Taiwanese troupe Eye Catching Circus will perform their show "Crazy Girls" at the Cultural Olympiad in Paris at the end of this month, with an all-female cast delivering a body-positive message for an international audience.
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00:00Mei Zhiling, director of a Taiwanese circus troupe that has created a series of performances
00:10for an all-female cast, has her own ideas about beauty.
00:14Beauty is not just a form of beauty.
00:16Every form of beauty is a form of beauty to us.
00:19So there is no difference between beauty and ugliness.
00:22If you want to be ugly, you have to be pretty.
00:23If you want to be pretty, you have to be ugly.
00:26Zhiling and her troupe, Eye-Catching Circus, are bringing this message to Paris for this
00:31summer's Cultural Olympiad.
00:33We have been creating a series of performances for all-female casts for the past few years.
00:37In Europe, Paris, the UK and many other countries,
00:44many people are paying attention to women's issues.
00:51Eye-Catching Circus was established in 2015.
00:57Their most celebrated piece has proved to be a hashtag since 1994.
01:07But in Paris, they hope to turn heads with a positive message in their work Crazy Girls.
01:13We want to bring a sense of relaxation and energy.
01:17We want to show people what we like and what kind of body we like.
01:27We like to pursue health and positive energy.
01:30We want to be ourselves.
01:32We want everyone to see a different side of us.
01:38Despite a series of successes,
01:40Eye-Catching Circus has had trouble recruiting female members for their ensemble
01:45in an industry dominated by men.
01:47The artists say people often perceive men as having more power and should take center stage.
01:52But it doesn't mean that women cannot be powerful as well.
01:55And they aim to challenge gender stereotypes and perceptions.
01:59We want to show that not only men can be masculine,
02:03but also women can be masculine.
02:04Women can be feminine and men can be feminine.
02:11Eye-Catching Circus will perform three shows at the end of July for the Cultural Olympiad.
02:17A troupe of crazy girls challenging gender norms with strength and grace in the heart of Paris.
02:25Scott Huang and Tani Chi for TAN+.