Reimagining the Ballet des Porcelaines: A Story of Magic, Desire, and Exotic Entanglement (Night 2)

This 18th-Century French ballet is reimagined by scholar Meredith Martin (NYU) and Phil Chan (Final Bow for Yellowface) in a way that centers Asian protagonists and confronts the Orientalist stereotypes that gave rise to the original score. Ballet des Porcelaines recently premiered at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC) and features New York City Ballet soloists Gina Pazcoguin and Daniel Applebaum, Broadway principal Tyler Hanes, and a Baroque quintet that brings this lost gem of a score to life. More Information

On each night, this one-act performance will be followed by a panel discussion and Q&A that explore the historical, cultural, artistic, and performative “entanglements”:    

Panelists: Meredith Martin (NYU), Judith Zeitlin (UChicago), Alicia Caticha (Northwestern), Ellen Huang (ArtCenter College of Design); Moderated by Wu Hung (UChicago)