A Monological & Digital Theater Produced by Ying Ming Theater in Göttingen, Germany
The innocence and ignorance of youth is a poem, as it may seem, and a mystery as I can dream. Shuttlecocking letters from afar for forty years, I look for love in my life. I wonder if time could stop at the moment when we first met, without dislocation, delusion, and discrepancies.
Shouxin Kuaile (Love Letters) is adapted from a drama of the same name, in which the motif of “love and regret” has been re-examined and constructed. The work highlights the thinking about encounters in life and the argument of free will, showing how individuals experience inner conflicts in front with choices. This drama uses monologues and cross-media to present the heavy emotional burden carried by the two characters through the artistic technique of “cinema theater”. When the minimalist theater scenes and the verbal metaphor in the language of camera/photography meet, Shouxin Kuaile, a post-dramatic theater, will provide the audience a unique aesthetic experience online.
This drama premieres at the 5th European Chinese Theater Festival (Online Special, June 24-26, 2021) in Frankfurt.
Cast & Crew
Actors: Yunzhen Huang/Weilin Chen
Director/Producer: Yumin Ao
Playwright: Chengju Shan
Editor: Jiayue Li
Music: Yumin Ao
Camerawoman: Jiayue Li/Yue Wu
Costume/Property: Jiayue Li
Director Assistant: Xiaoxi Li/Qian Lan
Translation/Subtitles (English): Xiaoxi Li
Translation/Subtitles (German): Fangfei Jing/ U. Steinvorth
Dramaturgy: Xiaoxi Li/Zhao Zhao
Graphic Design: Yumin Ao
Attribution
Love Letters, 0:00-0:53 (Alexander Klein) http://jamen.do/t/368162
La Styrienne, 0:00-1:05 (Esther Garcia) http://jamen.do/t/1214580
In Anxious Shadows, 1:00-3:00 (Kai Engel) http://jamen.do/t/1182033
Rain City, 1:11-2:05 (Sibviolin) http://jamen.do/t/1863240
Classic inspiration, 0:10-1:13 (Carlos Estella) http://jamen.do/t/1806279
When the Eyes are Closed, 0:00-3:11 (Esther Garcia) http://jamen.do/t/1089086
Between the Clouds, 2:38-3:35 (Van Syla) http://jamen.do/t/977822
Awake at Midnight, 3:48-4:18 (Alexander Klein) http://jamen.do/t/368182
Solitude, 1:27-3:00 (Renatus Cartesius) http://jamen.do/t/1766146
The Reason, 0-1:43 (Hakim El Kassimi) http://jamen.do/t/1642847
Crying Sky, 0:45-3:04 (Sibviolin) http://jamen.do/t/1863236
Consolations, S.172 – III. Lento placido, 2:00-2:46 (Liszt, F., OnClassical) http://jamen.do/t/1169705
Acknowledgment
We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for all of the support and help in the course of production provided by Dr. Kai Zhang, Dr. Steinvorth, Katharina, Wenxia Song, Katja, Jasmin, Amy, Yayun, Tong Zhang, Jiahao Sun, and many others！
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