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SUMMARY: Wei Hai Min and Her Personas: Jingju in Our Time
DESCRIPTION: A lecture by Award-winning jingju (Beijing Opera) actress\, We
 i Hai Min. Wei Hai Min will share her knowledge and expertise of jingju\, a
 nd her negotiation between traditional training and daring experimentations
 .
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p>[caption id="attachment_21813" align="alig
 ncenter" width="620"]<img class="wp-image-21813 size-medium_large" src="htt
 ps://thfl.cms.arts.ubc.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/21/2023/10/Wei-Hai-Min-p
 ortrays-Consort-Yang--768x384.jpg" alt="" width="620" height="310" /> Wei H
 ai Min portrays Consort Yang in The Drunken Beauty\; photo by Nicholas Fan[
 /caption]</p><p>Wei Hai Min is a prominent award-winning <em>jingju</em> ac
 tress from Taiwan. <em>Jingju</em>\, or Beijing opera\, the best-known genr
 e of Chinese opera\, is a form of classical Chinese theatre that integrates
  singing\, speaking\, dancing\, and acrobatics. In this lecture\, Wei Hai M
 in will share her knowledge and expertise of <em>jingju\, and </em>her nego
 tiation between traditional training and daring experimentations. The lectu
 re will also include a series of demonstrations—the aria and movements from
  <em>The Drunken Concubine</em>\, a masterpiece perfected by Mei Lanfang\, 
 speech and movement as Lady Macbeth from <em>The Kingdom of Desire</em> (Ma
 cbeth)\, and an aria from <em>Medea</em> to demonstrate her amazing vocal v
 irtuosity.</p><p>Wei Hai Min\, a child prodigy\, started her training in Ta
 iwan at an early age and became a star actor for the National GuoGuang Oper
 a Company\; she later studied under Mei Baojiu\, the son of Mei Lanfang and
  heir of Mei School acting. Wei is among the most distinguished Mei School 
 actors in the Sinophone world today. Wei has also devoted herself to <em>ji
 ngju </em>innovation in Taiwan since the 1980s. She has collaborated with T
 aiwan’s Contemporary Legend Theater and other groups\, as well as renowned 
 directors such as Richard Schechner (<em>Oresteia\,</em> 1995) and Robert W
 ilson (<em>Orlando</em>\, 2009).</p><p>This event is free\, but RSVP is req
 uired.</p><p>[buttons][button link_text="SOLD OUT!" link_url="https://ubc.c
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 hed capacity for the event and are no longer taking RSVPs. A small number o
 f tickets may be available the door for walk-ups on the day\, but are not g
 uaranteed.</p><p>The event is co-sponsored by the Asian Cultural Council.</
 p>
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LOCATION:Royal Bank Cinema at The Chan
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