Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 08:20:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Gretchen Van Lente <gretchen-AT-dramaofworks.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Subject: [Puptcrit] (NYC) puppetry event at Asia Society tonight....


> Performance Demonstration of Traditional Puppetry of China 
> 
> Date: November 7th
> Time: 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm
> Location: New York
> Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue, New York
> Cost: 	$10 members/students w/ID; $15 nonmembers
> Phone: 	212-517-ASIA
> Web: 	http://www.newvictory.org/
> 
> Shaanxi Folk Art Theatre of Xian, China
> 
> Followed by panel discussion with Ping Chong and the
> artists of Shaanxi Folk Art Theater, Stephen Kaplin
> (puppet designer), Dmitri Carter (Carter Family Puppet
> Theater), and Alicia Adams (Vice President,
> International Programming and Dance, The Kennedy
> Center)
> 
> Join us for an exciting performance demonstration of
> traditional Chinese rod and shadow puppetry by the
> acclaimed Shaanxi Folk Art Theater of Xian, China. The
> company=92s performances feature exquisitely sculpted
> wooden puppets and intricately carved and tinted
> leather shadow figures. The puppeteers of the Shaanxi
> Folk Art Theater made their debut in New York in
> visual storyteller Ping Chong=92s Cathay: Three Tales of
> China, at the New Victory Theater running from October
> 28 =96 November 13. This demonstration sets the stage
> for a discussion with internationally celebrated
> theater artist Ping Chong on the creation of Cathay, a
> work that explores China=92s past, present and future,
> commissioned by the The John F. Kennedy Center for the
> Performing Arts.
> 
> For tickets to performances of Ping Chong=92s Cathay:
> Three Tales of China at the New Victory Theatre
> (October 28 =96 November 13), visit www.newvictory.org.
> The tour is sponsored in part by the Mandarin Oriental
> Hotel Group.
> 
> 
> 	
> 		
> __________________________________ 
> Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 
> http://mail.yahoo.com
> 

_______________________________________________
List address: puptcrit-AT-lists.driftline.org
Admin interface: http://lists.driftline.org/listinfo.cgi/puptcrit-driftline.org
Archives: http://www.driftline.org