Kunqu Society Activities   1986-2003

Year Date Activities Location

2003

12/20

Lecture & Performance

Kunqu Choreograph: Conventional yet Creative

Lecturer: Dong-Shin Chang

Performers: Chang-yun Han, Anna Chen,

Ja Man, Meiying Huang

St. Michael's Church

136-58 41st Ave.

Flushing, NY

 

12/13

Workshop Students' Concert

A Celebration of the 15th Anniversary

"In The Classroom", "An Interrupted Dream",
"The Reunion", "The Zither",

"A Banquet for Two"

St. George's Church

Flushing, NY

 

 

11/29

Lecture & Demonstration

Percussion & Kunqu Acting

Lecturer: Shirong Huang (Drummer)

St. George's Church

Flushing, NY

 

 

 

7/27

Performance

"A Stroll in the Garden"

Columbus Park

Chinatown, NY

 

 

5/22

Lecture & Performance

"Lotus". "Taken Alive"

United Nations

 

3/1

Kunqu Arias

St. George's Church

Flushing, NY
  2/26

Lecture & Demonstration

"A Banquet for Two"

Bronx, NY

 

2/8

Chinese New Year Celebration

"A Stroll in the Garden"

Edison, NJ

 

1/1

A Light in the Community

St. George's Church

Flushing, NY
2002  12/15    Annual Performance
                 “Essence of Kunqu”                		Chinatown, NY
  10/24    Lecture/Performance   Elmsford, NY
 

10/19  

Kunqu Workshop Performance
           “An Interrupted Dream”,
          “A Stroll in the Garden” “The Zither”

Flushing, NY
  9/1 

Lecture/Performance
                        “Taken Alive”                   

Manhattan, NY
  7/6, 7   Lecture/Demonstration
           “Zhong Kui Marries Off His Sister”         		Manhattan, NY
  6/20  

              “A Stroll in the Garden”                   

Greenburgh, NY
    4/21                 “Joy of the Fishermen”                      Taipei Theater, NY
  3/15  Lecture/Performance
 “An Interrupted Dream”		  United Nations, NY
    2/9      Chinese New Year Celebration
“A Stroll in the Garden”		 Scarsdale, NY
   1/25 

                 Demonstration/Performance                 

Flushing, NY
2001 12/1                Kunqu Demo & Performance               Fairfield, Connecticut
  11/18               Kunqu Exhibition & Performance          Great Neck, NY
  11/10               Workshop Annual Performance            St. George’s Church, NY
  10/20                 Lecture & Performance                        Smithsonian, Washington, DC
  9/19                 Kunqu Demo & Performance               Long Island City, NY
  6/23   Workshop Students’ Concert  St. George’s Church, NY
  5/30   Lecture & Demonstration
 The Performing Art of   Kunqu Old Male Role Type
by Ji Zhenhua		  China Institute, NY
  3/23       Lecture & Performance
   “Taken Alive”		  United Nations
  3/21   

                     Lecture & Demonstration
                    “The Classroom” from “Peony Pavilion”

