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North American Works Directory Listing
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The Floating Box, A Story in Chinatown
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| Composer: |
Jason Kao Hwang
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| Librettist: |
Catherine Filloux
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| Other Artistic Personnel: |
Jean Randich, Director; Juan Carlos Rivas, Conductor; Alexander Dodge, Set Designer; Linda Cho, Costume Designer; Clifton Taylor, Lighting/Projections Designer
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| Original Cast: |
Sandia Ang, Eva
Ryu-Kyung Kim, Mother
Zheng Zhou, Father's ghost
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| Premiere Date: |
October 27, 2001
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| Producing Company: |
Asia Society, Music From China, Museum of Chinese in the Americas
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| Description: |
With music creating a cross-cultural landscape of dreams, memories, and stark realities, "The Floating Box, A Story in Chinatown" tells an essential and mythic tale of one family's loss, transformation, and survival. After her father's sudden death, Eva/Yee-Wa, who was raised in the U.S., struggles with her mother's fierce silence. As her father appears in both memory and spirit, she confronts a forbidden box of composite photographs and fragmented images, which unearth a mysterious past.
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| Musical Style: |
a merging of Chinese and Western modalities
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| Contact: |
Jason Kao Hwang
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| Address: |
95 Romaine Avenue, #1
Jersey City, NJ 07306
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| Phone: |
201-435-0702
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