The old and nuanced art of Peking opera is working hard to flourish in an era of digital entertainment and incessant screens.

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has made clear that a pilot program teaching traditional Peking Opera in schools would not be compulsory after it drew criticism from Internet users who said forced ...

Where: Royal Theatre, 805 Broughton St. When: Friday and Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Tickets: $49-$123.75 from the Royal McPherson box office (250-386-6121) or rmts.bc.ca Dance Victoria opens its 29th season ...

Wang Yurong and Chi Jinsheng, both centenarian artists, view Peking Opera as more than just a lifelong career; it has been a source of stability and vitality for them. The discipline of movement, ...

In Taiwanese choreographer Lai Hung-chung’s Birdy, the dancers wear 4-foot-long pheasant feathers on their heads. The effect, according to a review in the Vancouver online magazine Stir, is sculptural ...

In a breakneck digital era, the ancient art of Peking opera works hard to keep flourishing. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights ...

Liu Ren-haur. In Taiwanese choreographer Lai Hung-chung’s Birdy, the dancers wear 4-foot-long pheasant feathers on their heads. The effect, according to a review in the Vancouver online magazine Stir, ...

BEIJING – “Why are you going to a Peking opera? It’s slow, boring and you can’t even understand what they’re saying half the time!” That was the reaction Karolina Shab, a 26-year-old Polish student ...

Stepping into Huguang Huiguan, or Huguang Guild Hall in Beijing, people who come to watch a resident musical may find the venue a heart of tradition and innovation. It comes alive with Jinfeng Yulu, ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Peking Opera is debuting in Chinese classrooms as part of an effort to promote traditional arts, drawing mixed reviews from students who find it hard to learn the complex gestures ...

SHANGHAI — Princeton University undergraduate Kathy Zhang has spent three years poring over classics textbooks, but on Monday morning, she started a class of a different kind: Peking opera. From Aug.

When a staging of the classic Chinese opera “Farewell My Concubine” performed by the Shanghai Peking Opera Company sold out at Princeton University in September 2017, Jianping Mei, a 1990 graduate ...