For the people of Siaolin Village（小林村）, the Taivoan Dance Theatre（大滿舞團）represents a path home. After Typhoon Morakot devastated their homeland in 2009, many community members moved away, leaving an emotional void that was difficult to fill. In an effort to reconnect with his cultural roots, Wang Min-liang（王民亮）returned to his home village and founded the troupe. Named “Daman,” a Minnan (Taiwanese Hokkien) homophonic rendering of Taivoan, it brings community members together through song and dance, helping them rediscover their ethnic identity amid the pain and aftermath of disaster.

Facing a severe cultural rupture following the catastrophe, the troupe actively began collecting scattered ancient ballads and ceremonial traditions. Member Pan Pin-tsen（潘品岑）repeatedly listened to her grandmother singing over the phone, overcoming language barriers to record the old melodies. Another member, Lo Pan Chun-mei（羅潘春美）, rediscovered the rhythm of everyday life while teaching younger generations heritage dances and food culture, allowing cultural traditions to thrive through daily living.

　Behind this ongoing cultural inheritance lies the resilience of women. Many troupe members are mothers and caregivers who continue singing in the midst of their busy lives. Members support one another with childcare, allowing children to grow up surrounded by the melodies of ancient songs. Women such as Jhang Huei-cih（張惠慈）constantly shift between the roles of mother and association staff member, using quiet strength to protect and sustain the community.

　When the seeds of culture naturally become woven into the process of growing up and living, culture is no longer something merely preserved. The women of the Taivoan Dance Theatre have become vessels of cultural memory themselves. As memories transform into songs, the vanished village is woven anew through melodies and dance steps into a renewed sense of home.

　“Innovation isn't about showing off. It's about keeping culture alive,” Fang says. This experiment of a “concert for the gods” may be writing a new chapter in the economics of Taiwan's folk performance traditions.

本期封面主題展覽《怪獸風景》，邀請日本《哥吉拉》系列怪獸設計師西川伸司與臺灣蒸汽龐克藝術家氫酸鉀（KCN）擔任「目擊者」，進駐駁二藝術特區展開駐地創作。兩位創作者分別從港灣地景、鐵道文化與工業遺構中尋找線索，以怪獸設計與蒸汽龐克機械想像作為創作語彙，重新詮釋高雄獨有的港灣與工業風景，讓原本存在於想像中的生命體與真實場域產生連結，也讓熟悉的地景展現新的故事樣貌。…