Kathy Hall is Chair of and a Key Performer with The London Jing Kun Opera Association: a not-for-profit society set up in March 2002 to support and promote the learning, appreciation, and practice of Jingju (Beijing/Peking Opera) and Kunju (Kun Opera).
It is the only society in the UK that promotes both Jing and Kun Opera.
LJKOA aims to make these multi-faceted art forms accessible to artists of all disciplines and to the general public.
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Brief CV
2006
Jan
Performance at SOAS
Performance and workshop tour of Northern Ireland: Belfast, Derry and Antrim
Feb
Invitation by Venice Biennale Carnival to give 6 day-long workshops on Chinese Opera Face-Painting in Venice
6 performances of short excerpts from Kunqu Opera 'The Peony Pavilion'
March
Performance of Kunqu Opera 'The Startling Dream' and 'In Pursuit of a Dream' in Festival of the Voice, Kingston-upon-Thames
Our programme 'Evocative Voices from China' included folk-singing and story-telling on the theme of elusive love
Invitation by Heritage Malta and China Cultural Centre Malta to give talk-demonstration, workshop, TV interview and special performance for the President of Malta and the PRC Ambassador to Malta
