Story-telling Theatre: SnowyNight 2015/10/23th:19:30;24th: 14:00 19:30 Black-box Theatre
Story-telling Theatre: SnowyNight
⑴Synopsis
A dying man and a donkey give their last show on the stage of this desolate world…
On a snowy New Year eve, Li, a housekeeperofa landlord, goes to collect rent from a village but fails to receive anything from tenants. He refuses to stay with Bao, one of tenants, instead choosing to return with his donkey, braving a snowstorm. On his way home, he falls into deep thought and ultimately despair. He finally dies of cold at the door of an abandoned house.
Snowy Night, created in 1931, is one of Duanmu Hongliang’s best short novels. This story of amazing language and imagination will be staged by Ruth Kanner, the Israeli stage director specializing in adapting literary and documentary texts to the stage, using a variety of innovative story-telling theatre and movement techniques.
⑵Artist Profile
Ruth Kanner (Director)
Ruth Kanner has been the creator of experimental theatre productions since the early 80's. Currently she is an Associate Professor at the Department of Theater Arts of Tel Aviv University, Israel, and leads Ruth Kanner Theatre Group, associated with the Bat Sheva Dance Company, Tel Aviv. Ruth Kanner Theatre group is an experimental and unique theater team, specializing in adapting literary and documentary texts to the stage, using a variety of innovative story-telling theater and movement techniques. Along the productions created by kanner with her group, kanner is a guest director of Theater X-Cai, Tokyo, Japan. Kanner also presents lectures and workshops in Israel and Worldwide.
Ren Ming Young (Playwright)
Ren Ming Young (born 1982) is a Chinese writer, theatre director, filmmaker and singer-songwriter. His highly stylized theatre productions like “Your Accent”, “The Tempest in the East China Sea”, “The Story of Ni Huanzhi”, “At This Time Next Year”, “Le You Yuan” and “Last Night in Shuangyong Road”, made him a distinctive avant-garde theatre artist in China.
