The Intersection between Cantonese Opera and Hong Kong Cinema 粵劇與香港電影的融合

Zoom Webinar

Professor Judith Zeitlin of the University of Chicago will share her expertise and moderate a panel of global scholars to discuss how Cantonese Opera intersected with film to influence the development of Hong Kong cinema and its aesthetics for more than seven decades. 

The panel will explore the unique environment in Hong Kong and the aesthetics of Cantonese Opera which contributed to the evolution of Cantonese Opera on film and formed the basis of the world-renowned Hong Kong film industry.

The expert scholars will also examine many influences that helped shape Cantonese Opera in Hong Kong film including the importance of women as the stories and music were being produced as entertainment for the masses.  The historical remnants and influences of the period on contemporary Cantonese opera, film and performance art will also be explored.

The program will be conducted in English with simultaneous interpretation provided in Cantonese and Mandarin via Zoom.

芝加哥大學蔡九迪教授將與各地學者討論粵劇對香港電影業七十多年來的融合、發展及其美學。

座談會將探討粵劇如何在香港這獨特的環境下促進其具國際知名度的電影發展，以及粵劇對香港電影蛻變的影響，包括在娛樂劇目中特顯出女性的角色。並讓大家了解該時期的歷史痕跡對當代戲曲，電影和演藝界所帶來的影響。

本節目將以英語進行，並在Zoom平台提供廣東話和普通話的即時傳譯。

Speakers:

Professor Hedy Law
Associate Professor, Musicology
The School of Music
The University of British Columbia 英屬哥倫比亞大學

Professor Gina Marchetti
Professor, Department of Comparative Literature
Director of the Center for the Study of Globalization and Cultures
The University of Hong Kong 香港大學

Professor Kenny Ng
Associate Professor, The Academy of Film
Hong Kong Baptist University 香港浸會大學

Professor Sai-shing Yung
Associate Professor, Department of Chinese Studies
National University of Singapore 新加坡國立大學

Moderator:

Professor Judith Zeitlin
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
Department of East Asian Languages and Civilizations
Theater and Performance Studies
The University of Chicago 芝加哥大學

About Hong Kong Redux

The UChicago Yuen Campus’ new Yuen Lecture Series ‘Hong Kong Redux’ seeks to explore the deep corners of Hong Kong’s cultural history and society.  UChicago and other subject matter experts representing decades of knowledge of Hong Kong will join together to celebrate the evolution of Hong Kong’s arts, literature, cinema and more.  Get in the Yuen Campus team’s virtual time machine to have a nostalgic look back at Hong Kong’s bygone Post War era and discover how Hong Kong became the mega-city it is today.  Read More