 Long Island City, NY
  3/7                       Lecture & Demonstration                       Yardley, Pennsylvania
  2/28    Chinese New Year Celebration  Stamford, Connecticut
  1/28   Chinese New Year Celebration St. George’s Church, NY
2000 12/16 Kunqu Workshop Annual Performance
 “The Zither”, “In The Schoolroom”
“Writing a Paper of Grievance”		  St. George’s Church
  10/15 Kunqu Performance I.S. 131, Chinatown, NY
  10/13 Kunqu Performance
 The Ballad of Broken Ax Mountain 		Danny Kaye Playhouse
  10/ 7 Kunqu Symposium China Institute
  9/30 Kunqu Performance New Jersey
  9/30 Kunqu Lecture/Performance Washington D.C.
  7/15  Workshop Students’ Concert 
In Celebration of Mr. Yu Tseng Wang’s 
89th Birthday		 St. George’s Church
  6/ 22 Lecture & Performance United Nations
  2/ 6 Chinese New Year Celebration St. George’s Church
  3/11 Lecture-Demonstration 
The Colorful Young Male Role Type of Kunqu		 China Institute
  2/ 5 Chinese New Year Celebration Iona Preparatory School
New Rochelle,  NY
  1/15 Lecture-Performance 
Selected scenes from 
“Pan Chin-lien”		 Bates College
1999 12/19 Annual Performance, Students’ Performances
 “A Banquet for Two”, “Field of Reed”, 
“Love Through a Poem”,
“Lady Glory’s Journey to the North”		 Norman Thomas High School 
  11/13,14; 
     20,21 		 “Pan Chin-Lien”  Taipei Theater
  6/18  An Evening of Kunqu
“Mountain Gate”,
“Longing for the World” 		 United Nations
  6/13 Students’ Concert
“Riding a  Horse”, “The Zither”		 St. George’s Church
  3/5 Lecture\Demonstration
“A Stroll in the Garden”		 Columbia University
  2/25 Lecture\Performance
“Mountain Gate”, “The Zither”		 Columbia University
  2/21  Symposium
“The Peony Pavilion” 		 Danny Kaye Playhouse
  2/19, 20 Performances
“The Peony Pavilion”		 Danny Kaye Playhouse
1998 11/15 Annual  Performance
“A maddening Dream”,
“The  Zither”, “The Escort”		 I.S. 131, Chinatown
  10/12 Lecture-Demonstration
“The Classroom”, “A Stroll in the Garden”,
“An Interrupted Dream”		 Columbia University
  6/20 Workshop Students’ Concert St. George’s Church
  6/17 Lecture-Demonstration
“The Classroom”, “A Stroll in the Garden”,
“An Interrupted Dream”		 China Institute,  NY
  5/20

Lecture-Performance
“Love Through A Poem”

 United Nations
  5/16 10th Anniversary Celebration
“An Interrupted Dream”, 
“The Broken Bridge”,
“Mountain Gate”, “The sword”		 Taipei Theater
  5/1 Lecture\Demo\Performance
“A Stroll in the Garden”, 
“Fleeing Down the Mountain”		 Connectquot Library,
Long Island
  5/1 “Borrowing the Fan” Queens Community College
  2/14 Chinese New Year Celebration
  “Good Fortune”, “A Stroll in the Garden”, “Autumn River”, “Borrowing the Fan”		 St. George’s’ Church
  2/ 7, 8 Chinese New Year Celebration
“Autumn River”, “On the Road”		 Manhattan College
  1/31 OCA New Year’s  Party
“Kunqu Dance”, “Ping-Tan” 		 Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
1997 12/7 Annual Performance
 “The Reunion”, “Taken Alive”, “Longing for the World”, “Zhongkui’s Earthly Mission”		 I.S. 131, N.Y.
  10/27 “Reading Our Writing” (The Crowds of My New Home) Jamaica Library
  9/20, 21, 28, 29 “Spring-Grass” Taipei Theater
 

6/14

Celebration of the Dragon Boat Festival
“A Stroll in the Garden”,
“Getting Ready for a Combat” 

Westchester
  5/9  Mother’s Day Celebration
 “The Monkey King”, “Double-spear Dance”, 
“Riding a Horse”		 John Dewey High School, NY 
  4/26 Lecture/Performance
 “The Monkey King”, “A Stroll in the Garden” 		  St. Luke Church, N.J.
 

4/12

 Kunqu Performance
“The Mountain Gate”,  “Taken Alive”, 
“The Broken Bridge” 		 Rutgers University, N.J.
  4/10 Lecture/Demonstration
“Riding a Horse”, 
Martial Art Demonstration		 Washington Irving High School
  2/24 Kunqu Performances
“The Broken Bridge”, 
“Longing for the World” 		 United Nations
  2/22 “Borrowing the Fan;” Manhattan Community College, N.Y.C.
 

