英文摘要
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This study explores Mulan Hua Acrobatic Troupe and its director Yuan-chen Chang. Yuan-chen Chang is the daughter of Shih-Fang Li, one of the four famous Dan (young female leads). For some reason, she became the adopted daughter of Chi-chao Chang of the China Technical Song and Dance Troupe. Yuan-chen Chang was good at acrobatic shows such as wirewalking, unicycle riding, and teeter board performance. In 1970, her Mulan Hua Acrobatic Troupe was invited to perform at Taichung Nightclub for 44 consecutive days. Besides the advertisement for the performance of Mulan Hua Acrobatic Troupe at Taichung Nightclub, the 4th edition of Taiwan People's Voice Daily News carried the performance information of acrobatic troupes in four other hotels and karaoke bars. By organizing, analyzing and comparing advertisements, this study attempts to understand the demands for programs in nightclubs, hotels, and karaoke bars at that time. It also aims to explore the types of acrobatic shows in nightclubs, the orders of acrobatic shows in nightclubs, and the acrobatic troupes performed in nightclubs. Based on the case of the Mulan Hua Acrobatic Troupe performing at Taichung Nightclub, while the performance of acrobatic troupes in nightclubs could not be fully observed, their activities in nightclubs could be inferred from the newspaper advertisements at that time. This study takes advertisements for movies and dramas on newspapers as the main references and supplemented it with the oral history narrated by acrobats to understand the performance situation at that time in an attempt to piece together the performance of acrobatic troupes in nightclubs. The aerobatic shows are weighed in the historical context to discuss performance forms, sites, audiences, and aesthetic changes. This study also intends to highlight the importance of acrobatic shows to performing arts in Taiwan and explores the development law and historical inevitability of aerobatic shows.
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