Vivian Ching-Mei Chu
Current Position:
Professor, Department of Drama and Theatre, National Taiwan University |
Education:
Ph. D. in Theatre (Directing), Bowling Green State University
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Main Research Areas:
Directing
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Experiences:
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Associate Professor, Dept. of Drama and Theatre, National Taiwan University
Assistant Professor, Graduate Institute of Drama and Theatre, National Taiwan University Adjunt Lecturer, English Department, Fu-Jen Catholic University |
I. Academic Books:
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1. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. Joseph Chaikin and the Open Theatre: The Paragon of Collective Improvisation. Taipei: National Taiwan University Press, 2011.
2. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. Classic Text, Modern Tune: Stagings of the Classics in Neo-Avant-Garde Theatre. Taipei: Bookman, 2001. 3. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. The Artaudian Theatre of Images. Trans. Shih-Long Lo & Ching-Shiou Kuo, Taipei:Yangchi, 1999. |
II. Journal Articles:
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1. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “Interior Vision, Exterior Visuals: The Imagistic Language of the soliloquy Space in Shakespearean Films” Arts Journal 94:1 (April 2014) Forthcoming
2. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “The Frame-within-the Frame: The Meta-cinematic Strategies of Filming Looking for Richard.” Theatre Studies 12(July 2013), 165-194 . 3. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “The Conflicts and Facile Dissolution of Collective Improvisation: “The Open Theatre” as Example.” Chung-Shan Journal 30 (July 2011), 61-84. 4. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “The Experiments of Collective Improvisation in the Early Creative Period of Stanley Lai: The Case of Bach Variations.” Theatre Studies 7(Jan. 2011),192-128. 5. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. "Alice in Horror Land: Julie Taymor’s Experimental Shakespeare Film Titus Andronicus." Chung-Shan Journal 30 (July 2011), 1-24. 6. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. " The Intergration of Theatre and Film: the Experimental Shakespeare Films of Lord Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh." Taipei Theatre Journal 6 (Aug. 2007), 101-119. 7. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. "Acting for Clowns in Disney Animation." Arts Journal 81:2 (Oct. 2007), 195-210. 8. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. "Victor, Villain, and Vagabond: Marlowe’s Tamburlaine." Taipei Theatre Journal 3 (Jan. 2006), 7-38. 9. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “To Act or Not to Act?: The Wilsonian Postmodern Acting.” Chung-Wai Literary Monthly 29:12(May 2001), 108-125. 10. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “Improvisational Strategies of the Open Theatre: The Making of The Serpent,” Arts Reviews 11 (2000), 223-254. 11. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “To Be and Not to Be: The Aesthetics of ‘Alienation Effect’ in Brechtian Epic Acting and Chinese Acting,” Chung-Wai Literary Monthly 29: 3 (August 2000), 140-57. 12. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. "Commedia dell'arte and Molire." Chung-Wai Literary Monthly 29:10 (February 2001), 94-116. 13. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “Contemporarization of the Classics in Neo-Avant-Garde Theatre.” Chung-Wai Literary Monthly 8:9 (February 2000), 119-46. 14. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “Stagings of the Masterpieces in the Theatre of Brook, Serban, Grotowski, and Mnouchkine.” Arts Reviews 10 (1999), 149-72. |
III. Academic Book Articles:
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Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “Acting Techniques and Pedagogy for the Comedies of Molire” International Conference on Molire. Taipei: National Taiwan University of Arts, (2006),180-190.
Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “Hamlet’s Soliloquies in Film (1990-2000): Directors’ Perspectives.” Shakespeare Our Contemporary: Contexts, Intertexts & Perspectives. Shanghai: Fu-Dan University, (2005), 273-289. Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “Sondheim / Prince’s “Concept Musical”: Creative Methods and Process.” International Conference on Performing Arts.Taipei: National Taiwan University of Arts, (2006). Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei. “Greek Tragedies in “Contemporary Legend Theatre.” Conference on Taiwan Contemporary Theatre, 1999. |
IV. National Science Council Awards:
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1. Old Trick, New Show: Lazzi in the commedia dell’arte and Disney’s Early Animation.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 100-2410-H-002-168, 8/1/2012-7/31/2013
2. “Multi-Visional Dimension of Semiotic Imagery: Language of Imagery in Shakespeare: The Animated Tales” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 99-2410-H-002-199, 8/1/2011-7/31/2012 3. “A Traceability of the Body Movement and Character Acting in Disney Animation: The Influence and Application of the commedia dell’Arte” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 99-2410-H-002-195, 8/1/2010-7/31/2011 4, “The Frame-within-the-Frame: The Metacinematic Strategies of Filming Shakespeare’s Plays.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 98-2410-H-002-208, 8/1/2009-7/31/2010 5. “Acting in Disney Animation: Aesthetics and Strategies.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 97-2410-H-002-141, 8/1/2008-7/31/2009 6. “Performance in Shakespearean Films: Transformation and Transgression.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 96-2411-H-002-077, 8/1/2007-7/31/2008 7. “The Alternative Shakespeare: Avant-Garde Experiments in Shakespearean Films 1990-2000.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 95-2411-H-002-094, 8/1/2006-7/31/2007 8. “The Interface of Theatre and Film: The Experimental Shakespeare Films of Lord Laurence Olivier and Kenneth Branagh.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 94-2411-H-002-027, 8/1/2005-7/31/2006 9. “Interior Visions, Exterior Visuals: The Imagery Language in the Dimensions of Shakespearean Films.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 93-2411-H-002-069, 8/1/2004-7/31/2005 10. “Sondheim / Prince’s “Concept Musical”: Creative Methods and Process.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 91-2411-H-002-070, 8/1/2002-7/31/2003 11. “To Be and Not To Be: The Aesthetics of "Alienation Effect" in Brechtian Epic Acting and Chinese Acting.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 88-2411-H-002-046, 8/1/1998-7/31/1999 12. The Director / Auteur: Stagings of the Classics in Neo-Avant-Garde Theatre.” Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, sponsored by National Science Council #NSC 87-2415-H-002-051, 8/1/1997-7/31/1998 |
V. Honours / Awards：
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2013 NTU Award for Outstanding Academic Book
2012 Visiting professor at the Medical School of University College London 2012 National Science Council Research Fellowship 2008 NTU Award for Outstanding Academic Research 2003 Visiting professor at the University of Chicago 2003 National Science Council Research Fellowship 2001-2005 Theatre evaluation committee member of the National Theatre (Chiang Kai-Shek Culture Centre) 1997-2015 Thirteen National Science Council Awards (1997-98,2002, 2004-2015) |
VI. Directing Works：
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2010 “The Establishment of Digital Video Database for Teacher Training Material and Training Modes”, Chu, Vivian Ching-Mei, Tsai, Chuen-Juen, Wu, Ming-Shuen, Taipei Medical University Graduate Institute of Humanities in Medicine, sponsored by National Science Council
2008 The Taming of the Pet (animated film), Taipei: Zuei-In Studio 2005 Pinocchio（animated film，Graduate Institute of Networking and Multimedia project, National Taiwan University） 2004 A Midsummer Night’s Dream， Sir Run Run Shaw Theatre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2002 Macbeth，Taipei：Novel Hall 2002 The Birthday Party，Performance Centre, National Taipei University of Arts 2002 The Inter-net，Performance Centre, National Taipei University of Arts 2000 Mountain Language，Old Main Library, National Taiwan University 2000 The Sand Box，Old Main Library, National Taiwan University 2000 The Importance of Being Earnest，Old Main Library, National Taiwan University 1998 A Night Out with Shakespeare, Taipei, Crown Theatre 1997 Waiting for Godot, Taipei, Crown Theatre 1996 The Lover, Taipei, NTU Theatre 1995 The Good Woman of Setzuan, J.E. Brown Theatre, Bowling Green State Univ. 1994 The Sneeze, Experimental Theatre, Bowling Green State Univ. 1991 The Good Doctor, Fu-Jen Theatre 1990 A Night Out, Fu-Jen Theatre |