CHE Xiao

CHE, Xiao

Positional Title: lecturer

Research Area: theater, dance, film, performance study, intercultural study

Academic Background:

Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature, Beijing Foreign Studies University;

Master of Arts in British and American Literature, Beijing University;

Doctor of Philosophy in Theater Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara

Teaching Experiences:

University of California, Santa Barbara

San Diego State University

Shanghai Theater Academy

Major Awards:

Brown International Advanced Research Institute (BIARI) grant, 2013

The 52th China Postdoctoral Science Foundation Fellowships, 2012.

Chinese Government Award for Outstanding Self-financed Students Abroad, 2007

Humanities Special Fellowship. 2003-2008 (5-year full fellowship for doctoral student), University of California, Santa Barbara

Main Publications:

Book:

History and Memory: On Nanjing Massacre and Dance Drama Nanjing 1937.Beijing: China Theatre Press, 2017.

Dissertation:

Re-constructing the Past: Historical Imagination in Chinese Theater during the 1980s. PhD Dissertation, University of California, Santa Barbara. ProQuest LLC, 2010. UMI 3422455. ISBN: 9781124217734. 401 pages. Print

Journals:

“Warmth and Chill in Early Spring—On Modern Dance Drama February in Early Spring”. Shanghai Art Review. Issue 2, 2017. Shanghai Art Institute. ISSN 2096-1774. P29-30.

“Acting with Body and Mind: On Michael Chekhov Acting Training Method.” Michael Chekhov Acting Method Research Papers. Ed. He Yan. Beijing: China Theater Press, 2018.

“Nation in Transition: Nationalism in Death and the King’s Horseman”. Theatre Arts. Issue 5, 2015. Shanghai Theater Academy Academic Journal. ISSN 0257-943X. October 2015. P71-75.

“Theatricality in Sister Carrie.” TDR, The Drama Review, Performance Studies Series: Aesthetic Performance and Social Performance. (Chinese) Beijing: Culture and Art Publishing House, June 2014. ISBN 978-7-5039-5801-4. P312-320.

“Long Night’s Journey into Day--On Taoism in Eugene O’Neill’s Two Tao House Plays.” Confluent. No. 8. Paris&Shanghai: Association Sino-Francaise Pour, Les Recherches Litteraires et Artistiques & Shanghai Theater Academy, October 2013. ISSN 1283-1913. P51-61.

“Nietzsche’s Dionysus: The Bacchae and The Birth of Tragedy.” Theatre Arts. Issue 5, 2012. Shanghai Theater Academy Academic Journal. ISSN 0257-943X. October 2012. P66-70.

“Out of Wasteland – Remembering Cultural Revolution in Wasteland and Human Being.” Text & Presentation 2007 (The Comparative Drama Conference Series 4), North Carolina: McFarland, 2008. ISBN-10: 0786433876. ISBN-13: 9780786433872. P45-60.

Poems:

“Secluded Orchid in a Deserted Valley”, “Farewell”. Stars Poets File 2014. Chengdu: Sichuan Minzu Publishing House, 2015. ISBN 978-7-5409-5835-0. P172-4.

Artistic Creation:

Scriptwriter, playwright, director, actress, dancer

Translation and Interpretation in theater, dance, and film