Hwang's piece of musical theater, loosely based on a Chinese folk tale about the forbidden romance between a mortal cowherd and a goddess, was lauded for Ong's staging if not for the music and singing.

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His sense of curiosity has driven him to experiment from everything from the Argentine tango to Chinese folk music, and he has brought musicians from around the world together with the sheer force of his personality.

WHITEHOUSE: Kennedy Center Honorees at The White House 2011

Before Russian Socialist Realism took over as the new dogma in the early 1950s, the language of Chinese propaganda art drew its inspiration from folk tradition, an inexhaustible reservoir for Chinese art throughout the centuries.

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The permanent collection, which will be exhibited whole again in 2003, includes British portraiture from the 15th to 18th centuries, Neapolitan art from the late Renaissance, Chinese bronzes and British folk art.

BBC: Stone exhibit on a roll