With an average age of close to 80 years old, performers of Hondao Seniors on Broadway are redefining our perception of senior citizens. They are actively learning new dance moves, determined to get steps right, and incredibly eager to perform. Some day, we all will age; it’s time we remove the negative stereotypes of seniors and see how growing old is just as fun as growing up.

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「我想,沒有一組表演者的年齡總和,超過2萬歲。」平均年齡將近八十歲的仙角百老匯,有著一顆不老的心。舞台上的一舉一動,不是歲月的痕跡,是自信和尊嚴!世上所有的東西,都會衰老褪色,但仙角百老匯要告訴你:「世上唯一不老的,就是我們躍動的青春夢想!」

In 2012, Hondao Senior Citizen’s Welfare Foundation launched a new initiative called “Seniors on Broadway”. Performers of this group are senior citizens who may or may not have prior musical or stage training, but they all have the willingness and determination to learn new talents as octogenarians or nonagenarians. These seniors exemplify the term, “as long as your keep trying, dreams never get old!”

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「有時不是我們老去,是我們忘了心中那個青春的自己。我們記不起舞步、無法輕盈的跳躍,但是我們將要綻放光采。」

仙角百老匯的成員們,沒有健壯或苗條的身體可以支撐起華麗的舞蹈,但平均年齡將近八十歲的他們,有著一顆不老的心。一舉一動,不是歲月的痕跡,是自信和尊嚴……總有一天我們也會年華老去,五十年後,我們也能像仙角的演員們一樣,在舞台上閃耀光芒嗎?

世上所有的東西,可能都會衰老褪色,但仙角百老匯要告訴你:「世上唯一不老的,就是我們躍動的青春夢想!」

本影音來源:Too Old to Learn? Let’s Show Them! | 青春不老百老匯 | 仙角百老匯 Hondao Seniors on Broadway | TEDxTaipeiED