Upcoming Events

Confucius Institute at University of Maryland presents The Shanghai Kunqu Troupe 上海崑劇團 Hoff Theater, at Union Lane entrance, Adele Stamp Student Union Building University of Maryland, College Park Free Admission I.   Episodes from Legend of the Jade Hairpin (Yu Zhan Ji )《玉簪記：琴挑、問病 》 II.  Lady Zhaojun Bidding Farewell over the Frontier《青塚记：昭君出塞》 Synopsis I. The Legend of the Jade Hairpin 【琴挑】【問病】 Shen Yili The play was written by Gao Lian around 1570 AD, toward the end of the Ming dynasty.…

The Freer and Sackler Galleries exhibition "The Last Empresses of China: 1644-1912” (紫鸾金凤：清代宫廷皇后艺术与生活大展 2018-19年美国巡展) Presents Shanghai Kunqu Troupe 上海崑劇團 Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries Independence Ave at 12th St. SW, Washington, DC 20560 ½ block from Smithsonian Metro Stop Synopsis "The Peony of Pavilion" is a poetic play written by Tang Xianzu (1550-1616) during the Ming dynasty in 1598, at almost the exact time Shakespeare was writing "Romeo and Juliet." The play consists of 55 scenes. Around a dozen major scenes are still consistently performed,…

The Freer and Sackler Galleries Exhibition "The Last Empresses of China: 1644-1912” (紫鸾金凤：清代宫廷皇后艺术与生活大展 2018-19年美国巡展) Presents Shanghai Kunqu Troupe 上海崑劇團 Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries Independence Ave at 12th St. SW, Washington, DC 20560 ½ block from Smithsonian Metro Stop Shen Yili and Hu Gang 沈昳丽、胡刚 Synopsis《蝴蝶梦》【說親、回話】 “A Marriage Proposal and Its Response” is a short and humorous play taken from a much longer and complex Ming drama (chuanqi) called The Butterfly Dream, a traditional story which fictionalizes the life of Zhuangzi, an ancient Chinese philosopher…

Freer and Sackler Galleries Exhibition "The Last Empresses of China: 1644-1912" (紫鸾金凤：清代宫廷皇后艺术与生活大展 2018-19年美国巡展) Presents Shanghai Kunqu Troupe 上海崑劇團 Meyer Auditorium, Freer and Sackler Galleries Independence Ave at 12th St. SW, Washington, DC 20560 ½ block from Smithsonian Metro Stop The Play "Legend of the Jade Hairpin《玉簪記》" was written by Gao Lian around 1570 AD, toward the end of the Ming dynasty.  The play consists of 33 acts. It is an example of a genre called chuan qi, meaning "fantastic", that was popular during the sixteenth…