Time and Place
Date: Friday, 14th November 2008
Time: 6.30pm – 7.30pm
Venue: Room G3 SOAS Main Building, SOAS, University of London
Location: Russell Square, Thornhaugh Street, WC1H 0XG City: London, UK
The CSSA of The School of Oriental and African Studies (CSSA SOAS ) and Meridian Society will be hosting another talk on Friday 14th November, 2008 in association with the CSSA of The Imperial College and London School of Economics. The lecture will be delivered by Mr Chen Shi-Zheng, director of the opera “Monkey: Journey To The West”.
The lecture is entitled “Monkey: Journey To The West”. In a mythical time, on the Mountain of Flower and Fruit, Monkey was hatched from a stone egg. So begins the tale of the Monkey King, our headstrong, self-important hero. After crossing the all-powerful Buddha, Monkey is given the opportunity to redeem himself by traveling to India with the young monk Tripitaka to bring the Holy Scriptures back to China. Monkey: Journey To The West re-tells the 400 year-old tale for a new audience. This production is a triumph of collaboration – between old and new, sight and sound, East and West.
The speaker Mr Chen Shi-Zheng is a director, choreographer, singer, and actor. He was born in Changsha, Hunan, China. As a teenager, he studied with some of the great masters of Chinese opera and became a leading traditional opera actor, performing in many productions throughout China. He immigrated to the US in 1987 and has worked to create a new expression that crosses the boundaries between music, opera, theatre, and dance, and between different cultures. In Spring 2006, he directed the premiere of the contemporary opera “Mercury Light World” by Chinese composer Cong Su for the Berlin Festival. He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Hunan Arts School in China with Honors in 1981, and holds a Master of Fine Arts degree in Performance Studies from New York University / Tisch School of the Arts. In 2000 he received the title of Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters from the French Government.
Note: This talk will be conducted in English
FREE refreshments will be provided
Transport: The nearest tube stations are Russell Square and Goodge Street.
Bus: Take buses 73，10，24，29，134 to Waterston bookshop of Gower St.
or take 168，68、7、15 to Russell Square.
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