The first 15 minutes of wu hsing kuo s oneman danceopera of kafkas metamorphosis are stunning. Oct 10, 2017 aibas wu chingkuo suspended after financial mismanagement claims this article is more than 2 years old controversial president accused of running up 15m swiss francs debt. It follows song jiangs strategy to gain imperial attention. The tantalising mixture of traditional peking style opera, beautiful set design and multimedia projections by ethan wang sounds like a play befitting the international festivals art and technology theme, a. Bibliography of chinese autobiography indiana university. It further notes that the kingdom of desire, an adaptation of macbeth that was to meet with. This is something wu hsing kuo, the maverick driving force behind the taiwanbased contemporary legend theatre since the companys inception in 1986, recognises in his new multimedia solo stage version which he brings to edinburgh international festival this month. Wu hsingkuo, the artistic and executive director and prospero impersonator, claims that this is a play of and for taiwan, and a play about forgiving and reconciliation. Wu hsingkuos very personal spin on kafkas iconic tale forgets to let the audience into his private dream.
Taiwanese acting legend wu hsingkuo brings his internationally. Like his one man version of king lear in 2011, taiwanese performer wu hsingkuo s metamorphosis contains elements of franz kafka s story, but presents them in a fractured and idiosyncratic form. Research on this solo adaptation of king lear, lear is here, by alexa huang. Actor wu hsingkuo tackles kafkas text in technologyheavy production franz kafkas the metamorphosis is creeping towards its centenary.
Hsing yi chuan is commonly refered to as form and mind or form and will. Wu hsing kuo s oneman king lear was one of the most talkedabout shows of 2011s lineup, and his auteurdriven spin on metamorphosis felt poised to replicate that success. Mainly because franz kafka is my favourite writer and his work is full of ideas, which we can apply for every era. After the performance, he praised the production to wu hsingkuo, artistic director of. Saa abstracts compiled shakespeare association of america. Joey wong wang zu xian, maggie cheung cheung manyuk, vincent zhao wenzhuo chiu man cheuk, wu hsing guo wu kuo chiu, wu hsin kuo, ma cheng miu, tin fung, chan dung mooi. Having two years ago brought his oneman king lear to the scottish capital, writeractordirector wu hsingkuo and his taiwanbased contemporary legend. Wu hsing kuo s remarkable oneman king lear, which the lincoln center festival presented on thursday, expanded codified chinese opera. Pointers to nonduality in five volumes hsin, wu, melvyn, roy on. Wu ching kuo latest breaking news, pictures, videos, and special reports from the economic times. Wu hsingkuo blends peking opera and shakespeare in king. Shop movies starring wu hsing kuo on dvd, vhs, and rare video formats at alibris.
Aug, 20 taiwanese actor, director and theatre legend wu hsing kuo performs the world premiere of his metamorphosis at the edinburgh international festival. Wu became chinese taipeis representative on the international olympic committee ioc in 1988. Apr 09, 2018 wu hsingkuo in contemporary legend theatres production. King lear during festival 2011, contemporary legend theatres wu hsingkuo returns with a mesmerising deconstruction of franz kafkas seminal novella. Aside from dancing, berkeley rep square is far from paradise.
Join facebook to connect with kuo shi wu shuang and others you may know. Actor wu hsingkuo tackles kafkas text in technologyheavy production wu hsingkuo knows all about transformation. Our marketplace offers a huge selection of movies from sellers worldwide. He chose to work upon the larval stages of amphibians, in which microsurgery could be performed with fewer complications than in higher vertebrates. Aug 12, 20 kings theatre four stars my tiny body carries the weight of the world, says gregor samsa in wu hsingkuos free adaptation of franz kafkas seminal novella for wus taiwanbased contemporary legend theatre. Later, with the support of the impact integrated and mentored pulmonary and cardiovascular training. Metamorphosis narcissistic interpretation of kafkas seminal text. Kuangming wu is the author of the butterfly as companion 4. Following his acclaimed oneman production of shakespeares king lear during festival 2011, contemporary legend theatres wu hsingkuo returns with a mesmerising deconstruction of franz kafkas seminal novella. Wu hsingkuo, 97864803441, please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from wikipedia or other free. The 2020 programme will be announced in the spring.
