"Standing at the pinnacle of the martial world, view the ordinariness of life with indifference."

A Touch of Zen

Through two years and seven months, U-Theatre collaborated with the Shaolin Temple Wushu Training Centre to create a new classic arts form of Zen and martial arts. The production ‘A Touch of Zen’ was then well-received in Hong Kong Arts Festival, Huayi Festival of Arts at Esplanade Singapore and the le Festival Automne en Normandie, Rouen.

A Touch of Zen is a story about a martial art master who realize the truth of life through the conflict of killing, submersible practice, persistent, arrogant and confuse. Merging Shaolin Wushu and the 'U-Theatre Aesthetics' in the art form, it tells the story of a brave warrior who was searching and returning to the core of life thru understanding and choices. It actually reveals the path to true martial arts and the path to ZEN may seem to be different, but in fact they lead to the same goal.

2008 Nieuwe Luxor Rotterdam 2008-2009 season
2008 Teatro Nuovo Giovanni da Udine 2008-2009 season
2007 Huayi Festival of Arts at Esplanade Singapore
2007 National Theatre, Taipei
2007 Hsinchu County Performance Hall
2007 Tainan Cultural Center
2007 Art Center National Sun Yat-Sen University
2007 Taichung City Chung Shan Hall
2006 Hong Kong Arts Festival
2006 le Festival Automne en Normandie, Rouen France
2005 National Theatre, Taipei

Creative Team
Artistic Director│LIU Rou-yu
Martial arts instruction and Choreography│JIAO Hongbo
Music Director and Composer│HUANG Chih-chung
Set and Lighting Design│LIN Keh-hua
Costume Design│HUO Jung-ling
Installation Art Design│CHANG Wan
Calligraphy│Ven. Lien Chan