Through the Dart Fellowship program, journalists will be trained on issues of trauma. The program is coordinated by the Center, with the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, a leading research forum for the disciplines of psychiatry and psychology. The Center s research staff also has undertaken a national survey of news photographers to learn about their exposure to traumatic situations and their own emotional responses. The histories of Korea, Japan, and China turbulent, intertwining are the inspiration for Forgiveness , a theatrical collaboration to be presented at Meany Hall for the Performing Arts on March 31 and April 1. The innovative production, directed by Chen Shi-Zheng, attempts to reconcile the subjective memories of this intertwined past and move forward.
Forgiveness combines several traditional art forms in a new theatrical context.
The collaborative nature of Forgiveness is evident throughout, as it combines elements of Japanese Noh theater, Peking opera, Korean dance, and American hip-hop. Its framework is a ghost story an important genre for traditional theatre forms of Japan, China, and Korea in which the nature of relationships and the subjectivity of memory can be explored through dialogue between the living and the dead. The work will be structured as a series of vignettes that build a kind of dreamscape, at once beautiful and horrific. The Forgiveness cast is comprised of renowned performers of the traditional performing arts of China, Korea, and Japan. While each artist brings the power of his or her respective form to the work, it is more than simply a montage of traditional forms, because the performers are working in a new theatrical context.