Mr. Lui Yilong and Ms. Liang Guyin, first class performers from the Shanghai Kunqu Troupe performed “A Marriage Proposal and Its Response” (“Shuo Qin” and “Hui Hua”). The performance was preceded by a twenty minute lecture-demonstration of the music and movement in Kunqu theater by Professor Joseph Lam of the University of Michigan with the assistance of Mr. Wen Yuhang, formerly of the Beijing Kunqu Troupe. The program was jointly sponsored by the “Musiking Late Ming China Conference” of the University of Michigan and the Wintergreen Kunqu Society.
Lecture Demonstration and Kunqu Performance at Mendelssohn Hall, University of Michigan :
A Marriage Proposal & Its Response 說親、回話
by Liang Guyin and Liu Yilong
Friday, May 5, 2006, 7:30 pm