{"id":8518,"date":"2006-07-23T19:54:58","date_gmt":"2006-07-24T02:54:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/07\/23\/wandering-spirit-finds-peace-mary-obrien\/"},"modified":"2006-07-23T19:54:58","modified_gmt":"2006-07-24T02:54:58","slug":"wandering-spirit-finds-peace-mary-obrien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/07\/wandering-spirit-finds-peace-mary-obrien\/","title":{"rendered":"Wandering spirit finds peace &#8211; Mary O&#8217;Brien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/dance_2407_wideweb__470x200%2C0.php\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/dance_2407_wideweb__470x200%2C0.php','popup','width=470,height=200,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/dance_2407_wideweb__470x200%2C0-thumb.jpg\" width=\"223\" height=\"95\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> From The Age:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cloud_Gate_Dance_Theatre \"target=\"_blank\">Cloud Gate Dance Theatre<\/a>(\u2030\u222b\u00eb\u00c8\u00f3\u00ae\u00cb\u00e0\u00fb\u00c8\u00f5\u00dc), the legendary Taiwanese company, returns to Melbourne this week with its much feted Songs of the Wanderers, the work that is closest to the heart of its founder, Lin Hwai-min.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a very special work,&#8221; Lin says. &#8220;It marks the turning point of my life and creative career.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Speaking from Taipei, the founder, artistic director and choreographer of Cloud Gate says he never tires of this work. His only regret is that he&#8217;s not returning to Melbourne with his company, which won several awards at the 2003 Melbourne Arts Festival. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theage.com.au\/news\/arts\/wandering-spirit-finds-peace\/2006\/07\/23\/1153593209254.html \"target=\"_blank\">[Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From The Age: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre(\u2030\u222b\u00eb\u00c8\u00f3\u00ae\u00cb\u00e0\u00fb\u00c8\u00f5\u00dc), the legendary Taiwanese company, returns to Melbourne this week with its much feted Songs of the Wanderers, the work that is closest to the heart of its founder, Lin Hwai-min. &#8220;It&#8217;s a very special work,&#8221; Lin says. &#8220;It marks the turning point of my life and creative career.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[20,112],"tags":[2742,831,21,3578],"class_list":["post-8518","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-taiwan","tag-arts","tag-dance","tag-music","tag-taiwan-culture","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.1 (Yoast SEO v24.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Wandering spirit finds peace - Mary O&#039;Brien<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2006\/07\/wandering-spirit-finds-peace-mary-obrien\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wandering spirit finds peace - Mary O&#039;Brien\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From The Age: Cloud Gate Dance Theatre(\u2030\u222b\u00eb\u00c8\u00f3\u00ae\u00cb\u00e0\u00fb\u00c8\u00f5\u00dc), the legendary Taiwanese company, returns to Melbourne this week with its much feted Songs of the Wanderers, the work that is closest to the heart of its founder, Lin Hwai-min. &#8220;It&#8217;s a very special work,&#8221; 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