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

He hobnobbed with Charlie Chaplin. He was on good terms with Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford. His work deeply impressed theatrical visionaries like Vsevolod Meyerhold and Bertolt Brecht. The man ...

"Hao! Hao! Hao!" shouted the audience, to express their appreciation. They were saluting a Peking Opera performer who had just finished a marvelous "qiangbei," a movement in which he twirled himself ...

BEIJING, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Using modern sound, light and digital stage effects, China's traditional Peking Opera is appealing to young people in a fashionable and innovative way, as the classic art ...

The contemporary artistic descendants of a legendary 20 th century Peking Opera performer are touring the United States this month, performing in New York and Washington. The tour celebrates the 120 ...

Jingju, with a history of more than 200 years, is a synthesis of music, dance, and acrobatics and is widely regarded as a symbolic expression of Chinese culture.[Photo/Xinhua] A well-established ...

Concordia theatre student Natasha Perry-Fagant is playing the role of the goddess Thetis in the Theatre Department’s upcoming production of Peleus and Thetis. In this blog entry, she recounts the ...

The Jingju Theater Company of Beijing is performing 20 of the best operas in its repertoire for audiences until Sunday. To inherit, promote and develop Peking Opera and effectively conserve ...

A student performs a classical musical piece from Peking Opera at the cultural festival held at a local primary school in Shijiazhuang, North China's Hebei province, on June 11, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua] ...