Walking Awareness
Walking Awareness is the most unique artistic movement established by U-Theatre. “Walk a day’s journey, drum a performance.” This practice is a down-to-earth action that connects with nature and serves to refine oneself.
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
What you are seeking for may not be distant, but right beneath you!
Placing the mind on your feet while walking, your heart gradually calms. Through long hours of walking day after day, your mind returns to a state of tranquility.
The core concept for U-Theatre “Walking Awareness” is to share the tranquil heart.
2018 Chiayi County juvenile returns to Chiayi— Action School and YUN-JIAO Project
In cooperate with the Chiayi County Government, Student off-Campus Living Guidance Committee, Chiayi County Minhe Junior High School, Zhongpu Junior High School, Minsyong Junior High School, and Dalin Junior High School, U-Theatre bring its core training into schools. Targeting high-care youths, U-Theatre is trying to help young people to learn to calm their minds and listen to themselves. With the understanding and support from the Chiayi society, U-Theatre walked through the Chiayi County with these juveniles and planting the peace of mind in them.
77 hugs
U-Theatre cooperated with “Upbeat Percussion Band” of Changhua Prison.
U-Theatre cooperated with “Upbeat Percussion Band” of Changhua Prison. We visited eleven prisons and shared story with the inmates. Furthermore, U-Theatre and “Upbeat Percussion Band” had 7 performances together all around Taiwan. The drumming aroused people’s good energy of their inner heart, and brought up the good influence of society.
Beautiful Taiwan Heart
Junior Drummer Action School
Hear the moving drumbeat of life
In 2014, we brought 50 students from the remote and rural junior high schools to trek by 36 days through the western Taiwan.
“The Teenager Drummer Program”
over 450 km by 36 days
2011 is the first year of “The Teenager Drummer Program”. We led 50 teenagers to trek over 450km by 36 days from Pintung to Taipei.
Taiwan
Use your feet to connect Taiwan’s local high-quality power
To celebrate U-Theatre’s 20th anniversary and to commemorate the first “Walking Awareness” initiative, members set out on a 50-day trek spanning over 1,200 km around the entire island of Taiwan, with their drumbeats echoing through as many as 33 villages and towns.
Israel
The Tolerant City "Haifa"
We attended the 17th Haifa International Children’s Theatre Festival in Israel. Before the festival started, we trekked in the city and beat drums. Through the drumming, we were praying for a peaceful world.
Taroko—Tracing the Source of the Great River
We went to Taroko in Hualian County and were trekking along the Liwu River. We saw the astonishing beauty of nature, and simultaneously looked into ourselves calmly again.
Paris
Encounter with sentient beings
Invited to the Summer Arts Festival in Paris, members took the opportunity to walk along the Seine while drumming through the metropolis.
Tibet
Pray for the world
U-Theatre’s footprints reached the Tibetan Plateau to a height of 5,000 meters on Mt. Kailash.
35 days, meeting the indigenous people
We spent 35 days hiking in the mountainous regions of eastern Taiwan while joining nine aboriginal tribes in their ceremonial singing and dancing each night.
West Taiwan
Visited 25 towns
We trekked over 600 km and visited 25 townships along the western side of Taiwan, concluding each night with an open performance in collaboration with local musicians and dedicated to the community.