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Passport to Taiwan Festival 2019

Sunday, May 26, 2019

l2 - 5 pm

Union Square North 

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Featured Performance

Da-Guan Dance Theater

Spectacular and Creative Dancing from Splendid Taiwan 【臺灣情•舞新意】

Da-Guan Dance Theater 


Drawing upon the experience of quotidian Taiwanese life, the iconography and totems of folk beliefs, and observations of and immersion within nature, Da-Guan Dance Theater has choreographed this amazing series of dance pieces to showcase the boundless vitality of a new generation of professional dancers from Taiwan.


Sponsored by Overseas Community Affairs Council

Stage Program

Journey to Broadway

Journey to Broadway

Journey to Broadway

AMCreative/Taiwan and Forecast Productions/NYC present, an exciting array of rising actors who are pursuing their theater studies in NYC. Come and enjoy songs and dance from a variety of Broadway musicals featuring new choreography by Carrie Mo and Christine Cheng, plus the dazzling Monica Meng Chieh Lu at the keyboard.  They have been seen on the stages of The Taipei Performing Arts Center.

Forecast Productions/Promotion NYC

Christian Fletcher, Artistic Director

Nicole Davey, Director and Choreographer

Ginger Rice

Journey to Broadway

Journey to Broadway

 Ginger Rice is musical duo of Chase W. Nelson and Mitch (Ming-Hsueh) Lin. The group combines an acoustic folk aesthetic with classical technique to share fresh interpretations of songs from myriad genres, including Taiwanese folk and American pop. They focus on producing a “stripped” live sound characterized by simplicity and tonal depth, used in new arrangements of both old work and that of emerging composers.

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Stephanie Chou

Journey to Broadway

Classical Taike

Stephanie Chou  is a saxophonist, singer, and composer based in New York City. Her music combines eastern & western influences with jazz and pop harmonies and rhythms. Raised in Irvington, NY, Chou studied mathematics and music at Columbia University. She performs as a guest artist for workshops on leadership and jazz with the Columbia University Business School.

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Classical Taike

Classical Taike

Fusion Taiwanese music: a mix of old time Taiwanese tunes and New York classics. Sing and dance along with Taiwan’s very own Santaizi. Get festive, get hype, and get moving with Taiwan vibes under the New York Summer sun!

SanTaiZi Summer Stars 2019

SanTaiZi Summer Stars 2019

 A performance by a collective of joyful performers who bring a smile to the audience through the costume of the Santaizi. A late cultural figure turned icon, the Santaizi spreads positivity worldwide with its ultramodern dance hits. Move with the Santaizi as they bring together a brighter and more colorful community. 

SET TIMES

12:00 PM Church Service

12:15 PM Opening Ceremony 

12:30 PM Classical Taike 古典台客 

12:45 PM Ginger Rice + Naomi

01:15 PM Journey to Broadway

02:00 PM Da-Guan Dance Theater - Spectacular and Creative Dancing from Splendid Taiwan 【臺灣情•舞新意】

03:25 PM Stephanie Chou 

04:10 PM SanTaiZi Summer Stars 2019

04:20 PM Justin Wood Circus 

04:45 PM Raffle & Closing 

Organizations / Agencies / Companies

New York City Fire Department

紐約市消防局

www.nyc.gov/fdny

New York State of Health

via NADAP

www.nadap.org

Formosan Association for Public Affairs

台灣人公共事務會 

www.fapa.org

Taiwan Center

台灣會館

www.nytaiwancenter.us

Bliss & Wisdom of America

北美福智基金會

www.blisswisdom.org

PicVoyage Photos and Tours

By Sasha Chou Photography

www.picvoyage.net

Bull Head

牛頭牌 by TMI Trading

www.facebook.com/BullHead.BBQSauce.USA

Cultural Center of TECO-NY

New York Office of OCAC, Taiwan

www.ocac.gov.tw/newyork

FASCA

The Formosa Association of Student Cultural Ambassadors

www.ocac.gov.tw/newyork

IW Group/GuildNet

Advertising Agency

http://iwgroup.agency

Walong Marketing Inc.

華隆有限公司

http://www.walong.com

The Association of New Jersey Chinese Schools

新澤西中文學校協會

http://www.anjcs.org


Taiwanese Chambers of Commerce of New York

台灣紐約商會

https://www.facebook.com/www.tmany.ocbn.org.tw/ 

Asia by Frida

上選亞洲

http://www.asiabyfrida.com

Bike to see Taiwan

騎鐵馬看台灣

https://brommieyummie.wordpress.com/bike-to-see-taiwan/

Well Luck Inc.

和樂公司

http://welluck.com

TW National Treasure

台灣國家寶藏

https://www.nationaltreasure.tw

ILHA Candle

島嶼蠟燭

https://www.ilhacandles.com

The Food of Taiwan

韋凱琳臺菜食譜

http://thefoodoftaiwan.com

Brooklyn Crafted

https://www.drinkbrooklyncrafted.com/

Yun Hai

https://www.yun-hai.co/

Physiomotion Lab

https://www.physiomotionlab.com/

Taiwanese Street Food

A-Pou's Taste 阿婆的味道

Potstickers, Fried Noodles, and BBQ Squid


Freshly pan-fried dumplings or potstickers are an everyday street food in Taiwan, as are pan-fried noodles with assorted additions. Large squid that's been marinated and grilled are cut to bite-size pieces for delicious snacking as well. 

