ABOUT US  

Mission      Hua Hua's Visual Expressions is committed to using Chinese puppet art to explore universal themes and ideas through visual cross-cultural expression, using theatrical performances and educational programs.      With touring performances in the United States and abroad, we approach dramatic visual expression by using a multifaceted blend of Chinese and Western puppet art with dance, music, masks and lighting to create beyond definitionв theatrical performing art.      With our art in education programs, we share our art and culture experience primarily in residencies taught in schools and universities.      It is our dream and our mission to broaden our audiences and our students' perspectives, and open their hearts, by sharing, appreciating, understanding and embracing the many differences, and mostly the similarities, among our cultures so that we can all find each other in peace. Background      Hua Hua V.E.C., which does business as Hua Hua's Visual Expressions, was designated as a 501(c)(3) non profit performing arts company in 2002. The company was founded by Hua Hua Zhang, who remains the artistic director for the company. Hua Hua was born in Beijing, China and by the age of 14 she was training as a performer in the ancient Chinese tradition of Rod Puppetry.      Hua Hua was the lead performer for the Beijing Puppet Arts Troupe for more than 20 years, and was distinguished with numerous awards while performing around the world with the Troupe. In 1996, Hua Hua moved to America to study, and earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Puppet Arts from the prestigious Puppet Art Program in the Department of Dramatic Arts of the University of Connecticut.