Alternate Title Once Upon a Time in Chinese America...: A Martial Arts Ballet and Music-Theater Epic (aka Voice of the Dragon*)
Premiere New York Premiere
Country of Origin United States
Description An unprecedented martial arts ballet and music-theater epic, Once Upon a Time... chronicles the story of Gar Man Jang, whose unholy alliance with Manchu imperial forces leads to the Shaolin Temple’s defeat and the unleashing of a terrible hidden secret. Radical writer, composer and jazz musician Fred Ho transposes this seventeenth-century Chinese martial arts fable rife with betrayal, intrigue, and political opportunism into a stunning fusion of American jazz, pop culture, Chinese opera, and ancient martial arts including awe-inspiring kung fu, tai chi, and hand-to-hand boxing.
Identifier 2001f.00732
