What’s Going On

April 6 from 6-8:30pm at Play House - join internationally-renowned chuanju (“Sichuan opera”) artist Cui Guangli for a master class/lecture in the expressive techniques of traditional Chinese performance. Learn how the codification of “the four skills” of xiqu (“Chinese opera”) - singing, movement, recitation, and fighting - are configured and reconfigured to present a range of characters, situations, and circumstances, and how these performance strategies might be leveraged for physically-driven work in other performance styles. No performance experience necessary. Free, donations welcome!

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Hinterlands’ Co-Director Liza Bielby sat down with New Orleans-based movement artist, scholar and curator paris cyan cian, as well as artist and presenter Matthew Glassman for a conversation as a part of Howlround’s MicroCosmos project: Surviving, Sustaining, and Grieving in Place. Check out the entire MicroCosmos series!

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Learn more about our new collaboration called Carpenter Creative Corridor with our friends located on and around Carpenter Street: Popps Packing, Ceramics School, Bangla School of Music, and 16mm Film Workshops and catch a CCC event soon!

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Curious about the content and making of Will You Miss Me? Check out the dossier on the piece in Three Fold including a transcript conversation with scholar Jonathan Flatley, a recorded conversation between The Hinterlands and Flatley held at Trinosophes in April, a full-length video of the performance and more!

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We’re guests on The Slate’s podcast Working talking about process and the formation of The Hinterlands! Listen to the episode online here or wherever you get your podcasts. Thanks, Zak Rosen, for the tough but wonderful questions and a truly fun interview.

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Pick up your copy of the newest edition of Stupor - My Secret Sickness! We were so grateful to collaborate with Steve Hughes and our long term collaborator Renee Willoughby on this one. Available at BookSuey in Hamtramck or probably if you contact Steve.

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Take a peek at Richard’s article, “Side-Yard: On the Commons, the Neighborhood, Grief, and Not Making Theatre While Still Making Theatre,” written for Howlround’s Arts, Culture, and Commoning Week.