2/9 

 A  New Year Celebration
“Double-sword Dance”, “Double-spear Dance” 		 St. George’s Church, Flushing
  2/1  A New Year Celebration Elmhurst Library
1996 11/17 Annual Performance 
“Journey to the North”, ”The Broken Bridge “,
“A Banquet for Two”, ”On The Road” 		 I.S. 131, NYC
  11/2 Lecture/Performance
“The Mountain Gate”, 
“Fleeing Down the Mountain” 		Bates College & Colby College
 

10/26

 Lecture/Demonstration
“A Stroll in the Garden”		 China Institute
  7/19  Lecture/Demo/Performance
“A Stroll in the Garden”		 China  Institute 
  7/11 Lecture/Performance
“The Mountain Gate”		 Terrytown Conference Center
  6/7 

Lecture/Performance
“A Stroll in the Garden”

 The International Center in NY
  3/16  Kunqu Performance 
“Borrowing the Fan;”
“Fleeing Down the Mountain”		 Rutgers University
  2/19 Lecture/Performance
“A Stroll in the Garden” 		 Vasser College
  2/10 A New Year Celebration
“Dance of Prosperity”		 Elmhurst  Library
  1/6  A New Year Celebration
 Percussion & “Flower Dance” 		 St. George’s Church
1995 12/3  Annual Performance
“The Zither”, “The Horse Vender”		 I .S. 131,  NYC
 

10/22

 

 Lecture/Performance
“Borrowing the Fan”,
“Fleeing Down the Mountain" 		 Carnegie Mellon University
  10/21 Lecture/Performance
“Borrowing the Fan”, 
“Fleeing Down the Mountain” 		 Towson State University, MD
  9/10  Lecture/Performance Holland Center
  6/23 Lecture/Demonstration United Nations
  6/17  Kunqu Performance
“Entrust the Son” 
“A Maddening Dream”		 Washington   DC
  5/5 Lecture/Performance
“Dreamland Revisited”		 China Institute
  3/25 Lecture/Demonstration
“A Stroll in the Garden” 		  St. George’s Church
1994 11/6  Annual Performance
“The Zither”, 
“Field of Reed”,
“Dreamland Revisited”		 I.S. 131  Chinatown
  10/2 Kunqu Performance
“Catching the Rat”, 
“A Banquet for Two”,
“Journey to the North” 		 New York Taipei Theater
  5/21 Kunqu Performance
 “Killing the Tiger”, ”Searching the Mountain”,
“Rescue the King” 		 Washington  DC
  5/7 “The Beauty of Kun Opera” 
“The  Mountain Gate”,
“An Interrupted Dream”, 
“Lady Glory’s Journey to  the North”		 Taipei Theater
  4/15

Lecture/Performance
“A Stroll in the Garden”, 
“An Interrupted Dream”

 Columbia University
  1/6 Glorious Light St. George’s Church
1993 12/12 A Kunqu Performance In Memmory of Qiusheng Li & Ying Xu St. George’s Church
  10/16 A Kunqu Performance In Memmory of Zhenfei Yu St. George’s Church
  6/12 Kunqu Performance
“The Reunion”, “Taken Alive”
“A Stroll in the Garden”, 
“An Interrupted Dream”		 Washington DC
  5/11

Lecture/Performance
  “A Stroll in the Garden” 

 Wesleyan University
  4-18 Tales From The Middle Kingdom
“Autumn River”, “A Stroll in the Garden”,
“A Banquet for Two” 		 Pace  University
1992 9/19 Lecture/Demonstration
"Palace of Eternity"		 St. George’s Church 
  11/21

Lecture/Demonstration
"The Peony Pavilion"

 St. George’s Church
  12/5  Lecture/Demonstration
“Fleeing Down the Mountain”		 Elmhurst Library
  12/19 “A Reunion”, “A Stroll in the Garden” St. George’s Church
1991  

“The Peony Pavilion”

 Festival of International Performing Arts, Madrid, Spain.
  1/12 Lecture/Performance 
“Longing for the World”,  “Killing the Tiger”
“Entrust the Son”, “Autumn River”		 I.S. 131, NYC
1990 4/28 Kunqu Performance
“The Classroom”,  “A Stroll in the Garden” 
“Catching the Rat”		  St. George’s Church
1989 4/26 Lecture-Performance
“Fleeing Down the Mountain”
“Escape in the Night”		 United Nations
1986 4/20 Kunqu Performance
“Sweeping the Flowers”
“An Interrupted Dream”		 Pace University


 


 

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