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| Performaing Arts (US Based)  | Clear Day Dancers - include Taiwanese artist Kun-Yang Lin, Chi-Tsung Kuo and Hui-Li Wei join by Mr. Lin's outstanding dancers Adam Klotz, Jillian Harris, etc plus live drums by Andrew and Chris. It is an improvisation dance that interacts with the installations. | 
| Second Generation (2G) - a non-profit theater company that strives to inspire social and artistic progress by giving Asian Americans a cultural voice. The company's work has been called "promising, energetic, and hopeful" by The New York Times and as "making Asian American history" by NBC's Today in New York. | 
| Cool Moms - These Mamas got it all. The team was established 12 years ago in Valley Stream. They are coordinate by Mrs. Barbara Loo who loves to dance since young age and created this new style of dance. | 
| Taiwanese Cultural Society of Westchester - founded by a group of Taiwanese Americans who love the glove puppetry. They initially performed the story of Tiger Witch and since created their own new puppet show called "The Legend of Sun Moon Lake." It has been well received by the public and adopted by the other groups. | 
| NJ Youth Asian Dance and Drum Troupe - actively involved in Arts and Cultural Education by year round participation in cultural, charitable, and its own events. The Troupe performs classical, folk and modern dance with dance dramas as well as various cultural styles of drumming. | 
| Johnny Hi-Fi - born in Taiwan and moved to the US during his teens. His brother and he, pop star Kevin Hsu (Golden Point/BMG, Taiwan) started out in Houston, he eventually relocated to Austin, where he developed as a songwriter and performer in the "Live Music Capital of the World". | 
| The Drum Spirit - Its powerful, driving spirit and rhythmic vitality have won enthusiastic and favorable responses from the audiences and critics alike. Its members include Juilliard trained musicians as well as traditional instrumentalists. | 
| FLOW - A multi-cultural, hip-hop focused dance troupe thriving on diversity of skills, character and performance personalities. Intertwining technical, underground, mainstream and native aspects of dance and interpretation are the basis on which this group is founded. | 
| Protégé Dance Troupe - is bringing about awareness of the modern Asian American community through charity, empowerment, education, fun and laughter, all with a little bit of dancing. |  | Hsu-Nami - Our all time favorite!! With its hypnotic Er-hu, wailing guitars and tight breakdowns, The Hsu-nami represents one of the finest attempts at fusing traditional Asian sounds with modern rock forms.
Formed in the fall of 2005, The Hsu-nami is a Progressive rock instrumental band from New Jersey. Their music features a rare contribution fusion of different genres, incorporating the use of an amplified Erhu takes the place of lead vocals. A two-string bowed instrument that is often used in Chinese classical music and folk ensembles.
In their three years together Hsu-nami has play with major acts such as Yellowcard, Chthonic (Taiwan), Nightmare of You, The Parlor Mob, World Leader Pretends, and Jet Lag Gemini. They have also performed for numerous Festivals/Conventions, the Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans Fest, Passport to Taiwan Fest, Zenkaikon, TandokuCon, Tekkoshocon, Armageddicon. Headlined many clubs such as the Stone Pony, NJ, the Mexicali Blues Cafe, NJ, The Trocadero, PA and the closing nights at CBGB’s in NY. |  | Jade-Tongue - Please Click here for more info |  | Sherry & Dancers - Sherry is the hip-hop dance instructor in Taiwan Center. Classes are held once a week to bring students together. They will be in the event to showcase their hardwork. | | Eva Kuo & Friends – Taiwanese vocalist and performer Eva and her band, RECK, combine East and West contemporary music in a unique sound. With Jack Hsu on er-hu, Robert Casel on keyboards,Larry Corbin on guitar, Matt Miller on drum and Milk Duclose on bass.RECK takes advantage of its varied influences - rock, jazz, fusion and pop - to create a refreshing new sound. (2008) |
| Ambrose & Friends - Pending |
Performaing Arts (Taiwan Based)  | Gang-a-Tsui Nanguan Music Ensemble - considered by many Nanguan musicians as the hope for Nanguan’s future in Taiwan. Nanguan is the southern school opera with root in China but cannot be found there today. The beauty and elegance these operas are mostly appealing to the upper class audiences. (2003) | 
