2009 Calendar of Events

2009 Calendar of Events

199-36-24th Ave.

Whitestone, NY 11357

Tel. & Fax: (718) 352-0070,

(646) 427-4250

E-mail: kqs@kunqusociety.org

1/26/2009

Friday at 6pm

Celebration of Chinese New Year

Kunqu Dance, Music and Drama

Sponsor: Chinese Students' Association of Yale

Commons Great Hall

Yale University

New Haven, CT

2/8/2009

Sunday at 3pm

An Afternoon of Chinese Dramas

Peking Opera Singing & Kunqu Demonstration

"An Interrupted Dream" & "Finding a Portrait"

Sponsor: College Point Arts Center

College Point Arts Center

College Point, NY

3/15/09

Sunday, 11am-1pm

Kunqu Demonstrations & Discussions

The Performing Styles between

the Northern School & the Southern School

Lecturer & Demonstrator: Yuhang Wen

Chinese Cultural Center

390 Broadway 3rd Floor

New York City 10013

4/11/09

Saturday at 7:00 pm

The Splendor of Chinese Performing Arts

Selected Scene from "An Interrupted Dream"

Performed by Zhengren Cai & Xunpeng Zhang

Sponsor: Confucius Institute, Rutgers University

Nicolas Arts Center

Rutgers University

New Brunswick, NJ

4/13/09

Monday at 10:30 am

Special Exhibition

Book Titles written by Chung-ho Frankel

Kunqu Singing

Sponsor: Department of East Asian Studies, Yale University

East Asian Library, Rm. 222

Yale University

New Haven, CT

4/25/09

Saturday at 3:30pm

lecture & Demonstration

The Beauty of Chinese Drama

Lecturers: Zhifeng Hu & Ben Wang

Demonstrator: Zhifeng Hu

Co-Sponsor: China Institute

China Institute

125 E. 65the Street

New York, NY

5/24/09

Sunday at 2 pm

Chinese Traditional Performing Arts Festival

Peking Opera, Yue Opera,

Cantonese Opera & Kunqu Link

Sponsor: Tong-Ching Chinese Arts Center

Flushing Town Hall

137-35 Northern Blvd.

Flushing, NY

6/20/09

Saturday at 1:30 pm

Kunqu Workshop RecitalLink

"A Stroll in the Garden," "An Interrupted Dream."

"The Zither" & "Borrowing the Fan"

by Workshop Teachers & Students

Special Guest Artist, Kunqu Master Meiti Yue

John Bowne Elementary School (PS20)
142-30 Barclay Avenue

Flushing, NY

8/7/09

Friday 9-10:20 am

Workshop for the 2009 Association for Link

Asian Performance Annual Conference

“What Makes a Character in Kunqu and Nihon Buyō?”

Presented by Artists from

The Kunqu Society and IchiFuji-kai Dance Association

Coordinator: Dongshin Chang

Hunter College, CUNY

695 Park Ave # 104
New York, NY 10021

11/14/09

Saturday at 6:30 pm

Demonstration & PerformanceLink

The Magic of Kunqu Performing Art

Guyin Liang, Zhenhua Ji & Yilong Liu

Plum Blossom Award Winners,

National Class One Artists of China

Flushing Public Library

41-17 Main Street,

Flushing, NY 11355

(718) 661-1223

11/15/09

Sunday at 2pm

Kunqu PerformanceLink

" The Butterfly Dream"

Plum Blossom Award Winners,

National Class One Artists of China

Guyin Liang, Zhenhua Ji, Yilong Liu & Resident Artists

Miller Theatre

Columbia University

2960 Broadway at 116th St.

12/19/09

Saturday at 2 pm

Kunqu Workshop Annual PerformanceLink

"A Stroll in the Garden," "An Interrupted Dream,"

"Finding a Portrait," "Encounter at the Pavilion," "Borrowing the Magic Fan" & "A Banquet for Two"

Performed by Workshop Teachers & Students

Free Admission

John Bowne Elementary School (PS20)
142-30 Barclay Avenue

Flushing, NY

Regular Activities

Kunqu Workshop

The 1st to the 4th Saturday of the Month

Group Lessons	One to One Lessons
Basic Singing	Flute
Basic Movement	Advanced Singing
Intermediate Singing	Performance
Intermediate Movement

College Point Arts Center
14-48 College Point Blvd.,

College Point, NY 11356