DAZAI CHEN
2000 中

Selected Production Photos

A visual archive of lighting design works across musicals, theatre, dance, festivals, and live events in Taiwan.

[Role] Lighting Designer

A collection of production photos from works where I served as lighting designer. Each section represents a different production, spanning musicals, theatre, dance, and live events across Taiwan’s major venues.

2022 - NTT-TIFA Qualia

Lighting design for an experimental performance by resident artist Cheng Yi-Li at the National Taichung Theater (TIFA), exploring life perception and individuality through media installations, live electronic sound, and physical interaction with light, air, and water.

Water and projection
Branches art installation
Shadow play
Warm orange atmosphere
Two performers in teal light beams
Radiant white beams with circular platforms
Two performers casting giant shadows on backdrop
Performer reaching toward shadow hand
Water stations with ripple projections
Full stage with water projections and soil platforms
Two performers on platforms with haze
Hand touching soil
Hand squeezing water over glass vessel
Performers lying on soil platforms
Spinning light rings with blue haze

2022 - Drops that Start a River (涓滴川啟)

Lighting design for the original Kaohsiung historical musical, tracing the city’s cultural journey through multiple eras with period costumes, projections, and a large ensemble cast at Kaohsiung’s Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts.

Full ensemble with Kaohsiung calligraphy projection and troubadour guitarist
Troubadour in colorful coat with guitar surrounded by performers
Elder woman with cane and ensemble holding flowing silk fabric in blue light
Cast with cameraman portrait projection and atmospheric haze
Period costume ensemble dance in green warm light
Ensemble in period costumes with lead in black suit
Full cast in dramatic spotlight with aurora-like projection
Joyful group dance scene in warm period costumes
Political speech at podium with isolated spotlight
Procession with red dresses and bamboo hat against landscape projection

2022 - Hello Marriage, Goodbye Love

Lighting design for a contemporary drama exploring the complexities of marriage and love, staged at Xinyi Eslite Performance Hall, Taipei.

Family dinner scene with warm kitchen light
Couple argument on sofa in colorful living room
Woman raising wine glass under pendant light
Husband on sofa with wife standing behind
Woman alone at desk with warm reading light
Couple at kitchen counter
Woman dancing expressively in living room
Wife confronting husband on sofa with floor lamp

2021 - TIFA Fan Tsung-Chi: Old Man Wonderland

Lighting design for an experimental theatre piece at the National Theatre (TIFA), exploring aging, memory, and human connection through minimalist staging with a grid floor and precise lighting.

Two men smiling with LED line above
Man sitting alone on chair with head down
Man on chair with woman standing in distance
Woman alone on chair in blue spotlight
Silhouette on platform with blue backlight
Silhouette walking through haze
Man looking up at diagonal beam
Figure crouched in blue beam
Man lying down with figure watching from behind
Man alone in darkness with distant practicals
Family dinner under pendant lamp
Couple standing in rectangular floor light
Couple sitting on stage edge in warm light
Man on warm-lit stage with row of bulbs

2019 - We Are All Shetou People, Daxidaxi

Outdoor cultural theatre at the Daxi Daxi Festival, blending traditional Taiwanese temple culture with contemporary theatrical storytelling.

Shadow play with tank silhouette
Ensemble under moonlight
Temple dragon dance performance
Solo performer in blue night
Temple shrine in warm light
Colorful dot projections on stage
Outdoor stage with warm lighting and audience
Curtain call with full cast

2019 - 30th Golden Melody Awards: G.E.M. “STREAMING”

Lighting design for G.E.M.’s performance of “STREAMING” at the 30th Golden Melody Awards ceremony, featuring laser beam choreography.

G.E.M. performing with laser beams
G.E.M. close-up with vertical laser lines
G.E.M. side view with laser geometry
Full venue wide shot

2020 - Garsonplay Crystal: Golden Life

Lighting design for Garsonplay Crystal’s original musical “Golden Life” by Chen Chia-Sheng Studio, a vibrant comedy-musical exploring dreams, love, and life’s absurdities with pop-art inspired projections and bold color palettes.

Solo performer in blue spotlight with cityscape projection
Two performers at table in red and blue light
Three performers in gold costumes with powder burst
Woman solo under teal spotlight
Full ensemble dance number in green light
Man singing with arms wide in purple window light
Performer under Golden Life title sign with projections
Couple embracing in red-lit office scene
Romantic duo in deep pink light
Two figures in teal spotlight with kitchen projection

2020 - In The Mist, Very Theatre

Lighting design for a VR 360 film exploring desire and loneliness in a misty, confined space between dream and wakefulness. The primary challenge was illuminating a full-spherical environment while keeping all technical equipment invisible to the 360-degree camera.

Man in suit amid mist
Man looking up in mist
Misty kiss scene

2020 - AM Creative: My Little Boy Report! The Sofa Has a Black Hole

Lighting design for AM Creative’s family musical based on the popular Taiwanese picture book series, featuring vibrant projections and colorful stage design.

Purple haze with costume characters
Underwater blue ensemble with projections
Deep ocean solo with single spotlight
Warm beams with duo and sofa
Ice crystal solo in blue light
Colorful light streaks with family scene
Full ensemble in blue circle formation

2017 - Ten Drum Art Percussion Group

Lighting design for Ten Drum Art Percussion Group, combining traditional taiko drumming with contemporary dance and theatrical lighting.

Dancer with flowing silk and large drum
Full taiko ensemble in dramatic formation
Dancers huddled in blue light with drum
Solo drummer in warm spotlight
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