Yin Mei: Peony Dreams
Fri Jan 17, 7:30 PM - Sat Jan 18, 9:30 PM

Created and choreographed by Yin Mei, an artist of the Chinese diaspora who has been part of the New York dance scene since the 1990’s, this new dance theater piece for five dancers melds themes from the iconic Chinese literary work The Peony Pavilion and Yin Mei’s own life experience as a teenage government dancer during the Chinese Revolution. Highly visual and referencing a dense collection of letters she wrote to her family over two decades, the work is a dance painting that occupies the space between truth and dreams.

7:30 pm Jan 17 & 18 in the Historic Asolo Theater at The Ringling
Art of Performance tickets are $25 - $35, $10 for students with ID http://bit.ly/AOPYinMei

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Conversation with Yin Mei
Jan 15, 10:30 am, $5/free for Members
Tickets and Info: http://bit.ly/AOPYMConvo
Join us for a special Conversation with artist Yin Mei as she discusses how and why she incorporated The Peony Pavilion, a romantic tragicomedy play written by dramatist Tang Xianzu in 1598 in her latest performance.

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Through public performances and engagement programs with artists in the Historic Asolo Theater and beyond, the Art of Performance integrates and reflects The Ringling’s values of inclusion, inspiration, and excellence. We embody these values through diverse and culturally significant programming, community dialogues and arts education opportunities with visiting artists, and through the support of creative processes by Florida artists, and national and international performance makers in developmental residencies.

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