From Tradition to Modernity: In Conversation with Xing Minshan 邢岷山

Xing Minshan(邢岷山) is an actor and performer whose body of work spans opera, television, and film. Born in 1965, he has been a performer for 44 years, over the course of which he has been featured in 19 films, 1600 television episodes, and over 500 Kunqu performances. He graduated from the Zhejiang Kunqu School in 1983 and later from the Beijing Film Academy as a performance major in 1991. He has taught at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

In this event, Xing Minshan will discuss his experience working in the Chinese film and television world, as well as his training in the art of Kunqu opera. In Chinese with English interpretation.

This will be an in-person event that is part of the UCLA course Popular Culture in Modern Chinese Societies.

Sponsor(s):Center for Chinese Studies