12/02/2021
新年好 - Happy Lunar New Year
stage@leeds are proud to be part of Bridging the Gaps (an AHRC funded project that brings together arts institutions, digital media small and medium enterprises (SMEs), government policy makers from the UK and China to assist in-depth understanding of transnational production and consumption patterns using Chinese opera as a case study.)
Song of The Female Textile Workers:
is a one year project running alongside Bridging the Gaps, that sees the creation of a one-actor performance, led by WANG Rousang, a Chinese national star performer of xiaosheng role (male cross dressing) at Shanghai Yue Opera House, in collaboration with Shanghai Textile Museum, Leeds Industrial Museum, Yorkshire based script writer Mary Cooper, Human VR and stage@leeds. The project will be hosted online, with rehearsals and performances live streamed between Shanghai Yue Opera House, China and Stage@LeedsDigital, UK.
To coincide with the Chinese New Year celebrations (12–27 February 2021), Leeds Museums are displaying an online exhibition presenting historical information and six specially created documentary films to highlight commonalities between the UK-China textile industries.
The first two videos are available to view and subsequent videos will be released each week as the Chinese New Year celebrations progress. Follow the link below to see the first two films and to enjoy the online exhibition:
https://museumsandgalleries.leeds.gov.uk/leeds-industrial-museum/song-of-the-female-textile-workers/