Theater director enjoys overseas success
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A scene from Tian's acclaimed work Green Snake. Chai Meilin / For China Daily |
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The performance was as successful as it was at the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Shanghai Arts Festival last year. Many of audience members stayed to ask her questions at the after-show talk.
"I did not expect American audiences to enjoy the story so much. They can totally understand it, just the same as Chinese audiences. It was like I was sitting in the theater in Beijing," Tian says. "The only difference is that Americans are more open to expressing their love and sadness while watching."
