CHINA DAILY Throughout her illustrious career, 53-year-old Shanghai native Shi Yihong has remained dedicated to the timeless ...

Also known as jingju, Peking Opera dates back over 200 years and was recognized as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO in 2010. It blends art forms such as singing, dancing, martial ...

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 ...

Yuan Shihai, a star of classical Peking opera whose career spanned seven decades, has died. He was 86. Yuan died Dec. 11 of illness, the official Xinhua News Agency and newspapers said, without giving ...

https://doi.org/10.5325/shaw.39.1.0076 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5325/shaw.39.1.0076 Copy URL I would like to thank Stanley and Rodelle Weintraub for their ...

BEIJING (AP) — 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 ...

Let's discuss wizard theater and the rise of classical Chinese theater and Beijing Opera. This week we're headed to China to learn about the ancient origins of theater there. We'll look at the early ...