Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2014. 5:30 PM.
Location: Room 125, Memorial Hall
NOV 11 at 5:30-7PM | ROOM 125, MEMORIAL HALL Stanford Colloquium on Dance Studies presents Dr. Yutian Wong on “Shen Yun: An Asian American Dance Company?” The Shen Yun Performing Arts company proclaims to "revive 5,000 years" of Chinese civilization through its performances of music and dance. The company, however, has been based in New York since its founding in 2006 and has never set foot in mainland China. Yutian Wong explores the unique status of Shen Yun in her talk. About Dr. Yutian Wong: Dr. Yutian Wong is the coordinator of the dance program at San Francisco State University. She teaches courses in critical dance studies and writing for dance majors. She is the author of Choreographing Asian America (Wesleyan UP, 2010) and the editor of Contemporary Directions in Asian American Dance Studies (forthcoming). Click here for more information. The Stanford Colloquium on Dance Studies is sponsored by the Mellon “Dance Studies in/and the Humanities” initiative and is generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.
Location: Room 125, Memorial Hall
NOV 11 at 5:30-7PM | ROOM 125, MEMORIAL HALL Stanford Colloquium on Dance Studies presents Dr. Yutian Wong on “Shen Yun: An Asian American Dance Company?” The Shen Yun Performing Arts company proclaims to "revive 5,000 years" of Chinese civilization through its performances of music and dance. The company, however, has been based in New York since its founding in 2006 and has never set foot in mainland China. Yutian Wong explores the unique status of Shen Yun in her talk. About Dr. Yutian Wong: Dr. Yutian Wong is the coordinator of the dance program at San Francisco State University. She teaches courses in critical dance studies and writing for dance majors. She is the author of Choreographing Asian America (Wesleyan UP, 2010) and the editor of Contemporary Directions in Asian American Dance Studies (forthcoming). Click here for more information. The Stanford Colloquium on Dance Studies is sponsored by the Mellon “Dance Studies in/and the Humanities” initiative and is generously funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.