Contemporary Chinese Performance Culture
Student Research Projects at the University of Michigan
China is made up of 55 different ethnic groups. Even though Han, the majority ethnic group, constitute 92% of China’s population, each minority group’s tradition and culture are very rich Continue Reading →
Impression Tourism Performance Series Introduction With the development of modern tourism in China, a new form of tourism performance called grand landscape performance came into being and became very poplar Continue Reading →
Television is considered an important asset in today’s day and age. It is an electronic storyteller that tells of the past, present, and future. When someone turns on a TV, Continue Reading →
Abstract Chinoiserie in Mandopop has evoked widely repercussion in Chinese music life under the condition that the western culture invades the Chinese-speaking community, so I take Continue Reading →
With the rise of the entertainment industry in East Asia, Taiwanese TV dramas and other East Asian dramas such as Japanese and Korean dramas have been rapidly climbing up to Continue Reading →
Background – Hip-hop Culture Hip hop is an urban youth culture consisting of four individual art forms – rapping and beatboxing, DJing, breakdancing, and graffiti – that had emerged out Continue Reading →
Since its birth in ’70s New York City, Hip-hop/rap has been a divisive art form, alternatively praised for giving a voice to marginalized urban youth, and criticized for homophobia, misogyny, Continue Reading →
Introduction A variety show is a form of entertainment that consists of assorted, or a variety, of acts such as comedic activities and performances. Although it does not necessarily refer Continue Reading →
How comedy sketch alters over time The spring festival, for Chinese people, is the most significant festival. It Continue Reading →
I. Introduction Under an increasingly global social network of human interactions, the emergence of experimental music reveals the possibility of merging dissonant and/or unrelated sounds to achieve compatible Continue Reading →