EVENT FULL - REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED
Jin Xing, the star of the Jin Xing Dance Theatre, is in Melbourne in March 2010 with her dance troupe as part of the Kenneth Myer Asian Theatre series to perform ‘Shanghai Beauty’.
Jin Xing, a Chinese choreographer, the only son of Korean immigrants who trained in ballet in the army, became a colonel, won national competitions, studied modern dance in New York, taught in Europe and had a sex change operation in the mid-1990s. She now models, acts in movies, leads her own dance group and lives with her adopted kids in a villa in Shanghai.
Asialink will host Jin Xing and Dr Audrey Yue to discuss the dance piece ‘Shanghai Beauty’, and modern conceptions of beauty and sexuality in China and Australia.
Dr Audrey Yue has taught Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne since 1998. She is currently working on a book project on the development and impact of creative industry policy on cultural and sexual citizenships in Singapore and contemporary queer Asian migration practices in Australia.
This is the first of the public panels supporting the Kenneth Myer Asian Theatre series. Please see details below to register for the free public event and email Florence Wong for a limited number of discounted tickets to the show.
DATE: Wednesday, 3rd March 2010
TIME: 6.00pm-7.30pm
VENUE: Yasuko Hiroko Myer Theatre, Level 1, Sidney Myer Asia Centre, The University of Melbourne
This event is booked out, please see our calendar for other events during the year. Please also see the Arts Centre website for "Shanghai Beauty" performances.
