Presented By: Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan
Journeys between the Chinese Traditional and Contemporary Arts
Danny Yung, Artistic Director of Zuni Icosahedron
Director Danny Yung will give a talk about traditional performing arts. Yung is a pioneer of experimental performance, video, and installation art in the Sinophone region, and Artistic Director of Zuni Icosahedron – Hong Kong’s leading arts collective. He is the Hong Kong Arts Development Awards Artist of the Year 2015, a Fukuoka Prize Laureate (2014), the recipient of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (2009), and of the UNESCO Music Theatre NOW Award (2008).