The Formosa Aboriginal Song and Dance Troupe (Chinese: 原舞者) is an ensemble that performs Taiwanese folk music.
The group consists of younger musicians and performers who learn dances and music from elder experts and ethnologists.
[8][7] Troupe members traveled to Nanwang in Taitung City, and eventually convinced Puyuma elders to teach them tribal dances.
[17] The troupe joined president Ma Ying-jeou on a diplomatic trip throughout Oceania in March 2010,[18][19] and returned home to feature in the Taipei International Flora Exposition.
[22] In 2012, the Formosa Aboriginal Song and Dance Troupe was invited to perform at the inaugural Tainan Arts Festival.
[24][9][25] Other performances by the Formosa Aboriginal Song and Dance Troupe also have political influences such as Dreaming of Azalea Mountain in 2011, about the death of Uyongʉ Yata'uyungana during the White Terror.