In March 2012, Gao Yanjinzi, artistic director of the Beijing Modern Dance Company spent a month as artist-in-residence at Brown University, working with students in the Department of Theater Arts and Performance Studies and giving lecture-demonstrations at various departments and institutes throughout the University. Ms. Gao returned to the University to choreograph a new work on Brown students which they performed in May, 2012 at the annual Spring Festival of Dance and closing concert of the "Year of China at Brown."
This residency is sponsored by the Year of China at Brown University in collaboration with the Creative Arts Council, The Department of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies and Ping Pong Productions.
Published on May 24, 2012:
Performance featuring a piece by Gao Yanjinzi, artistic director for the Beijing Modern Dance Company, performed by Brown students as well as a solo performance by Gao Yanjinzi. This program also includes an excerpt from the documentary Across the Seas.