| Summary: | 碩士 === 臺北市立大學 === 舞蹈學系 === 107 === Scholarly inquiries on Taiwanese dance production rarely focus on Hakka dance as the research subject. This study discusses how dance productions present Hakka culture. The target production for this study is "Drifting Fate of Hakka," which was produced by the Neo-Classic Dance Company. The aim is to highlight issues of scholarly interest so that more researchers would focus on Hakka dance. This research project uses the case study method, and focus on form and content of the dance production for analysis and interpretation. In-depth interviews with the choreographer, Yi-Chuan Lu, and Director of Neo-Classic Dance Company, Dr. Feng-Shueh Liu, are conducted, and the version that is selected for analysis is the premiere presented in the National Theater in 2014. By utilizing Janet Adshead's Dance Analysis theory, this thesis focuses on how the choreographer chooses and organizes materials to portray the persevering, optimistic, and team-spirited Hakka people. The researcher's Hakka background and experience of participating in the performance also serve as a part of the research data and are used to cross-reference to the other data mentioned above. The study found the following results. "Drifting Fate of Hakka" resembles an integration between modern dance, Chinese ethnic dance, and acrobatics. The characteristic inter-relations of dance component elements involve the vivid depictions of diverse characters and the vertical, horizontal, and sagittal contrasts in movement and spatial designs that express the Hakka people’s struggles and hopes while drifting along the history. Visual and audio elements incorporated in the production include the Hakka Tulou, i.e., the traditional earthen house, traditional costumes, ballads, and rhymes. Together, the movement and the audio-visual elements are woven into a symbolic representation of the Hakka people's arduous, enduring and striving lifestyle. This dance production provides a notable example of how Hakka people may reserve, pass on, and develop their cultural heritage in culturally diverse and dynamically integrative society of Taiwan.
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