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Staging Dunhuang Mogao Caves: Treasures from along the Silk Road

Lanlan Kuang University of Central Florida, [email protected]

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Original Citation Kuang, Lanlan (2016). Staging Dunhuang Mogao Caves: Treasures from along the Silk Road. CALA Southeast Chapter 2016 Fall Program, Orlando, FL, Sept. 23, 2016. Staging Dunhuang Mogao Caves: Treasures from Along the Silk Road

Lanlan Kuang, PhD 鄺藍嵐 Distinguished Fellow, CEFLA, Ministry of Culture, P.R. China Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy, University of Central Florida Co-Director, China-US Ethnic Culture Exchange and Joint-Research Initiative I Introduction

II Heritage

III Performance

IV Fieldwork

V Stagings http://virtuallabs.stanford.edu/silkroad/SilkRoad.html http://whc.unesco.org/en/wallmap/ （Interactive） Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes No. 156; Lower southern wall extending to the east wall Governor Zhang Yichao's Parade, Late Tang Dynasty (848-907)

Cover Illustration, Dunhuang Performing Arts: The Construction and Transmission of “China-scape” in the Global Context by Lanlan Kuang, (Social Science Academic Press, March 2016), Image copyright granted by Dunhuang Academy II Heritage

Avalokitesva ( Guan-yin), south wall Mogao Cave 57 (Tang 618-705AD) III Performance

Flying Deity ( Apsara), west wall Mogao Cave 39 (Tang 618-705AD)

The Long-Silk Dance Performed by Mei Lanfang in the dance program “The Heavenly Maid Scattering Blossoms”. “The Goddess Spreads Flowers” ( Tiannv sanhua), painted by Mei Lanfang IV Fieldwork

Avalokitesva ( Guan-yin), south wall Mogao Cave 57 (Tang 618-705AD) Dancers and musicians in the Dunhuang Mogao cave paintings

Copy-righted illustrations provided by the Dunhuang Academy IV Fieldwork

The CEFLA delegation was in the United States to explore the use of Labanotation and motion capture technology in preserving thousands of traditional dances that are rapidly disappearing.

The delegation conducted multi-sites investigation at the Dance Notation Bureau in New York and Ohio State University.

Pictured here, the delegation examining Labanotation holdings in the Institute’s Dance Notation Bureau collection at the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute and the Department of Dance at Ohio State University, November 2012.

Emerita Dance faculty member Odette CEFLA Director Li Song Blum discussing Coordination Method and OSU Chair of Dance Dance Notation with the Chinese. Susan Petry IV Fieldwork

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HKCU Digital 3D Dunhuang Caves exhibit

A viewer takes in the Pure Land digital cave at the 2012 Smithsonian Institution Exhibition: “Pure Land: Inside the Mogao Grottoes at Dunhuang A DIGITAL, IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE OF CAVE 220 AT DUNHUANG, CHINA.” ©ALiVE, CityU, and Dunhuang Academy.

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