Kuohsiung wu national taiwan university of science and. Performing comic failure in waiting for godot with jingju actors. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext. Courtesy of wu hsing kuo in a desolate wasteland, sits a small mound overhung with boughs. In the edinburgh international festival of 2011, he morphed himself into all the. The adaptation was created in 2005 by experimental actor, director and playwright wu hsing kuo based in taiwan.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. Franz kafkas the metamorphosis is creeping towards its centenary. Adapting shakespeares a midsummer nights dream, wu hsing kuo, as artistic director of the company and its lead actor, used a script adaptation written by the wellknown chinese novelist chang tachuen, with some of the original english speeches. Wu hsingkuo returns with a mesmerising deconstruction of franz kafkas. Following his acclaimed oneman production of shakespeares king lear during festival 2011, contemporary legend theatre s wu hsingkuo returns with a mesmerising deconstruction of franz kafkas seminal novella. We use cookies for a number of reasons, such as keeping ft sites reliable and secure, personalising content and ads, providing social media features and to analyse how our sites are used. The remaining 120 minutes are, unfortunately, a masterclass in why scripting, directing and starring in your own production isnt always a good idea. He is an actor, known for you seng 1993, green snake 1993 and song jia huang chao 1997.
Delivered in rzas unmistakable style, at once surprising, profound, and provocative, the tao of wu is a spiritual memoir the world has never seen before, and will never see again. There are some powerful vocal performances from his nearly 30member cast, but too often the acting is hammy and melodramatic mostly the fault of the wobbly book. This adaptation of kafkas metamorphosis, however, was utterly swamped by wu hsingkuos. Metamorphosis contemporary legend theatre on kafka august 09, 20 as role models for budding young existentialists go, there are few more recognisable than gregor samsa, the downtrodden salesman who morphs into a giant bug in franz kafkas 1915 novella. This event was part of a previous international festival and is therefore unavailable to book. Read alexa huangs study of lear is here in her book chinese shakespeares, by haylie swenson.
Wu hsingkuo in contemporary legend theatres production of franz kafkas. His return last night, with a oneman show based upon. Iugte explores the bridge between world theatre traditions and contemporary performing arts, develop international programmes, promote multicultural dialogue and support the freedom of creative expression and tolerance through the acquaintance with the diversity of world traditions. The first 15 minutes of wu hsingkuos oneman danceopera of kafkas metamorphosis are stunning. A nonfiction siddhartha for the hiphop generation from the author of the wu tang manual, it will enlighten, entertain, and inspire. Wu hsing kuo played oberontheseus and the female lead wei haimin, titaniahippolyta. Narcissistic interpretation of kafka s seminal text. Wu hsing kuo contemporary legend theatre kings theatre 10 to 12 august 20. The spiritual aspect of the book is lovely to read about, as its obviously the mainline of rzas being. Aug, 20 the contemporary legend theatre have reimagined kafkas metamorphosis as. Actors feel like theyre creating tableaux more than they are playing actual people. Instead, its commissioning team has favoured experimental interpretations, often deconstructing the original text and forgetting to put it back. Aibas wu chingkuo suspended after financial mismanagement.
Wu hsing kuo, the art director from contemporary legend theater, wrote and directed the show based on what he felt after he finished reading the book. In his early work, he demonstrated that the thyroid gland is essential for the metamorphosis of a tadpole into a frog or a toad. Circumscribing the place of taoists in chinese society is not straightforward for any period. In spite of it i really enjoyed the liminality in wu hsing kuo s metamorphosis by by phoenix tsailuan chang taiwan. Wu hsingkuos very personal spin on kafkas iconic tale forgets to let the audience into his private dream, writes lyn gardner. Humanites ijhss dream and life in metamorphosis by. Runaways, rodents and giant bugs 20 is a book for children in which matthue roth retells metamorphosis, with drawings by rohan daniel eason. We saw this adaptation of kafkas metamorphosis, by writer and director david farr and icelandic actor and director gisli orn gar. Metamorphosis contemporary legend theatre on kafka.
This chapter discusses the first experiment combining jingju and a western work. Like his one man version of king lear in 2011, taiwanese performer wu hsing kuo s metamorphosis contains elements of franz kafkas story, but presents them in a fractured and idiosyncratic form. Ultimately, the soul of beijing opera offers an important contribution to our understanding of the role of. In recent years, the edinburgh international festival has lost its taste for traditional plays. Adaptive response of pulmonary arterial smooth muscle to length change. Login to enjoy the indias leading online book store sapnaonline discount sales on your favourite author hsing kuo wu books, with free delivery.
This is something wu hsing kuo, the maverick driving force behind the taiwanbased. Hsingkuo wu celebrity profile check out the latest hsingkuo wu photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Taipei, initiated by the innovative beijing opera actor, wu hsing kuo, who, like ma yongan, specializes in male martial roles, took on a commercial and practical concern from its inception. Wu wei emerged in the spring and autumn period, and from confucianism, to become an important concept in chinese statecraft and taoism, and was most commonly used to refer to an ideal form of government, including the behavior of the emperor. Chuan literally means fist and denotes a method of unarmed combat. Actor wu hsingkuo will stage his lavish one man adaptation of kafkas the metamorphosis.
