and six other local associations. Ticket prices are $5, $10, $25 and are sold in Atlanta World Journal Chinese Bookstore in Chinatown, 5391 New Peachtree Rd, Chamblee, GA 30341, Tel: (770) 451-4628.

Since 1986 when The Diabolo Dance Theatre was founded, it has merged traditional diabolo with contemporary dance and gymnastics. It is the first artistic performing group that combines these creative elements with theatrical ideas. Under systematic and professional direction, these young performers, ranging from 8 to 24 years old, have gone through an overall and strict training, including the skill of playing diabolo, sense of musical rhythm, ballet, gymnastics, jazz, and martial arts. The performers have to master every skill and combine all of them into a unique and creative style, Diabolo-Dance.

Actually, practicing Diabolo-Dance is much more difficult than it looks. It demands the combination of skillful diabolo playing, accurate physical coordination and control with musical rhythm. Each outstanding performance is built upon the individual’s strength, speed, rhythm, and accurate interaction between each other. In addition to their own hard practices for years, their successful performances are also attributed to the hard work of The Diabolo Dance Theatre’s teachers and staff.

The Theatre’s professionalism and creativity can be seen in the choreography, music, lights, special visual effects, stage design, and the group management. All this behind-the-scenes support, led by the Director of Arts, Le-Chun Liu, has brought the group’s collective energy into utmost play.

Through the Theatre’s efforts for the past twenty years, it has led to enthusiastic response from the audience and been highly appraised by the New York Lincoln Center, the Hummingbird Center Canada, the National theater Taipei, Council for the Cultural Development and Planning, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taiwan and so on. In addition to performing in Taiwan, it is also frequently invited to perform overseas, playing a very important role for the performing art of Taiwan. With this experience and reputation, the group will continue performing in many countries and introducing Diabolo-Dance to audiences around the world. Hopefully this will create more opportunities for culture exchange and allow Diabolo-Dance to continue growing into the new century.

For more information about the event, please contact:

Fred Chiou at (678) 464-7293
email: fredchiou@yahoo.com

Jimmy Ho at (678) 357-0628
email: hho5033@aol.com