Asian Theatre Working Group Stockholm Meeting, Program
13 June, Monday
| 9:00~10:30 | Contemporary Asian Puppet and Marionette theatre | Lia Wenching LIANG Taiwan, National Tsing Hua University “March on, join bravely”: Wang Chia-ming’s first Journey with Shakespearei’s Richard III Seokhun CHOI South Korea, Yonsei University, South Korea Breakdance, Video, and Stage Presence: The Role of Media in the Live Performance of The Marionette, a Popular Korean B-Boy Show |
| 11:00~12:30 | Intercultural Asian Theatre Past and Present | Shih-Lung LO Taiwan, Paul Valery University-Montpellier III, France From Adrienne Lecouvreur to Yun Caixia: Adaptation of French Well-Made Play on the Modern Chinese Stage Tsu-Chung SU Taiwan, National Taiwan Normal University Asian Theatre or Otherwise: A Revisit of Peter Brook’s The Mahabharata |
| 14:00~15:30 | Asian Aesthetic of theatre and Performance | Yingying XIAO Chinese, University Normal of Nanjing Who is and where is the real subject of perceive in the aesthetic process? Rora PAEK Republic of Korea, Korean Theatre Studies Association(Seoul, Korea) Performing the Aesthetics of Zen Buddhism: Asian Performances of ‘Non-duality(不二) |
14 June, Tuesday
| 9:00~10:30 | History of Asian Theatre and Modernity | Jonah SALZ & Rachel Payne USA, Ryukoku university Borders and bridges: adventures in mapping Japanese theatre history Anandhakrishnan BALAKRISHNA PILLAI India, S N School of Arts & Communication University Nationalism, Modernity and Knowledge Production: Shaping the Terrain of Modern Theatre in Post Colonial India Meewon LEE Korea (south), Korean National University of Arts Modernization, the pivotal turning point of Korean theatre History |
16 June, Thurday
| 10:30~12:30 | Traditional Theatre in Asia | Hsiao-Mei HSIEH Taiwan, National Taiwan University Experimental Traditional Theatre in Taiwan: The Emergence of Taiwanese New Xiqu Ursula Maya TANGEBERG Swiss, Fictive Femininity on Stage Physical Techniques in Asian Classical Theatre and Dance Traditions Hyunshik JU South Korea, Institute of Media Arts Culture, Kyonggi University Traditional Korean Masked Dance Drama and Historiography of Emotions Tove Johanna Bjoerk Finland, Saitama University The Literacy of an Early Modern Kabuki Actor – Browsing the Library of Ichikawa Danjūrō II |
| 16:00~17:30 | Performing Asian Past and Society | Maryam KOHANSAL Iran, Islamic Azad University, Shiraz Branch The role of theater in voicing Iranian history based on the analysis of Bahram Beyza’ee’s drama Yasushi NAGATA Japanese, Osaka University Performing Asian Geographical Past: on Production of ‘Sealing Betal Palm’ by Karagumi, 1992 Kirstin PAUKA German, University of Hawaii at Manoa Contemporary Balinese =Wayang Listrik (shadow theatre) as an reinterpretation of the theatrical past: a case study of the UHM Asian Theatre Program production of “Subali-Sugriwa-Battle of the Monkey Kings”. |
Joint Panel with Religion and Performance WG
Kumara Swamy GADDA
Telangana Samskruthika Sarathi(TSS), India
Mythical Narratives clad in Ritual Performance, Configuring community identity: A study of Mallanna Katha(Stories) of Komuravelli in Telangana, India
Sponsored Panel, Presenting Korean Past in Post-colonial Age
| Chair: Meewon LEE | Jung Gyung SONG Yonsei University, South Korea The Diasporic Trauma as a Cornerstone of Julia Cho’s The Architecture of Loss Ka-eul YOO Yonsei University, South Korea Politics of Remembering the Dynamics of GI Towns in Korea in Ilgopzipmae Sang Woo Lee Korea University, South Korea To Challenge the Conventions in Colonial Korea : The Case of An actress Yoon Shim-duk |
Moving to General Panel
| Chair: Yasushi NAGATA | Tapati GUPTA Calcutta University, Indian Performing Narrative: Tradition & Modernity Anna THURING University of the Arts Helsinki – Theatre Academy, Finnish The Heroic Body of Asia: Reflections on Presenting Asian Warriors on Western Stage Hayato KOSUGE Keio University, Japan Staging Past Disasters with Butoh Dance: Ohno Yoshito’s “Flower and Bird/Inside and Outside” (2015) |