TALK : Modern Staging of Traditional Chinese Drama
Chen Shi-Zheng (Director, Choreographer, Singer and Actor)
Wednesday, February 4 / 3:30-5 PM / FREE
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB, UCSB

Born in Hunan and now living in New York, Chen has directed productions in Paris, Milan, Perth, Aarhus, Vienna, Berlin, Singapore, the Public Theater, BAM, the Beijing Opera and the Lincoln Center, where his adaptation of the 13th-century play, Orphan of Zhao debuted this summer. He has collaborated with artists such as Meredith Monk, Tan Dun, and Rene Jacobs. His staging of the opera Peach Blossom Fan opens April 11 in Los Angeles at the REDCAT Center for New Theater/ Disney Concert Hall. Chen will introduce his adaptation of a 1599 Chinese drama, Peony Pavilion about dream love, death and resurrection.

Co-sponsored by the IHC, the East Asian Studies Research Focus Group, the Depts. of East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies, Dance & Dramatic Arts, Music, Classics, East Asia Center, Center for the Interdisciplinary Study of Music and the Division of Humanities and Arts.

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