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Meiling Cheng

An expert on performance art, body art, contemporary Euro-American experimental theater and modern Chinese live art
  • Associate professor of Critical Studies and English and director of Critical Studies, USC School of Dramatic Arts
  • Affiliate of the East Asian Studies Center, American Studies and Ethnicity (Asian American Studies), Gender Studies, and the Visual Studies Graduate Certificate Program
Office: (323) 934-8838
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Expertise

  • performance art
  • body art
  • contemporary experimental theater
  • modern drama, with particular focus on avant-garde texts
  • Chinese contemporary experimental art
  • site-specific installations

Languages

  • Mandarin

Additional Information

  • Author of In Other Los Angeleses: Multicentric Performance Art and a series of articles on Chinese performance art, body art and installation.
  • Is currently working on the book project Beijing Xingwei: Contemporary Time-based Art in China, which is supported by a 2008 Guggenheim Fellowship.