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Title: Dance review: A cramped 'Carmina Burana'
Post by: Shana A on May 01, 2008, 06:33:17 AM
Post by: Shana A on May 01, 2008, 06:33:17 AM
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 (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.
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 (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.