Dance review: A cramped 'Carmina Burana'

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Dance review: A cramped 'Carmina Burana'
300 SQUEEZE ONTO STANFORD STAGE FOR JIN XING TROUPE'S U.S. DEBUT
By Rita Felciano
for the Mercury News
Article Launched: 05/01/2008 01:37:26 AM PDT

http://www.mercurynews.com/arts/ci_9116423

Jin Xing chose to choreograph "Carmina" with only the most cursory acknowledgment of Orff's dramatic trajectory. A transsexual artist and former army colonel, she has received worldwide attention for undergoing one of the first sex-change operations in the People's Republic. To what extent the personal transformation has shaped her perspective on dance is difficult to know.