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HK in Transition programme
Hong Kong in Transition: Asian City-to-City Collaboration and Performing Arts Exchange, 1997-2017
9-10 September 2017, SOAS University of London
This two-day programme co-presented by the SOAS China Institute and Zuni Icosahedron marks the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover from the UK to China with a series of events focusing on intercultural exchange and city-to-city collaboration in the performing arts. Participants will reflect on Hong Kong’s cultural exchanges with London and several Asian cities over the past twenty years, as well as discuss proposals, opportunities, strategies, and challenges for the next two decades.
Academic Symposium - Hong Kong Theatre in Transnational Perspective: New Directions and Discourses since 1997
Saturday 9 September, Senate House Lecture Theatre (SALT), 9am - 5pm.
This symposium will explore aspects of theatre production in Hong Kong in the post-1997 period from a transnational perspective, including intercultural and cross-genre collaborations with other Sinophone and Asian performance cultures from Singapore, Taiwan, China, and Japan, Cantonese opera in the diaspora, experimental and political performance, and intersections between indigenous and foreign theatrical forms.
The registration desk will begin at 9.00am and the symposium will start at 9.30am.
Speakers:
Rossella Ferrari, SOAS University of London [organiser]
Joseph Lam, University of Michigan
Daphne P. Lei, University of California, Irvine
Whit Emerson, Indiana University
Wah Guan Lim, Bard College, New York
Jessica Yeung, Hong Kong Baptist University
Uchino Tadashi, Tokyo Woman’s Christian University
Lia Wen-ching Liang, National Taiwan Normal University
Ashley Thorpe, Royal Holloway, University of London
Michael Ka Chi Cheuk, SOAS University of London
How Wee Ng, SOAS University of London
Mirjam Tröster, Goethe University Frankfurt
Chen Lin, Freie Universität Berlin
Online registration is not open yet
Performance
Flee By Night from the Traditional to the Contemporary: A Journey through the Art of Kunqu
Saturday 9 September, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, 6 - 8 pm
An evening of traditional and experimental Kun Opera performances curated by Danny Yung, co-Artistic Director of Zuni Icosahedron, with performers from the Jiangsu Kun Opera Theatre, Nanjing, China, followed by post-performance dialogue and Q&A.
This performance is free to attend, no registration required.
Practitioners Forum
City-to-City Cultural Exchange, Collaboration, and Performing Arts Development: London-Hong Kong-Taipei-Nanjing-Singapore-Shanghai.
Sunday 10 September, Brunei Gallery Lecture Theatre, 10am - 5 pm
In this forum, artists, arts managers, producers, and legislators from Asia and Europe will examine recent cultural exchange initiatives, arts policies, and performance collaborations between Hong Kong, London, Nanjing, Shanghai, Taipei, and Singapore, assess current strategies, and discuss future proposals for city-to-city cultural exchange and performing arts development.
Speakers:
Danny Yung, co-Artistic Director, Zuni Icosahedron, Hong Kong [organiser]
Cedric Chan, Zuni Icosahedron, Hong Kong
Kason Chi, Zuni Icosahedron, Hong Kong
Ke Jun, Kunqu Artist and General Manager of the Jiangsu Performing Arts Group, Nanjing
Leon Rubin, Director, East 15 Acting School, University of Essex
Kok Heng Leun, Member of Parliament and Artistic Director of Drama Box, Singapore
Jason Hsu, Legislator, Member of Parliament, and Head of TEDxTaipei, Taiwan
Ma Fung-kwok, Member of the Legislative Council, Hong Kong
Liu Xiaoyi, Theatre Director, Singapore
Lee Li-heng, Arts Manager, Shanghai
Li Xiaoju, Researcher, China Arts Academy, Beijing
Kim Na-ye, Hong Hong Academy for Performing Arts
Minli Han, National University of Singapore
Tommy Chung Yin Kwan, SOAS University of London
Online registration is not open yet
Organiser: SOAS China Insititute
Contact email: sci at soas.ac.uk
Contact Tel: +44 (0)20 7898 4823
Sponsors: Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange, SOAS China Institute, SOAS Faculty of Language and Cultures, Sino-British Fellowship Trust and Nanjing Arts Foundation
Full programme and registration details coming soon on the conference webpage: https://www.soas.ac.uk/china-institute/events/09sep2017-hong-kong-in-transition-asian-city-to-city-collaboration-and-performing-arts-exchange-1997.html
Posted by: Rossella Ferrari <rf24 at soas.ac.uk>
by denton.2 at osu.edu on July 29, 2017
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