In-Class Guest Presentation on the Kun Opera: Wandering in the Garden, Waking from a Dream

    College of Liberal Arts

    Chinese/Asian Studies Special Topics: History, Memory, and Nostalgia in Chinese Literature and Film

    Guest Speaker: Junqing Li

    Mr. Li Junqing, a Temple alumnus and Master's graduate from NYU, is the program and development director of the New York Chinese Opera Society and a board member of the Philadelphia Chinese Opera Society. Mr. Li began his Kun opera journey with two famous Cheng school "piaoyou" (ethusiasts) from Nanjing, Shi Ming and Xu Aobo. His mentors and teachers include such renowned masters as Xu Jping (Cheng School Kun opera), Li Shuyuan (Peking opera), Shi Jiehua (Kun opera), and Cheng Min (Kun opera), as well as Kun opera scholars like Wang Xiaodan. He was also a member of the Nanjing Kunqu Society and the New York Kunqu Society.