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What is East Asian performance? Are films like Blade Runner (1982) and Ghost in the Shell (2017) East Asian? Do platforms like TikTok automatically bring an East Asian aesthetics, if not politics, to the content presented? This class considers the global circulation of East Asian cultures in the modern era from the perspectives of theatre and performance studies. Major countries and areas under discussion include China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, and Taiwan, with occasional references to Asian America and the Sinophone.