Transnational Performance, Identity and Mobility in Asia

Iris H. Tuan is Professor at National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. She received her Ph.D. in Theater from UCLA and has been a Visiting Scholar at Harvard University. Tuan has been published by the Asian Theatre Journal and has authored several books, including Intercultural Theatre: Adaptation and Representation. Ivy I-chu Chang is Professor and former provost of National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan. She was a Fulbright scholar and Visiting Scholar at New York University; a recipient of MOST Grant (1997-2019), and the Asian Cultural Council Award. Her work has appeared in journals such as The Drama Review, and her major monographs include Remapping Memories and Public Space: Taiwan’s Theater of Action in the Opposition Movement and Social Movements from 1986 to 1997.

Introduction Transnational Performance, Identity and Mobility in Asia.- Encountering the Alienated Self: Hip-Hop Jingju Catching “Chinese Wind” in Contemporary Legend Theatre’s 108 Heroes.- Translocal Mobility: Hakka Opera Betrayal Inspired from Shakespeare’s Lost Play Cardenio.- Is Universality Possible in Content and Pedagogy? Les Miserables as an Etude Series for the School Drama Curriculum.- Crossing the Sea: The Theatre Company Ishinha’s Geographical Trail.- Lila or Mela? Richard Schechner’s “Play” of the Ramlila of Ramnagar.- Korean Diaspora and the Moebius Strip: Sung Rno’s Yi Sang Counts to Thirteen and Transnational Avant-Garde Theatre.- Noda Hideki’s The Bee and Being Transnational/International.- Disequilibrium: Disability, Gender, and Belonging in Mahesh Dattani’s Tara and Manjula Padmanabhan’s Harvest.- The Orient on Ice: Transnational Cultural Portrayals by Asian and Asian-American Figure Skaters.