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Volume 13, Issue 2
  • ISSN: 1753-6421
  • E-ISSN: 1753-643X

Abstract

Hong Kong Theatre director Edward Lam has established close association with an ensemble of Taiwanese actors, collaborating on almost every production since (, 2006) and touring to Taiwan, Hong Kong and Mainland China. This article examines Lam’s unique working pattern through the analysis of (, 2014), the 54th production by the Edward Lam Dance Theatre (ELDT). Inspired by the famous Chinese legend (), Lam created a postdramatic musical as a Bildungsroman in a format of classroom drama. The love story underwent a poetic transformation through the lyrics and music. The ELDT version of the legend carries Lam’s criticism of the stereotypes assigned to young people in patriarchal societies and allows him to elevate the love story into an allegory of one’s quest for the meaning of life.

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This study was supported by the:
  • Taiwan’s Ministry of Science and Technology (Award MOST 105-2410-H-003-155)
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Keyword(s): Art School Musical; Edward Lam; ELDT; Liang-Zhu; musical; postdramatic theatre
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