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Sunday, February 19, 2017 1:00 AM // Power Center

Beyond Sacred:
Voices of Muslim Identity

Ping Chong + Company

Performance
Q&A
Photo credit: adam nadel 1920x980
 

Ping Chong + Company creates theater that crosses boundaries of identity, community, and form. His projects have explored a wide variety of subject matter, from a hidden genocide in Africa to class struggles in America and modernization in China, but the common thread is a unifying commitment to artistic innovation and social responsibility.

This interview-based theater production, part of Chong’s 25-year series entitled Undesirable Elements, explores the diverse experiences of young Muslim New Yorkers who came of age in post-9/11 New York City at a time of increasing Islamophobia. Participants come from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and include young men and women who reflect a range of Muslim identities: those who converted to Islam, those who were raised Muslim but have since left the faith, those who identify as “secular” or “culturally” Muslim, and those who are observant on a daily basis. Beyond Sacred illuminates the daily lives of Muslim Americans in an effort to work toward greater communication and understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim communities.

Artist Q&A. Saturday, February 18 post-performance.

Performance Livestream. Saturday, February 18 at 8 pm. Learn more or register.

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Artist Website

http://www.pingchong.org/

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Sunday, February 19, 2017 1:00 AM
Power Center

Beyond Sacred:
Voices of Muslim Identity

Ping Chong + Company

Performance
Q&A

Ping Chong + Company creates theater that crosses boundaries of identity, community, and form. His projects have explored a wide variety of subject matter, from a hidden genocide in Africa to class struggles in America and modernization in China, but the common thread is a unifying commitment to artistic innovation and social responsibility.

This interview-based theater production, part of Chong’s 25-year series entitled Undesirable Elements, explores the diverse experiences of young Muslim New Yorkers who came of age in post-9/11 New York City at a time of increasing Islamophobia. Participants come from a range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds and include young men and women who reflect a range of Muslim identities: those who converted to Islam, those who were raised Muslim but have since left the faith, those who identify as “secular” or “culturally” Muslim, and those who are observant on a daily basis. Beyond Sacred illuminates the daily lives of Muslim Americans in an effort to work toward greater communication and understanding between Muslim and non-Muslim communities.

Artist Q&A. Saturday, February 18 post-performance.

Performance Livestream. Saturday, February 18 at 8 pm. Learn more or register.

American Sign Language Interpreted.

asl-symbol

Artist Website

http://www.pingchong.org/

Thank You to Our Sponsors

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Performance Livestream: Ping Chong + Company

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"Wherever I go in the country, I kind of get pre-set in people’s mind as whatever underclass that is. It’s a harsh word, but it is the reality of things." In this series of posts and interviews curated by Annick Odom, we explore Muslim identity on U-M campus.

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