Experimenting China Realizing Theatre

In the mid-1990s, Zuni Icosahedron, led by Artistic Director Danny Yung, began to develop collaborative exchanges with traditional theatre organizations and cultural institutions as well as individual opera artists, and also held creative workshops. Yung also created many works which are daring theatrical experimentations on blending modern theatre elements with traditional operas. 

The "Experimenting Traditions" Research and Development Programme, initiated by Danny Yung, was formally started in 2002. Thereafter each year a series of stage performances, workshops, seminars and meetings were planned, centering on the theme of Chinese traditional opera. Activities have been held in Hong Kong, Taipei, Tokyo, Singapore, and Norway to encourage traditional performing arts practitioners, scholars and researches to interact with other frontline cultural workers in interdisciplinary collaborations.

As the first in a series of "Zuni Icosahedron Intangible Cultural Heritage - Transmission and Development", this book focuses on Danny Yung's project "Experimenting China", demonstrating an unprecedented effort to transmit and innovate Chinese traditional opera.

(Source: Experimenting China Realizing Theatre blurb)