This workshop will be led by renowned Chinese educator and musician Yang Yi and will bring together faculty and scholars from Yale University, Boston University, and Dartmouth College.
Yang Yi is a renowned Chinese musician and educator. In the 1990s, he emerged as a pioneer of contemporary folk music in China and was hailed as “China’s Bob Dylan.” Over the past two decades, he has developed an innovative educational approach that brings together traditional poetry chanting, calligraphy, painting, and classical Chinese music
In this workshop, Yang will demonstrate his teaching methods and engage participants in a discussion of how elements of traditional Chinese culture can be incorporated into Chinese-language teaching.
The workshop will be conducted in Chinese. Dartmouth students with an interest in the topic are welcome to attend. For inquiries, please contact Professor Ao Wang.
Registration is required. Please register here.
About the “Innovative Chinese Curriculum Project" Venn Vision Grant
Lei Yan, Shucheng Zhang, and Ao Wang (ASCL)
(Photo courtesy of the Performing Arts in Beijing in April 2021)