Chinese Theatre Works: Tiger Tales
Tiger Tales is a signature production of the only professional Chinese shadow theater company in the United States. Drawing on China’s two-thousand-year history of shadow puppetry, it features the same artful blend of Eastern and Western, ancient and contemporary techniques that is the hallmark of all Chinese Theatre Works productions. Tiger Tales is performed in English accompanied by traditional Chinese music, and is suitable for audiences of all ages.
Tiger Tales is based in the popular wisdom of Chinese folktales and literature. The production deals humorously with issues of power and survival of the small and powerless in the modern jungle, in which the proverb that “working for the emperor is as dangerous as working for the tiger” still holds true. Tiger Tales is narrated by a wise old rabbit, telling her grand-daughter some of the adventures of her eventful life, including her hair-raising encounters with Tiger, the reigning King of the jungle. Grandma Bunny recounts with verve and a sly, subversive humor some of the episodes surrounding Tiger’s rise to power, his abusive rule and ultimate downfall – illustrating through her trickster tales the power of the small and wily and the ways in which those who think themselves clever are caught in their own schemes.
Tiger Tales is based in the popular wisdom of Chinese folktales and literature. The production deals humorously with issues of power and survival of the small and powerless in the modern jungle, in which the proverb that “working for the emperor is as dangerous as working for the tiger” still holds true. Tiger Tales is narrated by a wise old rabbit, telling her grand-daughter some of the adventures of her eventful life, including her hair-raising encounters with Tiger, the reigning King of the jungle. Grandma Bunny recounts with verve and a sly, subversive humor some of the episodes surrounding Tiger’s rise to power, his abusive rule and ultimate downfall – illustrating through her trickster tales the power of the small and wily and the ways in which those who think themselves clever are caught in their own schemes.
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