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Kinesthetic City: Dance and Movement in Chinese Urban Spaces by SanSan Kwan (review)

Kinesthetic City: Dance and Movement in Chinese Urban Spaces by SanSan Kwan (review) Just like a beautifully executed jingju, Opera and the City is an animated performance with verve, fueled by the author's passions about Chinese performing arts. The field of Qing theatre studies has produced rather teleological narratives because of its focus on select historical events, such as the rise of kunju in the seventeenth century, Wei Changsheng's introduction of Sichuan qinqiang opera into Beijing in 1779, the arrival of Anhui xiqu troupes in Beijing to celebrate Emperor Qianlong's eightieth birthday in 1790, and the decline of kunju in the nineteenth-century. Opera and the City canvasses the complex ecosystem of eighteenth-century xiqu in Beijing. The book tells a story more complex and interesting than the trite narrative of kunju giving way to the upand-coming jingju. Anyone interested in performance study, Chinese urban history, or late imperial China overall would find Opera and City an inspiring read. Liana Chen George Washington University KINESTHETIC CITY: DANCE AND MOVEMENT IN CHINESE URBAN SPACES. By SanSan Kwan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. 175 pp. Paper, $27.95. What is Chineseness, and how is it produced outside of China? How is movement constitutive of and generated by space and identity, and how can we learn about http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Theatre Journal University of Hawai'I Press

Kinesthetic City: Dance and Movement in Chinese Urban Spaces by SanSan Kwan (review)

Wilcox, Emily.
Asian Theatre Journal , Volume 31 (1) – Apr 14, 2014
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Just like a beautifully executed jingju, Opera and the City is an animated performance with verve, fueled by the author's passions about Chinese performing arts. The field of Qing theatre studies has produced rather teleological narratives because of its focus on select historical events, such as the rise of kunju in the seventeenth century, Wei Changsheng's introduction of Sichuan qinqiang opera into Beijing in 1779, the arrival of Anhui xiqu troupes in Beijing to celebrate Emperor Qianlong's eightieth birthday in 1790, and the decline of kunju in the nineteenth-century. Opera and the City canvasses the complex ecosystem of eighteenth-century xiqu in Beijing. The book tells a story more complex and interesting than the trite narrative of kunju giving way to the upand-coming jingju. Anyone interested in performance study, Chinese urban history, or late imperial China overall would find Opera and City an inspiring read. Liana Chen George Washington University KINESTHETIC CITY: DANCE AND MOVEMENT IN CHINESE URBAN SPACES. By SanSan Kwan. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013. 175 pp. Paper, $27.95. What is Chineseness, and how is it produced outside of China? How is movement constitutive of and generated by space and identity, and how can we learn about

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