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One Table Two Chairs

Cultural Exchange Project

ITI Music Theatre NOW International meeting

Jönköping, Sweden, 22 – 26 May 2013

Danny Yung

One Table Two Chairs (1T2C) is a standardized set design in

traditional Chinese theatre.

A different arrangement of One Table Two Chairs is symbolic

of a different scene.

Grand Seat (大座), with the table in front a chair, suggest the

office of military general of high-ranking mandarin.

Grand Seat in an oblique direction (斜場大座)

Double Grand Seats (雙大座)

Casual Seat (小座), with a chair in front of the table, may

suggest a lobby, or a small living room, among other scenes.

Casual Seat with One Side Chair (一旁椅)

Casual Seat with Two Side Chairs (二旁椅)

Table put lengthwise with one chair at one side and another

on top (高台), symbolizes a high platform or a mountain.

Table with a chair at each side aligned in a straight line,

symbolizes a bridge or a hill.

One Table Two Chairs has been adopted by Danny Yung

since 1997 as a platform…

… to initiate creative cross-region, cross-discipline and cross-

cultural dialogue, negotiation, critique and collaboration.

The project has commissioned more than 100 20-minute

contemporary stage works since its inception.

Collaborating Artists

Edward YANG 楊德昌 (Taipei)

One of the leading filmmakers of the Taiwanese New Wave and

Taiwanese Cinema. Won the Best Director Award at Cannes for his

2000 film Yi Yi ("A One and a Two").

Brother Nine and Old Seven – A ‘97 Fantasy

Jan 1997, Journey to the East Festival 97

Shouson Theatre, Hong Kong Arts Centre

Stanley KWAN 關錦鵬 (Hong Kong)

Hong Kong film director and producer. Directed Rouge and Centre Stage.

Won the Alfred Bauer at the 48th Berlin International Film Festival.

Work



LI Liuyi 李六乙 (Beijing)

China’s premier avant-garde dramatist. Director and playwright of Beijing People's Art Theatre. Widely acclaimed for his "Pure Drama" notion.



Table and Chairs without Story

Lao Jiu

Apr 2013, Salute to Pao Kun

Theatre Studio, Esplanade (Singapore)

Edward LAM 林奕華 (Hong Kong)

Founded Edward Lam Dance Company in 1991. Won Best Adapted Screenplay in Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 1994 for Red Rose White Rose.

Springs and Moonlight Reflections



1T2C as Metaphor (Dancing Version)

Apr 2000, Journey to the East Festival 2000


Stan LAI 賴聲川 (Taipei)

Highly influential award-winning Taiwan based playwright and theater director。

Directed Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Spring (1986)

Open the Door, Sir!



Lin Zhaohua 林兆華 (Beijing)

The vanguard of China’s dramatic arts and theater scene for over four decades. Currently Artistic Director of the prestigious Beijing People’s Art Theatre.

Dream



Tsai Ming-liang 蔡明亮 (Taipei)

Won Golden Lion (best picture) for Vive L'Amour at the Venice Film Festival in 1994

Xiao Kang and the Table



Ping Chong 張家平 (New York)

American contemporary theater director, choreographer, video and installation artist. Internationally recognized as a seminal figure in Asian American theatre and the Asian American arts movement.

Nocturne in 1200 Seconds



Zhang Xian 張獻 (Shanghai)

Independent theatre avant-garde.

Artistic Director of Downstream Garage, alternative theatre space in Shanghai.

Mother Tongue



Wei Ying Chuan 魏瑛娟 (Taipei)

Founder and director-in-resident for Shakespeare’s Wild Sisters Group and Creative Society.

Whatever Doing



Lecture on Nothing



Meng Jinghui 孟京輝 (Beijing)

Resident director of the National Theatre Company of China.

Directed I Love XXX (1994) and Rhinoceros in Love (1999).

