Welcome New Year and Artist Wang Chong

Celebrate Lunar New Year and welcome theater artist Wang Chong (China) to Boston before the WORLD PREMIERE of his newest show MADE IN CHINA 2.0, presented by ArtsEmerson. Enjoy Wang Chong’s work-in-progress of KISS KISS BANG BANG 2.0 recorded at Tokyo Metropolitan Theater, followed by an artist conversation with Wang Chong, with Lydia Jialu Li moderated by Alison Qu of CHUANG Stage.

Free | Suggested Donation $10

Contact | Ashley Yung, Performance Program Manager - ashley.yung@bcnc.net

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ABOUT THE ARTISTS

Wang Chong is recognized around the world as one of Beijing’s most creative, provocative theatre directors, celebrated for his visionary experiments with classic and contemporary plays. He is the founder of Beijing-based performance group Théâtre du Rêve Expérimental. He is the most internationally commissioned Chinese theater director. His works have been performed in 20 countries. Wang’s productions include The Warfare of Landmine 2.0 (2013 Festival/Tokyo Award), Teahouse 2.0, (2018 One Drama Awards Best Little Theater Work), Waiting for Godot (live online performance with 290,000 audience), and The Plague 2.0 (virtual performance spanning 6 continents). He is currently working on his solo show Made in China 2.0 and two documentary films.

Lydia Jialu Li (they/she) Lydia’s creative gaze centers on “trauma”, “healing” and “revolution” in specific social and personal events in the feminist and Chinese diaspora experience. Assembled in unique kaleidoscopes of movement, sound, and texts, their works formulate journeys into unknown territories. Selected work include Guerrilla’s Song (CalArts), The Hidden Territories of The Bacchae (Double Edge Theatre), Little Red Book or Plural Bodies (NOW Festival, REDCAT), Rasgos Asiáticos by Virginia Grise (Center of New Performance). www.lilydia.com

ABOUT THE ORGS

ArtsEmerson is Emerson College’s professional presenting and producing organization. As part of an institution that believes in fostering creativity, passion, excellence, and inclusivity, we are using art to bring the world to Boston, and to bring Boston together.

Founded in 2018, CHUANG Stage is the first Mandarin-English bilingual, bicultural theater company nationwide; its mission is to cultivate joyful and challenging Asian American stories that pioneer new activism in the arts.