Scholars@Duke
Kim Hunter Gordon

Kim Hunter Gordon

Assistant Professor of Chinese and Performance Studies at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Presentations, Performances & Exhibitions

Competing Authenticities in Kunqu Singing - Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Making: The Case of Kunqu · January 8, 2021 International Meeting or Conference Modern Languages Association Convention, MLA.org
Between Literariness and Melodrama; Tensions in Kunqu Singing - Contrasts in Chinese Music · September 19, 2019 - September 22, 2019 International Meeting or Conference European Foundation for Chinese Music Research (CHIME), Central Conservatory of Music, Beijing
Heritage Squared; Finding a Stage for the Intangible - Annual Conference · August 2019 - August 2019 International Meeting or Conference International Foundation for Theatre Research (IFTR), Shanghai Theatre Academy
Regional Lion Dances in Mainland China and the Diaspora - Liberal Arts Symposium: Asian Lion Dances - Performance and Participation · June 2019 Invited Talk Saitema University, Tokyo, Japan
Performance expression in fixed routines—how video streaming influences the choreography and interpretation of two repertoire kunqu playlets from Mudanting - Asian Studies Association of Australia · August 2018 International Meeting or Conference University of Sydney
Tang/Sha: ‘Transnational Performances for a Fortuitous Anniversary’ - Association for Asian Studies (in Asia) Conference · August 24, 2017 International Meeting or Conference Korea University, Seoul
Xiqu Physicality on the Political Stage: Striking a Pose in the Early Communist Period - Constructing New Communist Culture: Aesthetics and Cultural Politics in 1950s China · March 18, 2017 International Meeting or Conference Association for Asian Studies (AAS), Sheraton, Toronto
Choreographic Precision and the Changing Tradition in Kunqu Performance - European Association for Chinese Studies · August 26, 2016 International Meeting or Conference St. Petersburg State University
Xiqu in London; A Cross Cultural Performer’s Perspective - Xiqu at the Margin: How “Chinese” is “Chinese Opera”? · March 31, 2016 International Meeting or Conference Association of Asian Studies (AAS), Washington State Convention Center, Seattle

Service to the Profession

Stage Translator (subtitles), Capturing Luo Genyuan 活捉罗裉元 · December 26, 2019 Editorial Activities Jiangsu Kunqu Theatre, Nanjing China China English subtitles to the kunqu version of the revolutionary opera ‘Two Female Soldiers in the Red Army’ 两个女红军
Panel organizer, Defining Space in East Asian Ritual and Performance · July 2019 - July 2019 Administration Asian Studies Conference Japan (ASCJ), Saitama University
Director, China Storytelling Festival · December 2018 Administration Yu Theatre Workshop, Suzhou China China
Stage Translator (subtitles), Six Records of a Floating Life 浮生六記 · March 2018 - October 2018 Administration HDZ Productions, Canglang Pavilion Garden, Suzhou China China
Stage Translator (subtitles), The Inner Quarters 幽閨記 · 2018 Editorial Activities Jiangsu Kunqu Theatre, Nanjing China China
Stage Translator (subtitles), Gu Yanwu 顧炎武 · 2018 Editorial Activities Kunshan Contemporary Kunqu Theatre China China
Stage Translator (subtitles), Rain on the Wutong Tree 梧桐雨 · 2018 Editorial Activities Kunshan Contemporary Kunqu Theatre China China
Stage Translator (subtitles), A Shakesperean Handan Dream · September 2016 Administration Yu Theatre Workshop, Covent Garden, London United Kingdom United Kingdom
Consultant, Turandot Reimagined · July 30, 2015 - July 31, 2015 Consulting Tête à Tête Opera Festival, London United Kingdom United Kingdom
Stage Translator (subtitles), Dream Under the Southern Bough 南柯夢 · 2015 Editorial Activities Jiangsu Kunqu Theatre, Nanjing China China
Stage Translator (subtitles), Blossom on a Spring Moonlit Night 春江花月夜 · 2015 Editorial Activities Shanghai Zhang Jun Kunqu Centre, Shanghai Grand Theatre China China
Stage Translator (subtitles), Peach Blossom Fan 桃花扇 · 2014 Editorial Activities Jiangsu Kunqu Theatre, Nanjing China China

Service to Duke

Host, Lecture-demonstration: Historically Informed Performance: Renaissance Repertoire and Jiangnan Sizhu · September 12, 2019 Administration Humanities Research Centre, DKU Academic Building Auditorium Lecture-performance in September given by Prof. Xavier Bouvier and Students from the Geneva Haute Ecole de Musique in the Academic Building Auditorium
Workshop Organiser , Kunqu Accompaniment Workshop · September 2019 Administration Kun Opera Society, DKU Water Pavilion A workshop for student musicians of traditional Chinese instruments to learn how to accompany kunqu singing.