B5L2 Quiz on “Straddling East and West”

1. B5L2 Quiz on “Straddling East and West” 1. Lin Hwai-min is a master of classical ballet. *False. Lin Hwai-min is a master of modern dance. 2. Lin Hwai-min was awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Movimentos Dance Prize. *True. 3. Lin’s Dance is fundamentally different to western dances because the latter is against gravity while the former works with gravity. *True. 4. Cloud Gate’s dance concentrates on inner energy and invites audiences to be privity of their movement and breathing. *True. 5. Lin thinks his dancers can move their head like the brush of calligraphy. *False. The brush of calligraphy is like the spine of the body. 6. Lin’s father is a government minister who had expected him to become a dancer since he was a child. *False. Lin’s father expected him to follow the similar path.

2. 7. Lin majored in modern dance in the U.S. *False. He majored in literature in the U.S. but spent as much time on dance. 8. When Taiwan became a democratic country, Lin returned to Taiwan and joined Cloud Gate Dance Theatre. *False. At the time Lin founded Cloud Gate, Taiwan was a dictatorship and Chiang Kai-shek was the ruler. 10. One of the purposes for Lin’s founding Cloud Gate is to change the society. *True. 11. Searching for Taiwan’s own cultural identity is a recurrent motif in Lin Hwai –min’s work. *True. 12. Legacy is about the colonization of the island by Mainland Chinese in the 18th century. *True. 13. Lin is a man who doesn’t have any religious belief. *False. He is a Buddhist who believes in meditation.