Peking Opera master aims to push the boundaries of traditional theater with shows that give the old art form a modern feel. Chen Nan reports. Some members of the audience are thrilled, shaking their ...
Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and grasps the ...
MACAU -- A traditional opera house standing gutted in downtown Beijing will be rebuilt as a dual-use movie theater before the 2008 Olympics, executives said Wednesday at CineAsia. By Jonathan Landreth ...
On a warm Saturday afternoon, the bustling tourist area around Qianmen Street in Beijing - one of the iconic spots along the Central Axis - buzzes with visitors from around the world, all drawn to its ...
BEIJING, Nov. 2, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- This is a report from haiwainet.cn: Beijing, a city steeped in history and cultural richness, has always been a magnet for explorers and enthusiasts. However, a ...
BEIJING — Dressed in a red-and-white warrior costume, Peking opera actress Zhang Wanting balances on one foot on the narrow handle of a rosewood chair. She bends forward, lifts her other leg high and ...
Sun Ping has mixed Peking Opera with Western classics in a bid to bring the art form to global audiences As dozens of foreign students took their final curtain calls in front of an excited audience at ...
Who is the latest musical sensation in China? (A dead Italian once scorned for his Orientalist fantasies about Asian women.) Back in the 1960s and ‘70s, when Italian opera was deemed a capitalist ...
BEIJING — When “The Legend of the White Snake” opens Wednesday at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, an American audience will get its first glimpse of Zhang Huoding, one of China’s biggest ...