Hakka gourmet 客家

Hakka Foods


The Hakka people are a unique cultural group from China that have been in Taiwan since the 1600s, and comprise some 15-20% of Taiwan's current population. Its rustic food traditions play heavily into Taiwanese cuisine, including the prominent use of rich and offal cuts of pork and dried seafood. 

Taiwanese Sausage 台灣香腸

Taiwanese Sausage 


Taiwanese pork sausages are similar to Cantonese lap cheong sausages, but they're a bit sweeter. You can often find them grilled up by street vendors and served on a stick. Or, served in a bag along with whole, raw garlic cloves—a great complement. 

Taiwanese Pork Bun 刈包

Gua Bao (Taiwanese Pork Buns)


The classic Taiwanese bao is an open-style bun with a red-braised slab of pork belly, showered with crushed peanuts, cilantro, and pickled mustard greens. It's an intense few bites of joy, and it's nickname is "Tiger Bites Pig" because its shape resembles a tiger biting into a meaty piece of swine.

Oyster omelets 蚵仔煎

O A Jian (Oyster Omelet)


A classic street food that has roots in China, this pancake includes oysters as well as starchy water that's poured into the pan, creating a clear jelly swirled in between the egg and oysters. It's topped off with sweet-and-savory tomato-based sauce.

Oyster vermicelli 大腸麵線

O A Mi Suan (Thin Noodles with Oysters)


This delicious noodle soup has very fine wheat noodles that, when combined with broth, create a viscous texture in the soup. It's commonly served with oysters or tripe, and classic garnish include white pepper, black vinegar and cilantro. 

Egg pancake 蛋餅

Dan Bing (Scallion Pancake with Egg)


A popular snack or breakfast food served up at street food stands in Taiwan, a scallion pancake is cooked with a fried egg attached to it on a griddle. The whole thing is rolled up and sliced, usually served with sauce on the side.

Meat-Stuffed Sticky Rice Pouch 肉粽

Zong ZI (Bamboo Tamale) [Bah-Tsang]


These packets of sticky rice are wrapped in large leaves such as that of the lotus, and they can be stuffed with an assortment of sweet or savory fillings, such as minced pork. It is a traditional dish of the Chinese holiday Duanwu Festival, or the Dragon Boat Festival.[Bah-Tsang]

Grassy Cake 草仔粿

Grass Mochi


These jade-green treats are made from glutinous starches and a leafy herb known as the Japanese Mugwort. It's considered a popular spring treat, and has sweet fillings such as red bean paste.

Red Tortoise Cake 紅龜粿

Red Tortoise Cake


These festive little cakes can be found throughout China, Southeast Asia and Taiwan. Made of a sticky rice starch skin and a sweet filling (such as peanut or bean paste), they're similar to mochi. But they're elaborately molded to resemble a tortoise's shell to signify longevity.

Minced pork rice 滷肉飯

Lu Rou Fan (Minced Pork Sauce Over Rice)


This classic comfort food might be thought of as the Taiwanese equivalent to ragu sauce—a long-simmered stew of minced pork with soy sauce and five-spice that's served over rice.

Savory Rice Pudding 碗稞

Wai Gui (Savory Rice Pudding)


These bowls of solidified sticky rice flour are seasoned and topped with savory goodies like minced pork, egg and/or mushrooms. It's also known as a Rice Bowl Cake.

Crystal meat dumplings 肉圓

Ba Wan (Pork and Bamboo Dumplings)


This classic snack has a translucent dough made of sweet potato starch, and is stuffed with a savory minced pork and bamboo shoot filling. It can be fried or steamed, and is served with plenty of sauce. It's an example of old-fashioned Taiwanese street food, before wheat-based dumplings were introduced by mainlanders in the last century.

Pig blood cake 豬血糕

Blood Pudding Cake


This popular street food is made of a block of pig's blood pudding, which might sound intense, but is actually very mild in flavor. It's covered all over with crushed peanut powder and cilantro, and served on a stick, like a popsicle.

Braised Delights | Lu Wei滷味

This street food tradition involves a bubbling broth to which any number of meats, veggies, noodles, tofu, fish balls and more are braised in nets. The broth is deeply flavorful from having braised so many things, ensuring that every morsel is delicious in short time.


Beverages

Bubble tea 珍珠奶茶

Boba Tea


Possibly Taiwan's most popular culinary export, Boba (or Bubble) Tea was invented in Taiwan in the 1980s and has quickly spread around the globe. It starts with bouncy tapioca balls that are dropped into the tea to slurp up with a big straw. Iced sweetened black tea with milk is classic, but the teas or juices that can be enjoyed with boba are limitless.