Wu hsingkuo in contemporary legend theatres production of. Taiwan contemporary legend theatre stage metamorphosis at. Our staff is a collaborative community of experts in the field of performing arts, social science, culture and. Becketts waiting for godot, and, in 20, franz kafkas metamorphosis. Its purpose was to astound and amaze, with spectacles and shakespeare, so as to attract audiences back to the decaying beijing opera theater. Explore ching kuo wu profile at times of india for photos, videos and latest news of ching kuo wu. The lost writings of wu hsin may 15, 20 by aalif one of the most beautiful and unknown gems in eastern nonduality, whom i recently discovered thanks to my mentor gd, is wu hsin. Contemporary legend theatres wu hsingkuo returns with a mesmerizing deconstruction of franz kafkas seminal novella. The tao of wu was somewhat scattered for the first 60% of the book. It notes that in 1986, seven years after kuo hsiaochuang and her elegant voice first assailed jingju circles, wu hsingkuo and his newly established contemporary legend theatre clt gave taiwanese audiences another shock. Actor wu hsingkuo tackles kafkas text in technologyheavy production. Wu was trained in classical peking opera since the. Find highquality franz kafka stock photos and editorial news pictures from. The stage is set for a chinese version of waiting for godot, presented by the contemporary legend theater from taiwan at the tianqiao performing arts center in beijing on may 15 waiting for godot is a twoact absurdist play by irish playwright samuel beckett that premiered in 1953.
Mingching kuo industrial technology research institute. The guide to the edinburgh festival including the art, book, fringe, international, jazz, politics festivals, the tattoo and a city guide to edinburgh in summer 20. Featured software all software latest this just in old school emulation msdos games historical software classic pc games software library. The book looks at the evolution of beijing operas singing and performance styles, makeup and costume, audience demands, as well as stage and street presentation modes amid tumultuous social and political changes. Essay on transience as personal narrative in wu s lear is here, by alexa huang. The list edinburgh festival guide 20 pt1 by the list ltd. In spite of it i really enjoyed the liminality in wu hsingkuos metamorphosis by by phoenix tsailuan chang taiwan.
Kings theatre four stars my tiny body carries the weight of the world, says gregor samsa in wu hsing kuo s free adaptation of franz kafkas seminal novella for wu s taiwanbased contemporary legend theatre. The remaining 120 minutes are, unfortunately, a masterclass in why scripting, directing and starring in your own. Wu hsing kuo in contemporary legend theatres production of metamorphosis at the 20 edinburgh international festival. Taiwanese actor, director and theatre legend wu hsing kuo performs the world premiere of his metamorphosis at the edinburgh international festival. Wu ching kuo was a basketball player in his youth and later worked as an architect.
Mixing peking opera, mime and expressive movement and combining it with spectacular digital imagery. Kuohsing kuo university of northern british columbia. In spite of it i really enjoyed the liminality in wu hsingkuos metamorphosis. Books by hsing kuo wu, hsing kuo wu books online india.
Hsing kuo wu was born on april 12, 1953 in kaohsiung, taiwan as kuo chiu wu. We use cookies to offer you a better experience, personalize content, tailor advertising, provide social media features, and better understand the use of our services. He served as a member of the evaluation commission for the 2016 summer olympics. The tempest, waiting for godot and kafkas metamorphosis last year was. Kings theatre venue and access information 90 minutes. The most interesting passages, imo, are the ones in which he discusses his life and the life of wutang clan.
Wu hsingkuo in contemporary legend theatres production of metamorphosis. Taoism the journal of asian studies cambridge core. Hsing yi chuan is one of the three orthodox internal styles of chinese martial art the other two being tai chi chuan and pa kua chang. Actor wu hsing kuo tackles kafkas text in technologyheavy production. Project muse a midsummer nights dream by wu hsingkuo. In the edinburgh international festival of 2011, he morphed himself. Wu s latest adaptation of a western classic into the style and techniques of traditional peking opera credits him as sole actor and director, promising a unique. By franz kafkaadapted from the metamorphosiscontemporary legend theatre. As this landmark tale is unleashed on the eif, taiwanese actor wu hsing kuo talks to mark fisher about movement, multimedia and mothers. Originally named kuo chiu, wu was born in 1953 in kaosiung, a city located in southwestern taiwan. Wei is a pillar of this taipei company, along with its artistic director, wu hsing kuo, who conceived the production. Shanghai, kuo hsiaochuang 1951, dan actress, 1970s to early 1990s, taiwan, and wu hsing kuo. Wu said that he read at least six chinese versions of the play to fully understand what it is about.
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