Two-dimensional lines and sbapes are IIsed to represent, in a s~)'lized way, botb natllral forms, as in tbe backdropfor Havoc in Heaven (rigbt), and arcbitectllralforms, as sbown in tbe stage design ofa traditional opera exhibited at PQ '91 (below and centeJ). Galaxy Bay, jJeJformed ~)' tbe Cbina Ping Opera Tbeatre, borrowsjrom tbe Cbinese folk art ofpaper clllting. Tbe stage sellings and properties SlIcb as trees are treated as works ofpaper clllling and tbe plastic elements onstage are all redllced to tll'O dimensional olltlines meant to arollse in tbe imagination tbe related objectsjrom real lije,jorming a IIniqlle ambiance. 28 1 996 TD&T