Presented By: Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies
LRCCS Noon Lecture Series | Revolutionary Stagecraft: Theater, Technology, and Politics in Modern China
Tarryn Li-Min Chun, Assistant Professor, Department of Film, Television and Theatre, University of Notre Dame
Attend in person or via Zoom:
https://myumi.ch/nyqZd
In this talk, Dr. Chun will draw on her recently published book, "Revolutionary Stagecraft: Theater, Technology, and Politics in Modern China" (University of Michigan Press, 2024) to discuss deep entanglements among technological modernization, political agendas, and the performing arts in China from the 1920s to the early 1980s. By examining both iconic performances and little-known plays from the perspective of the stage technologies involved, this talk reveals the complex and at times surprising ways in which Chinese theater artists and technicians of the 20th century envisioned and enacted their own political and artistic revolutions through the materiality of the theater apparatus.
Tarryn Li-Min Chun is Assistant Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. Her research focuses on intersections of performance, technology, and media in modern and contemporary Sinophone theatre. She is author of "Revolutionary Stagecraft: Theater, Technology, and Politics in Modern China" (University of Michigan Press, 2024) and co-editor with Xiaomei Chen and Siyuan Liu of "Rethinking Socialist Theaters of Reform: Performance Practice and Debate in the Mao Era" (University of Michigan Press, 2022). Her work has appeared in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, TDR, and Asian Theatre Journal, and several edited volumes. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (USA) and other awards.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at chinese.studies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
https://myumi.ch/nyqZd
In this talk, Dr. Chun will draw on her recently published book, "Revolutionary Stagecraft: Theater, Technology, and Politics in Modern China" (University of Michigan Press, 2024) to discuss deep entanglements among technological modernization, political agendas, and the performing arts in China from the 1920s to the early 1980s. By examining both iconic performances and little-known plays from the perspective of the stage technologies involved, this talk reveals the complex and at times surprising ways in which Chinese theater artists and technicians of the 20th century envisioned and enacted their own political and artistic revolutions through the materiality of the theater apparatus.
Tarryn Li-Min Chun is Assistant Professor in the Department of Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. Her research focuses on intersections of performance, technology, and media in modern and contemporary Sinophone theatre. She is author of "Revolutionary Stagecraft: Theater, Technology, and Politics in Modern China" (University of Michigan Press, 2024) and co-editor with Xiaomei Chen and Siyuan Liu of "Rethinking Socialist Theaters of Reform: Performance Practice and Debate in the Mao Era" (University of Michigan Press, 2022). Her work has appeared in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Theatre Journal, Theatre Survey, TDR, and Asian Theatre Journal, and several edited volumes. She is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (USA) and other awards.
If there is anything we can do to make this event accessible to you, please contact us at chinese.studies@umich.edu. Please be aware that advance notice is necessary as some accommodations may require more time for the university to arrange.
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