What is it about?
In this interview, the Chinese playwright and drama education pioneer Li Yingning (b. 1942) talks about her life and way into educational drama. Li and her family’s life is to a remarkably large extent connected to modern Chinese history. Li’s plays focus on women’s issues, social problems and historical productions.
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Why is it important?
Her life seems to include much of China’s modern history – and drama – in many levels of meaning of this word.
Perspectives
At the turn of the 2000s, and the growing domination of market economy in Chinese Theatre, Li explored process drama and created studios to promote this aesthetic mode of learning. Meeting Li with my co-authors and contextualise it for this publication has been a pleasure. It sums up many aspects of drama, why drama is challenging and why it is needed.
Professor Tor-Helge Allern
Western Norway University of Applied Sciences
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This page is a summary of: Interview with Li Yingning, Applied Theatre Research Socially Engaged Performance, December 2022, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/atr_00071_7.
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