| Amis Kakeng Musical Group - formed by Sawtory Saytay in 1999. A percussion musical group that uses drumming and song to convey the traditions and beauty of the Amis Tribe. Through music, the group beckons tribesmen to value and preserve their roots and distinctive culture in modern Taiwan. (2004) | 
| Austronesian - consists of aboriginal students from single-parent families. Their performances are mixture of traditional aboriginal dances and new creations. They have been one of the leading dancing groups in preserving and performing traditional aboriginal dances in Taiwan. (2005) | 
| Taipei Folk Dance Group - founded 1988 by Professor Tsai with mission is to promote & preserve Taiwan’s dance heritage originating from ethnic cultures of the island’s aborigine tribes. The company is renowned for its unique style of traditional folk dance. The company has presented over 600 performances in more than 40 countries. (2006) | | 
| Chio-Tian Folk Drums & Arts Troupe- a unique form of traditional Taiwanese drum entertainment. The troupe provides an unsurpassed experience to the audience to reveal our distinctiveness of Taiwanese Culture. Chio-Tian was formed in 1995 by Chen-Jung Hsu with the ambition of creating a unique form of traditional Taiwanese drum entertainment that would be appreciated by native Taiwanese as well as people from other cultures. The Troupe originated from street performances in temple festivals. After ten years of striving to improve, innovate and mature, the Troup has become a world-class entertainment icon. The Troupe has received many entertainment awards in Taiwan . It was praised by the Taiwanese government for its superb achievements of incubating talented performers to preserve the traditional Taiwanese culture . To become a master of drumming, one must go through vigorous training that includes daily routines of running 6 miles, doing hundreds of push-ups or sit-ups, continuously hitting drums for hours, learning Taiwanese culture, and practicing martial arts and meditation. One must learn to express one's artistic creativity through one's athletic performance. Our artisans are a unique group of professionals. We are committed to providing an unsurpassed experience to our audience to reveal the distinctiveness of Taiwanese Cultural Performance. We strive to integrate sociology, anthropology, ethnography and linguistics into an enticing blend of entertainment. | | 
| Ten Drums - The Ten Drum Arts Percussion Group was formed in March of 2000. Lead by Hsieh Shi, the group has traveled extensively to perform their work.
In 2001 the group performed their 'Ten Thousand Drum' show, with 250 drummers performing together, at the “Oldest Golden City” in Tainan. In June of 2002, Ten-Percussion performed in Sydney, Australia. The group also performed in Korea at the opening of the World Cup soccer finals in May of 2002. The group organizes national drum competition in Taiwan every August. This competition includes several performances by original drum composers.
Up to now, the group has performed more than 300 shows around Taiwan. In additions to the preparation of performances, Hsieh Shi teaches regularly and continually works on his own compositions. The Ten Percussion School has it's own performance hall and art museum with anticipation that the School will continue to grow on to our next generations. The goal of the group and school is to develop and spread knowledge of traditional drumming, percussion music, and worldly culture with hope of one day to be on international stages, and become an internationally recognized group.
About Hsieh-Ten: Hsieh-Ten was born in 1972 in the Kaoshiung. He was educated, thru high school, in Tainan. Then pursued university studies in West Virginia, USA. He learned to play Taoist gongs & drums from his parents, beginning at the age of 3. Hsieh-Ten is very skilled at performing traditional drum compositions, especially on the Teochew's drum, Waken Lion Drum, and on row-drums. He is constantly exploring and researching world percussion-music.
Hsieh-Ten contributes a lot to the teaching of percussion art and music production, and works to impart the art of traditional gong and drum into people’s daily lives. (2008) 
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| Taiwanese Opera - a major form of drama in Taiwan. Documentary evidence shows that Taiwanese opera originated in the Lan Yang region (Northeastern Taiwan) about one hundred years ago. It was a small-scale performance of singing and dancing that evolved into a dramatic art form with added elaborate customs. Passport to Taiwan has invited various individuals and groups to perform this art form. (2003, 2006) |
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