evolution – Asian American / Asian Research Institute

The Art of Chinese Theatre: When Tradition Meets Evolution

November 24, 2025December 14, 2007 By Kuang-Yu Fong

Ms. Kuang-Yu Fong will share her story of why she chose to perform Chinese theater in the United States. The mission of her company, Chinese Theatre Works, is to “preserve and promote classic Chinese theater through performance, research and teaching; and to create new works that fuse Chinese theatrical aesthetics with contemporary western performance methods … Read more

Evolution of Chinese Cinema Workshop

December 23, 2025June 2, 2004 By Zhenhai Tang

The three climatic stages in the evolution of Chinese cinema is full of excitement and successes. The three stages represented the high quality in Chinese cinema. This workshop series will serve as a talk into the details and explainations of these three stages. We will also be watching a variety of movies in which we can talk about and analyze. This workshop series will also talk about movies from Taiwan, and Hong Kong.