As the Year of the Rat began, Cloud Gate Dance Theatre's rehearsal space in Pali, northern Taiwan, was razed by a fire ignited by a short circuit in aging electrical wiring. While the inferno destroyed 35 years 'worth of documents, records, props, and costumes, the flames have also cast light on the lack of resources available for performing arts groups.
新春伊始，位於八里的「雲門舞集」排練場疑因老舊電線走火傳出祝融之災，一夕間燒毀的，不只是雲門 35 年來所累積的文獻資料、道具和服裝，也燒出了國內表演團體資源匱乏的窘境。