Serina Chen

An interdisciplinary art curator, creative art director and chief producer, Serina Chen's outstanding works range across drama, music, dance, multimedia, exhibitions and musicals.

Chen founded Taipei Arts International Association and designed the "Taipei Arts Festival" for Taipei City in 1998. She continuously held various international festivals, such as the Taipei International Arts Festival, the Taiwan Dance Workshop Festival, the World Music Festival, and the Arts Wonderland at Festival in the Square to enlarge the scale of art festivals to an international standard.

With the notion of propelling the Taiwanese and Chinese arts into the international arena and promoting rich and diverse cross-disciplinary and cross-cultural exchanges, Chen was regarded as the head of festivals by the European Festivals Association in 2009 because of her success in festival curation.

Devoted to creating innovative and creative production and integrating a strong art team, Chen was considered the leading producer of Chinese musicals. Her acclaimed productions include musical Cyrano de Bergerac, rock musical Kiss me Nana, Amadeus, Little Town, Tanshui, and Chyao Fong, the End of Destiny. These productions have achieved significant breakthroughs for Chinese musicals in Taiwan. Chen successfully transformed Godot Theater Company from a small theater group into the most successful theater production company in Taiwan with more than 100,000 regular audience members.

In 2000, Chen founded Image in Motion Theater Company (IMT). IMT has made groundbreaking productions such as multi-media theater Not a Love Story, @Dream, and Chanceformation of Life, interactive multi-media dance-theater Imagining Kung Fu, and 3D fantasy musical Franz & Friends' Voyage Undersea. These productions are leading and innovative works in multi-media theater.

In 2002, Chen turned a classic piece Night Revels of Han Xizai, which was housed in the Palace Museum in Beijing, into a live performance with music and dancing. In 2007, The Feast of Han Xizai was performed in the Hall of Great Supremacy Square, using immersive theater to present Night Revels of Han Xizai. TAIA was the first local performing group to perform in the Palace Museum in Beijing in 500 years. In 2006, Chen created the Chinese musical masterpiece In Love with Carmen starring Taiwanese pop star A-mei.

In 2010, Serina was invited to be the director and the producer of the thematic show of World Expo Shanghai 2010, Window of the City. Window of the City was performed more than 500 times in 184 days to more than one million audience members and won the "Best Presentation Award of EXPO 2010" from the Exhibitor Magazine (USA).

In 2011, as director and creator in chief of IMT, Ms. Chen created a total interactive walk-through theater experience, Fantasy Warp. From 2016 to 2017, Chen became the artistic director of the Taipei Summer Universiade Cultural Events, creating performances for the Taipei Summer Universiade, including the International Taipei Universiade Athletes' Village, Universiade Museum, and other special cultural events.

Chen has also advocated the establishment of cultural policy and support for research on performing arts environment in Taiwan. Chen led various research projects and many cultural and creative park planning projects, such as the Huashan 1914 Creative Park and the Songshan Cultural and Creative Park. As one of founders of the Performing Arts Alliance and its executive director, Chen promotes cultural forum and integrates cultural environment development consensus in order to further develop the cultural and creative industry.

 

歐洲藝術節聯盟推舉為
世界最佳策展人之一

陳  琪    Serina Chen

傑出跨領域藝術創作編導及製作人、策展人，優秀作品跨戲劇、音樂、舞蹈、新媒體、展覽及音樂歌舞劇創作。1998年成立台北藝術推廣協會，為台北市創辦國際級專業藝術節「台北藝術節」，之後陸續創辦「國際城市藝術節」、「國際舞蹈營」、「世界音樂節」、「廣場藝術節」等國際級藝術節慶，積極策劃多元藝術活動與國際接軌。秉持「與世界同步，發展多元文化交流，展現當代藝術脈動，將精緻的中華藝術推向國際舞台」的理念與目標。

陳琪女士被歐洲藝術節聯盟推舉為世界最佳策展人之一。

致力於新興多元創意製作，整合堅強的藝術團隊，創作多元的驚豔展演，被譽為華語音樂劇的第一創作人。創作包括原創古典浪漫音樂劇《大鼻子情聖─西哈諾》、舞台劇《新馴悍記》、《淡水小鎮》、《天龍八部之喬峰》、《開錯門中門》、熱門音樂歌舞劇《吻我吧！娜娜》，以及《莫札特謀殺案》等。擔任果陀劇場總製作人期間，每年吸引十數萬觀眾，培養果陀成為成功的大型商業劇團。

1997年與舞蹈家羅曼菲及流行音樂才子羅大佑合作音樂舞蹈劇場《天國出走》，成就一齣難得的跨界創作佳話。

2000年成立影舞集表演印象團，創作多媒體劇場作品《非愛情故事》、《@夢》，《隨之變-風花雪月》，以及擔任編導創作互動多媒體舞蹈劇場演出《想像功夫》、及成功帶領親子歌舞劇進入科技藝術領域的3D奇幻多媒體歌舞劇《海底歷險記》，皆是引領國際、創造新媒體劇場新標竿的精彩作品。

2002年將北京故宮所典藏的珍貴畫作《韓熙載夜宴圖》以音樂舞蹈劇場立體呈現，並於2007年九月於北京故宮皇極殿廣場，以環境劇場的形式成功搬演《韓熙載夜宴圖》，此為500年來首次民間表演團隊進入故宮內門策劃演出之大型製作。2006年更領軍創作團隊，創作由張惠妹主演的巨蛋級大型華語音樂歌舞鉅作《愛上卡門》，完整呈現華語流行音樂歌舞劇最具規模的可能性。

受邀擔綱2010上海世博會主辦之唯一主題演繹秀《城市之窗》總編導及製作人，成就一齣影音特效獨步全球的上海世博會專屬音樂歌舞劇，連演184天達500多場次，六個月的展演期間吸引超過百萬人慕名前來觀賞這齣結合科技、藝術與人文關懷的創作，獲得國際各界好評讚賞。

2011年創作互動多媒體劇場《奇幻迷宮》擔任總編導、2014-15年創作地景劇場無錫靈山大禪堂擔任總編導，2015年為無錫靈山拈花灣設計創作全場域地景演出，2016~17年擔任台北世大運文化活動藝術總監，為台北世大運策畫展演包括國際選手村、世大運博物館等二十二項特色文化活動。2017年底編導製作亞洲最大劇院外牆光雕投影演出《榕樹下的記憶》，成功地為高雄衛武營國家表演藝術中心的落成，創作出最具藝術標竿與歷史意義的展演，在為期十五場的演出中，獲得超過25萬觀眾的現場讚嘆！

致力研究表演藝術生態與文化政策，長期研究文化創意產業、大中華表演藝術生態發展與文化政策，並為國際藝術交流與藝術人才培育而努力。近年來主持多項文化創意產業相關研究計畫，並參與主持多項文創園區(華山及松菸文創園區)之規劃。為台灣表演藝術聯盟之創辦人之一，擔任多屆表演藝術聯盟常務理事，與藝術界熱心人士共同推動文化性論壇，整合文化環境發展共識，為健全藝術生態之發展而努力。