In his transition from performing as a wusheng (martial male) in Kunqu Opera to playing a nandan (young male in the female role ... typical of traditional Chinese opera. Kunqu Opera and Peking ...

As a national political adviser, Zhou is dedicated to promote traditional Chinese opera education ... which premiered in the 1920s by legendary dan (female character) master Shang Xiaoyun.

Peking Opera is not only a mode of cross-cultural communication, but also an emotional bond that connects overseas Chinese with their ancestral homeland. Peking Opera performer Zhang Yanyan has been ...

During the 1920s in Shanghai, an all female Chinese Opera troupe is struggling. The troupe boss calls on Tsui to join them in the hope that her fighting sequences will pull the troupe out from ...

The abstract visuals on the long flowing ‘sleeves’ presents the five main roles of Chinese opera: Sheng (male), Dan (female), Jing (painted face), Mo (older men), Chou (clown), which are ...

Photograph: Courtesy Shanghai Dance Theatre Aside from Chinese opera, the CCF will also include ... love triangle from the perspective of the 12 female beauties in the novel.

But my patience gradually got better. And, of course, my Chinese, too.” Despite these positive traits, perhaps the best way for Cantonese opera to survive and thrive might simply be for us to ...