Come hear Professor Xing Fan (Associate Professor and Director of Centre for Theatre, Drama, and Performance Studies, University of Toronto) share her work on traditional Chinese theater and its modern manifestations. This event will explore the aesthetics, practices, politics, and development of traditional Chinese theater. It will also include a movement workshop in which students can experience the movements of traditional Chinese theater for themselves. Xing is the author of Staging Revolution: Artistry and Aesthetics in Model Beijing Opera during the Cultural Revolution (HKUP 2018). She believes in hands-on practice in teaching, learning, and research. She is a performer with training and stage experience in the performance arts including jingju (Beijing opera), kunqu (Kun opera), kabuki, gudianwu (Chinese classical dance), Nihon Buyō (Japanese dance), Balinese dance, and the gamelan ensemble.