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          Internet broadcast of Chinese theater performance is a first

          
            
              
                
                Published: December 19, 2006
              

              
                Author: William G. Gilroy
              

              







          

          
          
          

          
        
        
        
          

Theater in China has a long history, beginning, according to some estimates, somewhere between 722 and 484 B.C. A new chapter was added to that rich history on Dec. 14 when the University of Notre Dame and Qinghua University in Beijing completed the first live theater performance from China over the Internet2/CERNET.

Internet2 is a research consortium of leading U.S. universities, corporations, government research agencies and non-profit organizations. CERNET is the China Education and Research Network.

A 15-minute act of the controversial Chinese playNew Youthwas broadcast over the Internet in high-quality video and audio from Qinghua University to DeBartolo Hall on Dec. 14. Written and directed by Hang Cheng, the play is a bold reinterpretation of the New Culture Movement.

The play suggests that what is a ‘sacredpart of Chinas official 20th century historynamely, the iconoclasm of the revolutionary youth in the early part of the century as the spiritual succor of the communist liberationis more myth than history, more play than work, and more virtual than real,said Jonathan S. Noble, a Notre Dame visiting assistant professor of East Asian languages and literatures.

Noble translated the play and organized the Internet2 experimental performance. After the performance, Cheng and the plays actors were available for a virtual question and answer session.

Internet2 tests between Notre Dame and Qinghua University began last January. The hope is that the technology will enable future collaboration between faculty, students and artists from Notre Dame and China.

Other members of the Notre Dame China theater project team were Kevin Abbott, education technology specialist; Tom Marentette, video services manager, integrated communication services; and Kevin Smyth, network engineer, integrated communication services.

Contact: Jonathan Noble, visiting assistant professor or East Asian languages and literatures, 574-631-7465, jnoble@nd.edu

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