TEDxTaipei - Bulareyaung Pagarlava (布拉瑞揚．帕格勒法) - 從心出發的編舞家

布拉瑞揚．帕格勒法。排灣族語裡面有「快樂的勇士」之稱的原住民編舞家。十二歲受雲門啓發，立志要成為舞者。在未受過正規舞蹈訓練的情況下，以天賦考入左營高中舞蹈班，並­保送 國立台北藝術大學。首次編舞，即被羅曼菲老師發掘，發表【布拉瑞揚獨舞展】，成為第一位發表個展的在校生。媒體讚賞，【能編，能舞，能讓你流淚】。從亮眼 的舞者到風格獨具的編舞家，赴紐約習舞，後來他成為雲門二團首位駐團編舞家。他的作品的恢弘氣度、語彙鮮明、強烈的能量迸射，被舞評譽為【譽其視野與質地 已遠冠同輩，直追世界級的大師】。 兩度受邀瑪沙葛蘭姆舞團編舞《悲慟》系列也以【強烈的感染力，清新的風格， 獨樹一格，強調布拉瑞揚最為顯著出色】。美國舞蹈雜誌也贊許【布拉瑞揚擁有強大而傑出的天份】新聞觀察報以【狂野具原創性的幽默、充滿快感和驚異，令人對 現代舞上癮】讚賞其作品。作品遍及澳門、美國維爾雅、雅各之枕、溫哥華冬奧藝術節、澳洲藝術節、美國舞蹈藝術節以及歐洲大陸。


Bulareyaung Pagarlava is an indigenous choreographer from the Paiwan Tribe in Taiwan. He began his dance training at the age of 15, and started choreographing in college. Upon graduation from the Dance Department of the Taipei National University of Arts in 1996, Bulareyaung performed a solo concert, which received extensive praise, as it was the first among aspiring choreographers/dancers of such young age in Taiwan. Bulareyaung rejoined the Cloud Gate Dancer Theatre of Taiwan in 2000 and toured with the company to the U.S., Europe, Australia, and China. He was also appointed as the Resident Choreographer for Cloud Gate 2 between 2004 and 2006. He received a Performing Arts Fellowship from the Asian Cultural Council in 1998 and given residency experience in 2007 at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in New York and the International Choreographer's Residency Program of American Dance Festival in 2008. In 2007, Bulareyaung and Fang-Yi Sheu founded the LAFA & Artists Dance Company which presented his works internationally at the Fall for Dance Festival in New York , Jacob's Pillow, Macau Dance Festival, Vancouver Cultural Olympiad 2010, and WOMADelaide Australia, among others. In May 2009, Martha Graham Dance Company first commissioned Pagarlava and premiered his version of Lamentation Variation and also "Chasing" in 2011 at Lincoln Center Rose Theatre. He was also commissioned to produce a piece in the American Dance Festival in June 2011.