Nowhere to Hide – Doctor and Incurability

Mar 1999, Journey to the East Festival 99

Studio Theatre, Hong Kong Cultural Centre

CHAN Ping Chiu 陳炳釗 (Hong Kong)

Artistic Director of On & On Theatre Workshop, which establishes Cattle Depot Artist Village to be a platform for dialogue among experimental/cutting-edge theatres from all around the world.

Best Wishes



Jane LEI 李銳俊 (Macau)

Dancer,

founding member of Associacao de Arte e Cultura – Comuna de Pedra in Macau

Sparkling Hallucination



Hobin Park 朴豪彬 (Seoul)

Korean choreographer; artistic director and choreographer of CcadoO, winner of the 2008 Critics Prize by the Dance Critics Association of Korea

Fever Heat / Ejaculator



Astad Deboo (Bombay)

Indian contemporary and modern dancer and choreographer.

Serenity Steps · Turmoil Steps · Togetherness



Peeramon Chomdhavat (Bangkok)

Founder of Arporn-Ngam Dance Theatre.

Thailand renowned dancer and fashion designer.

√x2 = Performance



Shimizu Shinjin 清水信臣 (Tokyo)

Artistic Director of Japanese theatre Gekidan Kaitaisha

The Death Walk



Tian Mansha 田蔓莎 (Chengdu)

National Class One performer and director, Professor and Associate Dean of the School of Chinese Opera at the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

Where the Light is Low



Tang Shu Wing 鄧樹榮 (Hong Kong)

Founded No Man’s Land in 1997; became the first Hong Kong theatre artist to be bestowed L’Officier de l’Orde des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Cultural and Communication.

The One Before and the One After



Makoto Matsushima松島誠 (Tokyo)

Principal performer in Pappa Tarahumara.

The Mandarin



Edwin Lung 龍植池 (London)

Contemporary theatre choreographer, awarded the Artist Scholarship (1997) from the Wingate Foundation for his production CHINK.

The Mandarin



Makoto Sato 佐藤信 (Tokyo)

World renowned Japanese contemporary theatre director, artistic director of Za-koenji Public Theatre in Tokyo.

The Spirits Play

Oct 2012

Za Koenji Public Theatre (Tokyo)

LI Baochun 李寳春 (Taipei)

A star among stars in Peking Opera. Bequeathed the Award for Outstanding Asian Artist by the Chinese American Arts Council at the Lincoln Centre in 1987.

What Else Can I Do?



Lawrence LEI 李宇樑 (Macau)

Renowned Macau playwright and director. Director of Theatre School of Macao Conservatory.

The Puppet of Lao Jiu



and more…

Collaborating Institutes

1997-2013

Hong Kong

Singapore

Berlin

Beijing Nanjing

Taipei

Tokyo

Macau

London

Yokohama

Okinawa

Hong Kong

Journey Festival

Hong Kong Institute of Contemporary Culture (HKICC)

The Asia Arts Net (AAN)

The Hong Kong Arts Centre

HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, Hong Kong

The HKUST (Hong Kong University of Science and

Technology) Center for the Arts

International Association of Theatre Critics (Hong Kong

Chapter)

Singapore

Esplande – Theatres on the Bay

Theatre Practice

Drama Box

The Joyden Hall of Iluma

Nanjing

Jiangsu Performing Arts group Kun Opera House

Macau

Macau Fringe Festival

Leal Senado (Municipal Council of Macau)

School of Theatre, Macau Conservatory

Beijing

Penghao Theatre

The National Academy of Chinese Theatre Arts

Balance Arts Centre

Taipei

Novel Hall for Performing Arts

Performing Arts Alliance

Tokyo

Za-Koenji Public Theatre

Tsubouchi Memorial Theatre Museum, Waseda University

Tessen-kai (Noh theatre company)

Japan Foundation

Yokohama

BankART 1929

Okinawa

Okinawa Institute of the Arts

Berlin

Festival of Vision, Hong Kong and Berlin

London

London International Festival of Theatre

THANK YOU

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Documents

shouson theatre

hong kong arts centre

east festival

hong kong arts centre

chairs table

venice film festival

centre stage

traditional chinese