Sound of the Ocean

1998
Artistic Director Ruo-Yu Liu
Music Director Chih-Chun Huang
Vocal Iki Tadow
Musician Chiou-Yen Liao
Performed by U-Theatre
Costume Designed by Tim Yip

Sound of the Ocean, a monumental work about water, was originally created in 1998 to celebrate U Theatre's 10th Anniversary for a performance at the world-renowned French Festival d'Avignon. Sound of the Ocean tells of the“water of life, which nourishes our souls.” The music and drumming and movement simulate the remarkably diverse and distinctive sounds of water in its five sections: “Collapse”, “Flowing Water”, “Breakers”, “Listening to the Ocean Heart”, and Sound of the Ocean as individual drops gather together to form a stream and streams create a river which eventually rushes into the ocean.