Maritime Glow
Maritime Glow is a large-scale outdoor performing arts production created for a lantern festival in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The Love River acts as the stage and the open sky serves as the curtain. Projection technology transforms the stage into a boat, and 400 lights present 381 meters of visual images. Local opera, Taiwanese rock, Hakka music, indigenous songs, musical theatre, traditional martial arts and dance are combined in one show. More than 600 performers from eleven groups and two schools take part. The story presents the past, present and future of Kaohsiung.
Maritime Glow Exhibition Events by Kaohsiung City Government has been identified as a creative representation of communication design by the A' Design Award. Maritime Glow Exhibition Events was awarded the Golden A' Design Award in Performing Arts, Stage, Style and Scenery Design in 2023. The A' Performing Arts, Stage, Style and Scenery Design Award is an international, jury-voted, fair and ethical design prize which honors outstanding design of choreography, dance moves, theatrical sets, dance costumes, stage lighting, opera props, concert stages, ballet scenery, puppetry designs, performance installations and more.
