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DESCRIPTION:Two Hours with Chinese Kunqu Opera: A Cultural Encounter \nFrid
 ay\, November 21\, 2025 | 10:30AM-12:30PM | DML 240 | RSVP\n\nEASC Guest Sp
 eaker Series: Talk by Dr. Fang Wei with Faculty Moderator Dr. Wanmeng Li (E
 ALC 110: East Asian Humanities: The Great Tradition)\n\n\nPlease join us fo
 r a performance and guest lecture by Dr. Fang Wei and her team from the Kun
 qu Opera Society USA! Dr. Fang and her team of artists are professional per
 formers of Chinese Kunqu and Yue opera\, two essential genres that are fund
 amental to the theatre tradition in East Asia. This special event offers a 
 unique opportunity to learn about this rich artistic heritage in an immersi
 ve and interactive way. Dr. Fang and her team will present a live performan
 ce of selections from two classic Kunqu pieces\, accompanied by an introduc
 tion to the tradition.\n\n\nThe performance will feature excerpts from The 
 Peony Pavilion (牡丹亭)\, a celebrated romantic tragicomedy written by Tang Xi
 anzu that depicts a love story overcoming the boundary between life and dea
 th. The program will also include Longing for the Secular World (思凡)\, a fa
 mous solo piece that tells the story of a young nun who\, weary of monastic
  austerity\, escapes her convent to pursue worldly life.\n\n\nThis event is
  co-sponsored by the USC East Asian Library.
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LOCATION:Doheny Memorial Library (DML)\, 240
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SUMMARY:EASC Guest Speaker Series: Two Hours with Chinese Kunqu Opera: A Cu
 ltural Encounter - Talk by Fang Wei
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