Meeting of the Gods Festival of Experimenting Traditions 2005

Zuni has been very active in the work on the preservation and development of intangible cultural heritage in Asia and the Pacific, while at the same time, being very bold in experimentations and breaking away from traditions. Zuni presented “Meeting of the Gods – Festival of Experimenting Traditions 2005”. Artistic Director, Danny Yung, collaborated with distinguished artists in traditional Chinese opera to give three different performances, Congregation of the Heroes, Electric-Folk Concert and The Outcast General. This was an experiment of merging traditional performing arts with multi-media theatre. Besides performances, the Festival also presented a seminar for exchanges between the public and the opera artists.



Meeting of the Gods I: Congregation of the Heroes

Congregation of the Heroes was performed by four world-class opera actors. Each of them performed in an experimental play and collaborated on an experimental play Congregation of the Heroes. Together they compare and contrast the different styles of performance techniques and search for opportunities to exchange with one another. Each of them also demonstrated his or her daily practices in the techniques of singing and dialogue. From individual demonstrations of spectacular technique to collective creation, the audience experienced with the performers the process in seeking the possibilities of developing traditional opera forms and techniques.