Multicultural Spring

In spring, 2007, the UC Irvine Drama Department initiated its annual Multicultural Spring, a program which truly reflects UCI’s geographic, demographic and cultural uniqueness.  Located in the intensely multicultural bi-county amalgamation of Los Angeles – Orange County, on the Pacific Rim and just ninety minutes from the country’s southern border, UC Irvine is ideally positioned for the creation and study of international and multicultural performance.

From April through early June, therefore, UC Irvine’s Drama Department invites artists and scholars from varied cultural and national backgrounds to conduct workshops and master classes, to lecture, and to participate in wide-ranging seminars and conferences.  Spring is the season to celebrate the blooming of multiculturalism!

Here are some highlights for Spring, 2007:

Master Class with Madame Hua Wenyi (Chinese Kun Opera diva)
Master Class with Mr. Jimmie Su (Beijing Opera painted face actor)
Master Class with Shaly Vijayan (Bharata Natyam dancer and master teacher from India)
Lecture by the Contemporary Legend (intercultural performance group from Taiwan)
Lecture by Denise Uyehara (performance artist and writer)

Professor Daphne Pi-Wei Lei, Director

For event details, see: http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=dlei%40uci.edu