Grace Hui-Hsin Wang, the Artistic
Director of the Society of Kunqu Arts, Inc. and the panelist
of the Maryland State Arts Council, is an
outstanding Kunqu performing artist among the society of
Kunqu scholars. She is the founding president of the
Society and also a co-founder of the Kunqu Society in New
York. Mrs. Wang has studied, promoted, and preserved the
art of Kunqu, the first and foremost Chinese performing
art, for more than thirty years and has taught Kunqu
singing and performing at various universities and
institutions in Taiwan and the United States. She has
appeared with leading Kunqu artists on stage in Taiwan,
China, and the United States. Her musical insights and
emotional involvement with the librettos further
intensify the beauty of her singing.
In the United States, Mrs. Wang has
performed and demonstrated the Kunqu arts at Columbia
University, Wesleyan University, Pace University,
Smithsonian Association, National Gallery of Art,
Overseas Chinese Culture and Art Festival, Asian
"Tapestry" Dance Festival, University of
Maryland, Towson University, and Montgomery
College. She also served as the choreographer for the
Silver Spring Stage in the play "M-Butterfly"
and for the North Carolina New Millennium Play Club in
the play "An Interrupted Dream".
Mrs. Wang has received unanimous raving
reviews. Her exemplary acting, dancing, and singing
enhanced by her natural beauty of voice and appearance
awarded her First Prize in the 1994 National Kunqu
Contest held in Hangzhou, China. As an honorable guest
performer, Mrs. Wang was invited by the Chinese
Government to perform in their 1996 National Kunqu
production. In September 1999, she received the Globe
Chinese Culture and Arts Award, one of the four
prestigious Culture and Arts Awards in Taiwan. In 2000, 2002
and 2008, Mrs. Wang received the Individual Artist Awards
from the Maryland State Arts Council. Due to her artistic merit,
She has been selected as the panelist of two different panels
of the Maryland State Arts Council since 2005.
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