A Return To The Body: TAO Dance Theatre And Its “Straight Line Trilogy”
Established by the choreographer Tao Ye in 2008, TAO Dance Theatre is an anomaly in the world of...
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A Performative View on Kafka’s “The Great Wall” by Paper Tiger Theatre Studio (Beijing)
In May and August 2017, respectively, Theater der Welt in Hamburg and The Shanghai Ming...
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VR film buffs are still trying to crack the code of blockbuster flicks, even now that the hype and cash have left. SHANGHAI—Li Yaqin is buckled into an egg-shaped chair with a pair of clunky goggles strapped on his head. All of...
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The Man Who Played With Fire
Cai Guoqiang is known for his explosive works, but the Chinese artist is now going back to his...
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Curating LookOUT, The First Chinese Arts Festival On Gender: An Interview With Fabrizio Massini
The LookOUT Arts Festival, presented by Ibsen International, takes place in Beijing from July...
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Modern Man’s Predicament: Nobel Laureate Gao Xingjian As A Tragic Playwright
The place of dramatic tragedy in the twentieth century was one of extreme ambiguity and...
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Cross-cultural Encounters In World Theatre: Bertolt Brecht, The “Alienation” Effect And Chinese Drama
The German playwright and drama theorist Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956) is particularly famous for...
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Chinese Vagina Monologues And Beyond
On March 20 2018, VaChina, a London-based Chinese feminist network, staged its first full drama...
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Reinventing Shakespeare In Chinese And Sinophone Theatres
Along with a number of Japanese and Western canonical poets and writers, Shakespeare and his works...
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Li Cunxin, The Ballet Star Who Could Never Really Leave The Stage
Chinese-Australian dancer Li Cunxin has been enjoying his long yet productive retirement for...
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Reinterpreting The Tradition: A Contemporary Retelling Of Tang Xianzu’s “The Handan Dream” By The Guangzhou Dramatic Arts Centre
Conceived in 2016 in Guangzhou and previously performed in Beijing and St. Petersburg, the...
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Fredric Mao Blasts Away Convention in a New Cantonese Opera
This article is brought to you by the 46th edition of the Hong Kong Arts Festival. If all you know...
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Colliding Traditions Keep Chinese Opera Alive and Well
Chinese opera is as expansive and diverse as China itself – and it continues to thrive in the face...
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How a Bunch of Americans Preserved a Dying Chinese Tradition
The art of shadow puppetry spent much of the 20th century in decline in China, but over in the US,...
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Manuel Pelmus Examines The Performance Art Of Hong Kong Protest
When asked to pick one word that describes the city of Hong Kong, Romanian performance artist...
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Tisa Ho, The Maestro Behind The Hong Kong Arts Festival
There is probably no place more appropriate than a backstage dressing room to interview Tisa Ho....
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Zuni Icosahedron Proves Hong Kong Can Be A Fertile Ground For Experimentation
Among Hong Kong’s artists, designers, playwrights and stage directors are polymaths who somehow...
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Life Is Love In A Modern Take On An Ancient Chinese Folktale
The Legend Of White Snake isn’t old–it’s ancient. One of China’s Four Great Folktales (the other...
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Play Written By And For Cancer Patients Tours Shanghai, Beijing
Director of Don’t Be Afraid, Cancer Companions hopes drama project will give survivors confidence...
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A 160-Year-Old Pirate’s Ballet Makes Its Asian Debut In Hong Kong
It isn’t often you find a Hong Kong resident unfamiliar with the pirate legend of Cheung Chau, but...
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