The “Contemporary Theater Arts” Seminar Series Since 2020…

Topic: Curatorial Consciousness in Ergao Dance Production Group

Speaker: Annie Feng

Time: Jan. 11, 2024, 13:00 CET

Topic: Creative Practice of Butterfly Island and the Use of Synthetic Scenes as a Methodology

Speaker: He Qi-wo

Time: Dec. 14, 13:00 CET

Topic: The Force of Mortality and Urban Villages Futurism of Butterfly Island

Speaker: Sun Xiaoxing

Time: Nov. 16, 2023, Thursday, 13: 00 CET

Topic: Reflections of Emotion and History – From Observations on Theatre Action (TBA) 

Speaker: WANG Molin

Time: June 28, 2023, Wednesday, CET 14:00 PM

Topic: Theatre as Wild Grass

Speaker: Kai Tuchmann

Time: May 17, 2023, Wednesday, CET 14:00 PM

Topic: Theater Identity  

Speaker: ZHANG Xian

Time: March 15, 2023, Wednesday, CET 13:00 PM

Topic: Kunqu Opera The Peony Pavilion

Speaker: Xiao Xiangping

Time: Thu. Mar. 23, 2023, 8:00 PM -9:00 PM CET

Topic: The Seeds of DramaTaking The Clothes of Rongyi as an Example

Speaker: LI Jing, Playwright, Deputy Editor in Chief of Chinese Literature

Time: Wed. Feb. 22, 2023, 13:00 PM -14:30 PM CET

Topic: The Art of Audience Participation in Applied Theatre 

Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Estella WONG, Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts

Time: Thu. Jan 19, 2023, 13:00 PM -14:30 PM CET

Topic: Draft Theater

Speaker: ZHAO Chuan

Time: Fri. Nov. 29, 2022, 13:00 PM – 14:30 PM CET

Topic: Cantonese Opera in a Shakespearean Garb: An East-West Adaptation Framework

Speaker: Asso. Prof. Kelly Kar Yue CHAN, Hong Kong Metropolitan University

Time: Fri. Oct. 28, 2022, 14:00 PM – 15:30 PM CET

Topic: Writing a Play Script and Teaching How to Write One 

Speaker: Asso. Prof. GUO Chenzi, Shanghai Academy of Theater

Time: Wed. May 25, 2022, 14: 00 PM – 15: 30 PM CET

Topic: Performing the Socialist State 

Speaker: Professor Xiaomei CHEN, the University of California in Davis

Time: Wed. May 4, 2022, California 7:00 AM, Wednesday, Göttingen 4:00 PM

Topic: Writing new plays in China and the US

Speaker: ZHU Yi, New York

Time: Wed. April 20, 2022, New York 8:00 AM, Göttingen 2:00 PM, Beijing 8:00 PM

Topic: Comedies in contemporary Chinese theatre – a sudden boom  

Speaker: Sabine Heymann, the University of Giessen; Dr. Anna Stecher, the University of Munich

Time: Wed. March 16, 2022, 1:00 PM-2:30 PM CET

Topic: Play and Performance of Hometown: A Talk on College Theater Production

Speakers: Assoc. Prof. Dr. GAO Ziwen, the Department of Theatre, Film, and TV Arts, Nanjing University

Time: Wed. Jan. 10, 2022, 1:00 PM CET

Topic: Illustrating the Stage of Hong Kong for Audiences of the Present and the Future

Speakers: Chan Kwok Wai Bernice, International Association of Art Critics (Hong Kong)

Time: Wed., Dec. 8th, 2021. 13:00 PM – 14: 30 PM CET

Topic: Eco-environmental Performance in and Outside Contemporary Chinese Theater

Speaker: Asso. Prof. Dr. DING Liu

Time: Wed., Nov. 24, 2021. 13: 00 PM – 14: 30 PM CET

Topic: The Poetic Quest and its Expression in Dramatic Writing

Speakers: Dr. ZHONG Haiqing

Time: Wed., Nov. 17, 2021. 14: 00 PM – 15: 30 PM CET

Topic: Shakespeare in Contemporary Performance: Beyond the Western Canon

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Octavian Saiu, Hong Kong Metropolitan University, the University of Sibiu

Time: Wed. Oct. 13, 2021. 14:00-15:30 CET

Topic: Transnational Chinese Theatres: Aesthetics, Politics, Methods

Speaker: Prof. Dr. Rossella Ferrari, the University of Vienna

Time: 2021. 03.18, Germany 14:00 PM – 15:30 PM CET

Topic: Cross-arts Collaboration and Crossing Borders in Art

Speakers: Chong Wang, Théatre du Rêve Expérimental; Shasha Li

Time: 2021. 01.17, Germany 13:00 PM -14:30 PM CET

Topic: Juchang: Contemporary Theatre Performance in Germany and in China

Speakers: Prof. Dr. Li Yinan, the Central Academy of Drama in Beijing; Huang Yiping

Time: 2020. 12. 09, Germany 14:00 PM -15:30 PM CET