Body&Space Workshop

Moderator: Yinfu Gao (ATW Gießen) Venue: Göttingen TBA Time: 1 PM-3 PM, June 3, Saturday Time period: 1h45min (15 min Pause) Fee: Free of Change Register: yingming.theater@gmail.com Introduction: This workshop/experiment on body movement draws inspiration from the “Folding City” research, which delves into the themes of “spatial inequality,” “hostile design or architecture in urban settings,” …

“Contemporary Theater Arts” Seminar Series No. 17

Theater Identity  ZHANG Xian March 15, 2023, Wednesday, CET 13:00 PM, Beijing Time 20:00 PM Zoom: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/64857394408 Meeting ID: 648 5739 4408 Hosts: Prof. Dr. Ziwen Gao (Nanjing University), Dr. Yumin Ao (The University of Göttingen) Zhang Xian is a playwright, theater director, social choreographer, and arts activist. As one of the first independent and avant-garde dramatists in post-Mao China, he has …

Ying Ming Theater Issue 21

01. 敖⽟敏(汉堡)/ 哥廷根⼤学⾸届当代亚洲戏剧国际研讨会回顾➤ 05. Yumin AO (Hamburg) / Review of the 1st International Symposium on Contemporary Asian Theater in Göttingen➤ 10. 喻荣军(上海)/ 不可说: 疫情让我们都成了孤岛➤ 15. Rongjun YU (Shanghai) / Beyond Words: the Macro Health Crisis Has Shaped Us into Micro Isolated Island➤ 20. 刘晓义(新加坡)/ “反观与互鉴”专栏:唯有主动才能改变我们的⽣存困境➤ 24. Xiaoyi LIU (Singapore) / “Contemplation and Reflection” Column: We …

“Contemporary Theater Arts” Seminar Series No. 16

Topic: The Seeds of Drama—Taking The Clothes of Rongyi as an example 戏剧的种子——以《戎夷之衣》为例 Speaker: LI Jing, Playwright, Literary Critic  Time: Feb. 22nd, Beijing Time 8:00 PM, Central European Time 1:00 PM Zoom: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/64401512154 Meeting ID: 644 0151 2154 Language: Chinese 李静,剧作家,文学评论家。著有话剧《大先生》《秦国喜剧》《戎夷之衣》,出版有五卷本文集《我害怕生活》(包括《必须冒犯观众》《捕风记》《王小波的遗产》《致你》《戎夷之衣》)等。现居北京。《戎夷之衣》这部作品改编自《吕氏春秋·恃君览第八》中戎夷解衣的故事,一个人的棉衣和另一个人的余生,就这样被紧紧地焊接在一起。本次讲座作者将以此为例谈谈如何形成和确立一部戏的精神主题。这主题是一部戏的核心和种子。 Li Jing, playwright, and literary critic, is the author of Mr. Big, Comedy of the State of Qin, and the Clothes of Rongyi, …

“Contemporary Theater Arts” Seminar Series No. 18

讲题:昆曲《牡丹亭》赏析  时间:3月23日周四,欧洲中部时间晚上8:00-9:30 Zoom: https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/69098114580 Meeting ID: 690 9811 4580    扫描二微码参与 个人简介:肖向平,中国戏剧家协会会员,国家二级演员,上海戏剧学院戏曲表演系毕业,同年进入中国昆曲博物馆工作,后为北方昆曲剧院演员。京昆兼修,师从岳美缇、蔡正仁、石小梅和马玉森老师。第四届“江苏省戏剧奖·红梅奖”铜奖,第四届中国昆曲艺术节优秀青年演员表演奖(文化部)。 讲座提纲: 开场(昆曲介绍) 昆曲是中国戏曲百花园中最为历史悠久和腔韵独特的剧种之一,其表演艺术集中了中国戏曲的精髓,被誉为“百戏之祖”,并于2001年5月获联合国教科文组织授予世界首批“人类口头和非物质遗产代表作”称号。昆曲,起源于历史上元末明初江苏省昆山地区,是中国乃至世界现存最古老的,具有悠久传统艺术的剧种,流传至今已有600 余年的历史。昆剧唱腔清柔婉转、格律严谨、细腻精致。剧本来源几乎涵盖了中国整部戏曲史,有着深厚的中国传统文化积淀和很高的文学价值。 主题(行当和表演的介绍) 1. 曲牌赏析(遶地遊,皂羅袍,山桃紅) 【绕地游】(旦上)梦回莺莺,乱煞年光遍。人立小庭深院。(贴)炼尽沉烟,抛残绣线,惜今春关情似去年?(杜丽娘/春香) 【鲲罗袍】原来詹紫嫣红开遍,好像这一般都付与断井缨垣。良辰美景奈何天,赏心乐事谁家院!(杜丽娘/春香) 【山桃红】则为你如花美眸,似水流年,是答儿闲寻遍。在幽闺自怨自艾。小姐姐,和你那答儿讲话去。(旦作含笑不行)(生作牵)衣(旦低问)那里去?(生)转过这草药栏前,紧靠着湖山石边。(旦低问)秀才,去怎么的?(生低答)和你把领扣松,衣带宽,腰椎儿搐着牙儿苫也。则待你忍耐温存一醒。(旦作羞)(生前抱)(旦推介)(合)是那处曾相见,相看亦然,早难遇好处相逢无言?(柳梦梅/杜丽娘) 2. 行当(闺门旦,六旦,小生) 3. 表演(手,眼,身,法,步) 尾声(提问时间)

“Contemporary Theater Arts” Seminar Series No. 15

Topic: The Art of Audience Participation in Applied Theatre  Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Estella Wong, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts Time: Thursday, Jan. 19, 2023, 13: 00 PM -14: 30 PM CET, Hong Kong Time 20: 00-21: 30 PM Language: English Link:   https://uni-goettingen.zoom.us/j/69482194990 Meeting ID: 694 8219 4990 Scan the QR code to join the …

Xiao Jing

Xiao Jing works as a director and playwright in the theater. She majored in literature and education at Beijing Normal University. In 2017 she started to work independently as a director, devoting herself to exploring the combination of fiction and non-fiction, introducing real material, events, and history into the theater. She hopes to use theater …

Yinfu Gao

Yinfu Gao, born in China, Germany-based performer, director, dramaturgy, and dancer. M.A Applied Theater Studies in University Gießen. She works as a research-based solo performer, who likes to explore the poetic relation between self-written texts and her own body movement. Her recent solo performance “Mulans” is based on the research of feminism history in China …

Wei Arianne WANG

Born in Chengdu, grew up in England, and now based in Paris. Theatre composer, Kun opera actress, and afro-dancehall dancer. Composing with physical scores, pre-expression, and the theatrical montage. Composing where intimacy dances the tango with politics. Composing the theatre where no playhouse exists. Hoping to construct “theatre as tunnel” with homage to “art as …

Flora Wang

Flora Wang is a passionate drama director. Though she has no systematic drama education background, she has a unique taste and insight into “stage performance”. In March 2021, she initiated an NGO in Athens, consisting of a group of drama lovers——the “Sino-Hellenic Performing Arts Alliance”, and has presented two drama plays as the screenwriter and …