Lei Cha 擂茶

Hakka Green Tea


This tasty beverage is a popular specialty in Taiwan that originated from its Hakka population. Comprised of roasted peanuts, sesame seeds, puffed rice and matcha green tea powder that are typically crushed in a mortar and pestle right before brewing, it's practically as satisfying as a protein shake. 


Dessert

Ai-yu jelly 愛玉

Ai-Yu Jelly


This refreshing cold jelly is made from the seeds of a plant known as the awkeotsang creeping fig. It's lightly sweetened and popularly served with lime.

Ice cream roll 潤餅冰淇淋

Ice Cream Crepe with Peanuts & Cilantro


Ice cream is rolled up into a freshly griddled pancake, or crepe, and topped with lots of crushed peanut powder and cilantro. It's a delicious dessert popularized at night market stands around Taiwan. 

Shaved Ice dessert 刨冰

Bao Bing (Shaved Ice Dessert)


Patrons can choose their own topping combinations, including fresh fruit, sweetened red beans, tapioca pears, and sweet dumplings made of taro or sweet potato, to go with a bowl of shaved ice and a drizzle of sweetened condensed milk. It's Taiwan's version of a sundae.

Red bean cake 紅豆餅

Wheel Cake


This popular dessert is a relic of the Japanese occupation. Best enjoyed warm off the iron, cake batter is poured in a hot iron mold, similar to a Belgian waffle-maker, and filled with a sweet filling—often red bean paste or vanilla custard. In Japan, these cakes are known as imagawayaki, but in Taiwanese, they translate to "wheel cake." 



Food description provided by Cathy Erway.  She is the author of The Food of Taiwan and has written for publications such as Saveur, PAPER magazine, and Serious Eats. She is the host of Heritage Radio Network’s “Eat Your Words” and co-founded the Hapa Kitchen Supper Club.

Kids Activities

Making of Kuei

粿模製作

Kuei is an integral part to the traditions in Taiwan that has the role of cake in the western world. They are mostly made with rice flour and combined either with sweet or savory fillings then pressed into shape in moulds with beautiful carvings. 

Lei Cha

擂茶

This tasty beverage is a popular specialty in Taiwan that originated from its Hakka population. Comprised of roasted nuts, puffed rice and tea that are typically crushed in a mortar and pestle right before brewing, it's practically as satisfying as a protein shake. 


Calligraphy

書法

This is an art form with symbols. It is through the flying, dancing strokes of the characters that the calligrapher expresses a rhythm, a direction of energy, and an image of ink in motion. 

Fragrant Pouches

香包製作

Before medicine was highly developed, herbs were inserted into cloth bags and worn in the summertime to protect against of insects. As the custom developed, these bags gradually became more ornate and colorful including expressive needlework.

DIY Button with Family Name

姓氏別針

Family name is important in Taiwan’s society. Find out how you would be called in Taiwan and write your family name and have the character made into a button!

Peace Kite

 

Drawing with future wishes, and the Speak Up Hope, peace song development, the Peace Kite project provides a platform to assist the exchange of creative ideas and artworks about peaceful thoughts from children and families globally.

Paper Cutting

 

剪紙

This art of paper designs has been a popular art form. Before glass was widely used on windows, paper painted with tung oil acted as barrier.  The development of the craft of paper cutting includes artworks which have contemporary traits, at the same time remains based on the traditional skills.

Temporary Tattoo(Formosa Black Bear Tattoo)

台灣黑熊紋身貼紙 

Show your pride for Taiwan and raise awareness for Formosan Black Bear!  The Bear has been voted as the most representative wildlife of Taiwan but severe exploitation and habitat degradation has resulted in large decline of their population.

Volunteer Sponsored by

Department of Youth and Community Development

The Formosa Association of Student Cultural Ambassadors

Department of Youth and Community Development

Sponsored by funding from Department of Youth and Community Development, City of New York with assistance from Councilman Barry Grodenchik(District 23) and Councilman Peter Koo(District 20) 

Taiwan Culture & Folk Arts Teacher

The Formosa Association of Student Cultural Ambassadors

Department of Youth and Community Development

紐約地區文化種子老師

 

An Overseas Community Affairs Council project to carry on the spirit of enhancing the professional skills of teachers and artistic talent around the world and to promote Taiwan’s dynamic and diverse culture.

特別感謝許秀連老師

Special thanks to Maria Hsu

The Formosa Association of Student Cultural Ambassadors

The Formosa Association of Student Cultural Ambassadors

The Formosa Association of Student Cultural Ambassadors

 

福爾摩沙文化大使

The organization trains students to serve, to learn and to participate in community activities and cultivates their strong culture senses and powerful leadership.

Taiwan Tourism

Taiwan Tourism Bureau

台灣觀光局

NY Office of Taiwan Tourism Bureau

Ministry of Transportation, Taiwan.


China Airlines

Offers 4 direct flights to Taipei weekly

https://www.china-airlines.com/us/en

EVA Airways

Offers daily direct flight to Taipei from JFK

Home of the Hello Kitty Jets

https://www.evaair.com

Travel Agencies

IACE

COTS Travel

佳美旅遊

Charming Holidays

翠明假期

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