南洋姐妹劇團｜Trans-Asia Sisters Theater（台灣 Taiwan）
南洋姐妹劇團
Trans-Asia Sisters Theater
台灣 Taiwan
「南洋台灣姊妹會」自一九九五年起，即透過協助新移民女性認識中文為途徑，以中文學習過程作為培力（empower）的方式，恢復新移民在異地的失語。二零零九年，南洋台灣姊妹會更進一步，不僅透過語言表述與發聲，並納入劇場文化、表演等藝術元素，成立「南洋姐妹劇團」，讓新移民女性用肢體、表演、聲音、表情來述說新移民女性的故事。當台灣已然邁向多元族裔的社會型態時，多元文化的表述空間仍然備受主流文化與商業邏輯擠壓，透過「南洋姊妹劇團」，我們期待能創造新移民女性自我表述的空間，為台灣社會的多元文化注入新的活力與可能性；有別於用演講、分享、書寫的靜態形式，劇團將用肢體語言、聲音表達、表演藝術，更全面地從新移民女性的觀點表述其心聲。另，為突破新移民與新移民家庭、社會大眾因語言的隔閡，關係疏離、冷淡；因彼此不了解，而無法接納與認同，甚至對新移民刻板印象造成家庭衝突。為了拉進彼此關係進而互相理解及接納，透過劇團工作坊之形式，結合劇場遊戲、肢體語言、聲音表情訓練、生活觀察分析、心情與生命歷程分享等方式進行之外，引領學員觀看跨國移動來到台灣的生命歷程，深度記錄自我生命與適應環境的困境之過程，從中引發新移民自我覺察的能量，並提升人際互動與領導特質等技巧，希望藉由巡迴演出和演出後的座談，讓新移民與台灣民眾做為輕鬆的互相交流平台。
Since 1995, Trans-Asia Sisters Association has empowered new immigrant women by teaching them Chinese so that they could able to communicate with the locals. In 2009, the association founded Trans- Asia Sisters Theatre, applying elements of theatre culture and performance arts to enable new immigrant women to use their bodies, performances, voices and emotions to tell their stories. Although Taiwan has moved towards a multiracial society, spaces for multicultural performances are still suppressed by the mainstream cultural and business logic. Therefore, Trans- Asia Sisters Theater hopes to create spaces for new immigrant women to perform and to create new possibilities in multicultural Taiwan society. Trans- Asia Sisters Theatre encourages body languages, voice performances and art performances so that new immigrant women can fully voice out their thoughts. Also, to break the walls between new immigrant women and their families and the public, Trans- Asia Sisters Theatre leads their members to study their transnational life histories. Through recording their lives and their difficulties of living in Taiwan, it is hoped that new immigrants can be empowered, and their communication skills and leadership skills can be improved. Through tours and talks, it is hoped that new immigrants and Taiwanese can have more communication.