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Event Details
June 18, 2011
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Sublevel 1, Sackler Gallery
301 7th Street Southwest
Washington, DC 22747
United States

Performance - Washington, DC

Shanghai Kunju Troupe

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Discover the highly refined Chinese music-theater known as kunqu with artists from the prestigious Shanghai Kunju Troupe, joined by American-based star Qian Yi. They present famous scenes illustrating Buddhist themes, in conjunction with the exhibition Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan.

Presented in cooperation with the Wintergreen Kunqu Society and in celebration of the tenth anniversary of UNESCO naming kunqu a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity.