Kim Hunter Gordon

Kim Hunter Gordon is Assistant Professor of Performance Studies and Major Convenor of Global China Studies at Duke Kunshan University. He completing his PhD at the University of London in 2017 with a thesis on the pedagogy and dynamics of performance transmission in Chinese song-drama. His extensive fieldwork included learning to perform the sheng roletype under Qian Zhenrong at Jiangsu Kunju Theatre and studying classical singing and prosody with Prof. Xie Yufeng at Nanjing University. Dr Hunter Gordon has over a decade of experience translating for Chinese traditional theatre and actively participates in the avocational kunqu singing circuit both in China and internationally. He has more than six years teaching experience in Media and Arts, Chinese literature and history. His forthcoming monograph Kunqu: China’s Classical Song Drama is due to be published by Methuen Drama in 2025.